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 Edmonton, AB, September 19, 2007 - David Massey, President speaks at the opening of the Athabasca Oil Sands Conference today in Edmonton. The text of his remarks follow.
Thank you and Good Morning. My name is Dave Massey and I am President of The REACH Group.
We are very pleased to be the Breakfast and Delegate Gift Sponsor for the Athabasca Oil Sands Conference today. We hope that you have enjoyed something to eat and a hot cup of coffee to get you going! The Delegate Gift is actually a USB memory stick (just like the one I am holding here) that is being loaded with all the presentations you will see. We are having them mailed directily to your office immediately after the conference so that you will have a permanent digital record of these valuable proceedings.
The REACH Group is a proud provider of Continuous Improvement services to Oil Sands Developers such as yourself who are constrained by budgets, yet still wish to attain top quartile performance. The REACH Group has a proven approach to assist clients to:
* improve the Operational Effectiveness of their projects
* increase Throughput without adding Capital or Capacity
* improve Safety Performance
* increase Cash Flow
* reduce Costs
We work onsite with clients in their office and field locations in the areas of continuous improvement, leadership development, and knowledge management. Results are both substantial and lasting with clients have realizing improvements of 15% - 30% without capital spending.
I am pleased to be joined here today by Cam Innes, REACH Group Senior Vice President Western Hemisphere Operations, and Harvey Mathews, Vice President Business Development. We will be pleased to talk with you about our solutions to your performance management issues today or at anytime.
We hope you enjoy the conference.
I would now like to take this opportunity to introduce Bill MacFarlane, President of the Canadian Heavy Oil Association. Bill has been a member of the CHOA since 1997 and has been a member of the board of directors since 2001. Please join me in welcoming Bill.
Athabasca Oil Sand Conference
Cananadian Heavy Oil Assoc
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