Who's Using Krinkle?: Krinkle LDAR Tracker Pro: Sport Environmental: Perfecting LDAR Services with Mobile Technology
Sport Environmental Services, LLC, a Terracon company, is an environmental consulting company serving clients in the energy production industry with a focus on oil and gas operators in the Permian Basin. They selected Krinkle LDAR Tracker Pro® for its best-in-class capabilities to help them drive compliance for their clients. Sport Environmental has been operating in several states including Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Louisiana for more than 15 years and is headed by Ms. Deborah “Debi” Sport Moore. In 2014, Ms. Cianna Logie began working for Sport Environmental and endeavored to find practical ways to drive progress towards the company president’s vision of a lean consulting firm that could handle the diverse range of environmental compliance issues associated with the oil and gas industry. Ms. Logie is Sport Environmental’s Environmental & Regulatory Project Manager and is a dedicated leader who handles federal and state regulatory compliance matters, air quality, environmental social governance (ESG), and a variety of other environmental and regulatory projects including Leak Detection And Repair (LDAR) program management.
In 2019, Ms. Logie and her team were looking for solutions to better serve their clients in the oil & gas industry and ensure compliance with regulations as efficiently and economically as possible. Since Sport Environmental already collects a significant amount of data that can be utilized for multiple environmental filings each time a client’s site is visited, Ms. Moore and Ms. Logie’s vision for Sport Environmental focused on further enhancing the wide array of environmental compliance services offered (e.g., air quality permits, Spill Prevention Control & Countermeasure (SPCC), and stormwater management, and other filings) to include LDAR data. Ms. Logie expands upon this by stating, “When we are on-site, we want to hit as many state and federal programs as we can with a single visit so that our clients enjoy the benefit of having that data at their disposal and we can utilize it to their benefit in a cost-efficient manner.”
Ms. Logie realized that increasing the quality of Sport Environmental’s regulatory services in a cost-effective manner would require automation in the form of mobile software. Sport Environmental had been in the process of developing their own LDAR software in-house; however, the projected costs associated with creating software and constantly supporting multiple operating systems were too great and the benefits of having a third-party partnership became more appealing. A better solution would incorporate supporting documents and guided processes to reduce the level of upfront regulatory knowledge required for field users to be successful in their work.
In order to increase the quality of service offered to her clients while remaining cost-effective, Ms. Logie understood that it would be worthwhile to explore other third-party software solutions. This dedication to her clients and drive to pioneer new technology for her industry is what led Ms. Logie and Ms. Moore to the comprehensive Leak Detection and Repair mobile app and reporting tool, Krinkle LDAR Tracker Pro®.
Krinkle LDAR Tracker Pro® enables seamless and automated OOOOa compliant work order sharing (we call it “Shared Work Orders”) between LDAR program managers, Infrared (OGI) camera inspectors, repair techs and OGI verifiers. Even client executives who must decide how to handle leaks on “Delay of Repair” status are supported. This ensures that every required step of the OOOOa regulation (in addition to state regulations) becomes a simple, guided process for users. The end result is consistent workflow in the field for all users, assured compliance and a system that drives the process through to its full completion. Together, these features effectively addressed Ms. Logie’s software needs, leading Sport Environmental to adopt and deploy Krinkle LDAR Tracker Pro®.
When considering what it was that led her to choose Krinkle LDAR Tracker Pro® over other mobile software, Ms. Logie remarked, “When looking at a product, of course, we ask, ‘is this going to work’, but we also ask ‘is the relationship going to work’. We had been looking at other software solutions, but when it came time to make a decision, [Krinkle] stood out by returning our emails, answering our calls and supporting us with training while others did not. It was an obvious choice in that regard.” Not only did Krinkle LDAR Tracker Pro® distinguish itself from other third-party software, but it also had a clear advantage over the in-house software being developed for LDAR compliance. Ms. Logie recalls, “The software that we were currently using didn’t have the same level of control over users’ profiles and what they had access to… Seeing it built out and so well implemented during our testing with Krinkle made it appealing. The back end syncing to the server and the operational stability of having a third-party partner made it a perfect fit for our program. Because OOOOa is a complex regulation, it was exciting to see it built out with an added layer of protection.”
