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Welcome to the DE WARDT AND COMPANY, INC. and World Class Projects, Ltd. (the “OWNERS”) website. You (the “VISITOR”) have accessed a website that contains Proprietary Information of the OWNERS. In order to proceed, the VISITOR to this website is required to read and confirm agreement to the Terms and Conditions which are listed below. You indicate your understanding of this requirement by accessing the content of www.dewardt.com / www.leandrilling.com / www.leanhydrocarbon.com / www.worldclassprojects.com through the navigation and links in this site. Specific areas of this site require you indicate your understanding of this agreement by selecting the appropriate button on the screen. Your name and contact information is automatically associated with your agreement through selecting this button.

GENERAL

VISITOR represents and warrants that he or she is at least eighteen (18) years of age and possesses the legal rights and ability to enter into this Agreement and to use this website in accordance with the Terms and Conditions described herein. This website and all information, data, facts, theories, and programs contained in it, in any form are the property of DE WARDT AND COMPANY, INC. and World Class Projects, Ltd., all content of this website are:

Copyright © 2001 - 2010, DE WARDT and COMPANY, INC.
and World Class Projects, Ltd.,
1625 Mid Valley drive #1, Suite 201,
Steamboat Springs, Colorado 80487, U.S.A.,
all rights reserved,

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DISCLAIMER

Information on this website may contain inaccuracies, be out of date, contain typographical errors or may not be applicable to VISITOR’s needs or circumstances. Such information contained herein may be changed, altered or deleted in part or in whole without notice. The OWNERS, whether collectively or individually, their shareholders, directors, officers, employees, or agents are not liable for any errors or omissions which may be found in this website or in the content thereof.

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CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY INFORMATION

OWNERS have spent substantial time and money on research and development to create a body of theories, principles, methods, concepts, programs, processes, manuals, documentation, applications and other information and materials which are contained in its management consulting and improvement programs. This Confidential Information is proprietary to the OWNERS and extremely valuable and unique. The elements of this website include and incorporate this Confidential Information.

COPYRIGHTS

DE WARDT AND COMPANY, INC. has trademark rights claimed in the following marks:

Lean Drilling ™
Lean Producing ™
Lean Abandonment ™
Lean Hydrocarbon Development ™
World Class Drilling Process ™

World Class Projects, Ltd. has trademark rights claimed on the following marks:

World Class Projects ™

AUTHORIZATION

The OWNERS authorize the VISITOR to view any part of the website to which the VISITOR has been given express permission to access, to copy any page(s) or download any permitted Confidential Information which is specific and within the scope of the VISITOR’s assignment or work for the OWNERS or engagement by the OWNERS. The authorization to use, as contemplated herein, of the Confidential Information or the design of the website is not an authority to transfer ownership of the website or any part thereof.

VISITOR cannot modify, reproduce or publicly display, in any form, the information obtained from this website, except as expressly authorized by OWNERS

VISITOR may not link to any other page other than the home page without express authorization by the OWNERS

RULES OF ENGAGEMENT

Upon receiving express authorization by ONWERS, VISITOR through its assigned access code to a specific sector of the web site for the purpose assigned by the OWNERS, VISITOR is guaranteed a non-exclusive, non-transferable limited license to download specific files and programs. VISITOR agrees to the following rules of engagement.

VISITOR must retain on all copies of any materials from this website, the limitations and notices contained in this website.
VISITOR can only use the file or program downloaded from this site for work under the assignment for which the access was authorized.
VISITOR is prohibited from reproducing, re-distributing or disseminating files or programs downloaded from this site.
Any software that is made available for download from this web site is the copyrighted work of DE WARDT AND COMPANY, INC and / or World Class Projects Ltd. Use of downloaded software is governed by the terms of the end user license agreement, if any, which accompanies or is included with the software and must be agreed to when opening the software for the first time. The software is made available solely for use by the VISITOR, end user, according to the agreement.
VISITOR will not publish the methods or processes used in this website, and the programs and files contained herein.
VISITOR must destroy and confirm such destruction of all downloaded files and programs at the conclusion or termination of his engagement by OWNERS.
VISITOR shall not, under any circumstances, share User ID and Password assigned under this Agreement with any other person. VISITOR shall take all measures necessary to prevent loss or theft of VISITOR's User ID or Password. If such unauthorized use, loss or theft of VISITOR'S User ID or Password occur, VISITOR shall notify OWNERS immediately and without delay. Failure to notify OWNERS as required herein constitutes a material breach of this agreement.

