E+P: How does the company separate itself from its competitors?

MS: Our mandate is to be a professional entity in this business. Every operation that we undertake we run as a professional operation, and everything complies with my code of ethics as a professional engineer.

We’re 100 percent compliant on every action that we take on the operator’s behalf. We don’t associate with companies that don’t want to follow the required rules or regulations, so I can go to sleep at night knowing that if it’s not done right, we refuse to do it. We’re a solid operation.

E+P: What is in store for the company?

MS: We have set up an office in Denver and an office in Houston. Dave Hubbard will run the Houston sales operation.

So, I would think we will certainly be well placed in the market to assist companies that require our expertise. If they are drilling wells, completing wells or testing wells, we will be in the position to offer them assistance on those projects on a fee-for-service basis, providing them the best quality personnel they can receive.

We’re not into nuclear physics or brain surgery. We just do the job we’re comfortable  performing, and do it well.

A lot of companies have gotten away from the old mold, where they have a full-service staff of geologists, geophysicists and operations engineers.

It is more cost effective for clients to come to a company like Pajak and say, “We need to get this project done,’ and have us do it as opposed to trying to hire four or five engineers on staff and set up the infrastructure to do a short project.

I think you’ll see that continue into the future because we are paid for the days we work, and if we’re not working, we’re not on a company’s payroll.     I think that’s a slick way for an operator to get the expertise required for a quality job done well that is executed correctly and not be saddled with large amounts of overhead on a yearly basis.