When commencing with training and deploying the app, Ms. Logie saw firsthand the amount of regulatory knowledge and guided processes built into the app and how intuitive it was for her field users to learn. Ms. Logie recalls, “Within about 15 minutes of picking up the software, making a profile, logging in and running through the training, [field users] were up and running as if they had always been using it… Krinkle walks them through their work as if they were reading the regulation themselves without having to deal with the 120+ pages in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). Even a newer employee, someone who hasn’t had as much field experience, can operate at a level that is closer to someone who has had significantly more training and experience in the field.” Field users are not the only ones who have benefitted from adopting Krinkle, Ms. Logie recalls this when she states, “We have several clients who have been impressed in particular with the compiled leak tracker reports we issue through Krinkle. We have also had really good feedback from clients who have submitted final reports to the EPA… The process was fast and didn’t require a lot of back and forth to complete.”
Over the last year, Krinkle and Sport Environmental have continued to advance their partnership and improve the mobile app and reporting system. When asked for her experience adopting and working with Krinkle, Ms. Logie had the following to say: “The process was smooth and the implementation went exceptionally well. Anytime that we have hit a hiccup or speedbump, it’s been very easy to send a message to support or give them a call and be taken care of promptly.”
Mobile Epiphany, and its Krinkle brand of mobile apps, enable businesses to create and/or adapt existing mobile solutions rapidly and cost-effectively. Contact us today to see how Mobile Epiphany can help solve your business challenges.
Who's Using Krinkle?: Krinkle LDAR Tracker Pro: Maverick Natural Resources: An Oil & Gas Company Trailblazing An In-House LDAR Program
Maverick Natural Resources is an independent Oil & Gas development and production company serving East Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana. Their Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) Specialist, Kaleb Foster, is a hardworking innovator who was looking for an efficient way to ensure compliance with environmental regulations such as OOOOa.
In late 2019, Kaleb was looking into ways to improve Maverick Natural Resources’ (MNR) environmental compliance programs. For environmental regulatory services like Leak Detection and Repair (LDAR), Maverick’s program had traditionally relied on hiring out to third-party environmental service companies to ensure compliance with federal and state regulations. In their instance, they felt that 3rd party outsourcing presented significant costs and uncertainties. Kaleb recalls this when he stated, “We would hire out to third parties and that comes with a pretty substantial cost. You’re at the mercy of the contractor. They build the pricing model and tell you how much the service costs and you may not entirely understand what it is that you’re getting.” Additionally, Kaleb wanted to improve Maverick’s reporting capabilities, without losing track of steps in the LDAR process or slowing down inspectors, repairmen and verifiers.
Kaleb touches on other areas of improvement in Maverick’s LDAR program when he recalled, “Doing LDAR Programs with their inspections and reports is a manual application that is tedious. A nightmare really. Dealing with stacks of paper from contractors’ invoices and reports got to be unmanageable for an efficient company like ours.” In order to increase Maverick’s LDAR reporting capabilities while being as cost-effective as possible, Kaleb decided to bring the work traditionally hired out to third-party environmental service companies, in-house. However, Kaleb knew that taking on this work while still ensuring environmental compliance was going to be challenging. To accomplish this, Kaleb needed a solution with processes and the actual regulations built into the system’s guided steps to reduce the upfront regulatory knowledge required for his LDAR crews to be successful in their work. Kaleb also wanted a system that would automatically push the LDAR process forward, from inspections to repairs and then final verification, without losing any data or any steps in the process. After researching a number of different systems, Kaleb and MNR realized what they needed was Krinkle LDAR Tracker Pro®.
Krinkle LDAR Tracker Pro® enables seamless and automated OOOOa compliant work order sharing (we call it “Shared Work Orders”) between LDAR program managers, Infrared (OGI) camera inspectors, repair techs, and OGI verifiers. Even client executives who must decide how to handle leaks on “Delay of Repair” status are supported. This ensures that every required step of the OOOOa regulation (as well as any additional state regulations) becomes a simple, guided process for users. The end result is consistent workflow in the field for all users, assured compliance and a system that drives the process through to its full completion.