TERMS OF USE OF PUBLICATIONS

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THE DOCUMENTS AND RELATED GRAPHICS PUBLISHED ON THE SERVICES COULD INCLUDE TECHNICAL INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. CHANGES ARE PERIODICALLY ADDED TO THE INFORMATION HEREIN

OWNERS RIGHTS

OWNERS RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CANCEL THE NON-EXCLUSIVE LICENSE, AUTHORITY TO LINK TO THIS WEBSITE, AND USE OF THE CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS WEBSITE AT ANY TIME AND WITHOUT NOTICE. OWNERS FURTHER RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CHANGE THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE.

INFORMATION PROVIDED BY VISITOR

VISITOR shall provide to OWNERS such personal information as may be requested by the OWNERS. Such information will be limited in use by the OWNERS and protected by OWNERS Privacy Statement, a copy of which will be provided to VISITOR upon request.

MISCELLANEOUS

Jurisdiction

These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and shall be interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas in the United States of America. The State District Courts in Harris County, Texas will have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising out of your use of this website. All transactions related to this website shall be deemed to be performed in Houston, Harris County, Texas.

If any provision of the Terms and Conditions or any portion thereof, are found to be unenforceable, that provision shall be enforced to the maximum extent permissible so as to effect the intent of the Agreement, and the remainder of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.

VISITOR agrees to comply with all of the copyright laws world wide in your use of this website, including but not limited to, all treaties and applicable convention.

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Testimonials

His insight into the oil and gas industry is invaluable, and his knowledge of best practice in manufacturing has added measurable value to several of our investments.

- Thomas R. Bates Jr., Managing Director
Lime Rock Partners

...substantial improvement in product delivery and resultant reductions of inventory. The catalyst for these new processes was the Strategic Planning workshop lead by John de Wardt.

- Chuck Muren, Vice President Engineering
Smith Tool

We have seen significant improvements in results and have adopted the principles in our planning and operations efforts.

- Mads Grinrød, Vice President
Statoil

John de Wardt provided us with a straight forward, hard driving, no nonsense approach to strategic planning that is still helping us define and achieve new business goals.

- John G. Samuell Sr., President & CEO
At Balance

His recent corporate strategy development work resulted in a set of strategic initiatives that are already beginning to deliver value only a few months into their implementation.

- Randy Stilley, CEO & President, COO
Hercules Offshore

John’s emphasis on rigorous planning has resulted in tangible and measurable results in the area of drilling and completing wells. A true step-change.

- Evert Jan Sibinga Mulder, COO
Addax Petroleum

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Case Studies

One of the fastest offshore gas developments.

Sangu achieved first gas only seventeen months from the Field Development approval and just over two years from the discovery by Cairn. Cairn and its co-venturers were able to remain on schedule with the field development notwithstanding the many problems caused by the difficult operating conditions that are a feature of the Bay of Bengal. This is the first project to develop and supply gas from the Bay of Bengal into the domestic market of Bangladesh. Cairn and its co-venturer Halliburton jointly undertook this project that included sub-surface modeling together with the design and construction of the wells, platform, pipeline and onshore plant. DE WARDT AND COMPANY organized this multi-discipline, multi-location team and implemented management processes that aligned the team to very aggressive goals through their Lean Hydrocarbon Development program.

Multiple projects achieve Best in Class

Lean Drilling has been applied to many projects offshore Norway. The plot on the right shows the results from three projects with different challenges benchmarked against other N Sea results. These wells were drilled with different operators, different drilling contractors (and rigs) and to a large degree different service companies. These results show the ability of the Lean Drilling program to consistently differentiate the performance of our clients against their peers.

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