February 1, 2010

CALGARY, AB - An article by Andy Mackintosh, President and CEO of FT Services is featured in the electronic newsletter -- Resource Engineering & Maintenance dated Feb. 1, 2010. The article is entitled: Work Together - Tracking Key Oil Sands Industry Trends and focuses on achieving improved outcomes in maintenance for both operators and third parties.

In the article, Mackintosh discusses the important role third parties play in the pursuit of improved outcomes. "The most important role is to understand your customers' short and long-term needs and view these within a value-based relationship framework." Mackintosh added, "The second important role is to ensure that you have not only the knowledge, systems and processes but the capacity to deliver consistently in the execution of services."

The article concludes with commentary about the need to develop value partnerships based on trust, complementary skill-sets, performance and the appetite to execute within a culture of accelerated improvement. To review the entire article, follow the web link above.

BACKGROUND 

FT Services was formed in August 2006 to deliver operations and maintenance solutions to the oil and gas, mining and mineral processing, petrochemical and power generation sectors in Canada. FT Services brings together Transfield Services' global experience in asset management and maintenance of complex systems and technologies, together with Flint Energy Services' extensive Canadian hydrocarbons expertise and customer relationships. FT Services' business model provides best practices in safety performance, asset management and turnaround management systems and project execution. Our approach leads to a demonstrable step change in asset performance through our collaborative contracting approach. www.ft-serv.com 

Flint Energy Services Ltd. is a market leader providing an expanding range of integrated products and services for the energy industry including: production services; field construction; oilfield transportation; process equipment design and manufacturing; tubular management services; plant management; and maintenance services. Flint provides this unique breadth of products and services through over 60 strategic locations in the oil and gas producing areas of western North America, from Inuvik in the Northwest Territories to Mission, Texas on the Mexican border. Flint is a preferred provider of infrastructure construction management, module fabrication, and maintenance services for upgrading and production facilities in Alberta's oil sands sector. www.flint-energy.com/

Transfield Services delivers essential services to key industries in the resources and industrial, property and infrastructure sectors. A leading global provider of operations, maintenance, and asset and project management services, Transfield Services has more than 29,000 employees in Australia, New Zealand, the United States, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, New Caledonia, South East Asia, India, Chile and Canada. Transfield Services Limited is publically listed in Australia. www.transfieldservices.com/

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION     

Cheryl McNeil, Communications Manager, FT Services

Telephone: (780) 790-2172, Fax: (780) 790-3610, Website: www.ft-serv.com/