When considering what led him and his colleagues to choose Krinkle LDAR Tracker Pro® over other software solutions, Kaleb had the following to say, “I felt like it was really intuitive and I liked that Krinkle was a guided process. It allows for an easy user experience and reduces the opportunity for errors. In this business, when you’re trying to be good stewards of the environment, there is no room for error.” Not only did Kaleb immediately see the improvements in reducing human error and the regulatory knowledge required for users to succeed in their work, but Kaleb also found that Krinkle LDAR Tracker Pro® had automated professional reporting that would ensure environmental compliance. Kaleb states, “There’s definitely a time-saving aspect to using [Krinkle LDAR Tracker Pro®] versus a traditional paper report. When you’re out [in the field] using the app, you’re essentially done when you leave, whether you’re inspecting, repairing or verifying, you don’t have to go back to the office and crunch numbers or transfer info over to another piece of paper for reporting. It’s all done in real-time.” When asked about his experience training users and deploying the software, Kaleb stated the following, “It was an intuitive process. The support by Mobile Epiphany/Krinkle was very thorough. [They] helped each user understand the process, the app and how it functions…You could tell that they were clearly subject matter experts.”
Over the last year, Krinkle and Maverick Natural Resources have continued to advance their partnership and improve the mobile app and reporting system. When asked for his advice to companies facing similar challenges as Maverick, Kaleb had the following to say, “The benefit of using [software] versus using paper is substantial. You may be hesitant or reluctant to transition, but it will pay dividends in cost and time. At our company, we try and embrace technology, because it’s something that’s going to drive efficiency.” With the new, in-house LDAR program established, Maverick Natural Resources has been able to ensure compliance with state and federal environmental regulations while being as time and cost-efficient as possible.
Mobile Epiphany, and its Krinkle brand of mobile apps, enable businesses to create and/or adapt existing mobile solutions rapidly and cost-effectively. Contact us today to see how Mobile Epiphany can help solve your business challenges.
When the Going Gets Tough, Krinkle Gets Going: 2020 A Year in Review
At Mobile Epiphany/Krinkle Apps, we understand that 2020 has been a difficult year for many. Despite these difficult circumstances, we have been working hard to support our clients and communities to navigate through this challenging time. Even during a pandemic, natural disasters like hurricanes and wildfires still impact our communities significantly. Buildings (especially hospitals) still need to be compliant with NFPA fire codes for occupants’ safety and oil & gas service companies still need to check for leaks and be OOOOa compliant for personal and environmental concerns. Ultimately, all these essential processes and operations need to be completed to the highest quality standard possible and life and work have to continue moving forward. This last year, Mobile Epiphany has been working hard to help people keep this crucial work going by creating and updating our intuitive, enterprise-class software.
While the pandemic has been a disaster of its own, this doesn’t mean that other natural disasters stop. The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season was one of the most active and costly hurricane seasons on record. This hurricane season featured 13 hurricanes, of which six developed into major hurricanes, with Hurricane Iota attaining a Category 5 strength. The damage and fallout of these disasters have been significant and costly, but Mobile Epiphany has been working tirelessly to push the debris removal process and post-disaster recovery forward. Krinkle’s hurricane ADMS, Krinkle Debris Tracker®, has been used in numerous post-disaster debris removal efforts this year to allow debris monitoring companies and jurisdictions to quickly and easily audit and reconcile payment.
In addition to the impact of COVID-19 and this hurricane season, natural disasters like wildfires have also taken a significant toll on peoples’ lives this year. Even though most major wildfires have dissipated by now, post-wildfire cleanup is crucial to get peoples’ lives back on track. For a process like wildfire debris management, extensive subject matter expertise is required in order to understand the subtle nuances of the multitude of different processes and build comprehensive software. This is what led the team at Krinkle to spend the last several years working with debris monitoring companies, foresters, arborists, state governments and other subject matter experts to create and continuously improve the world’s only Wildfire Automated Debris Management System: Krinkle Wildfire ADMS®.
Krinkle Wildfire ADMS® helps debris monitoring companies, haulers and jurisdictions guide their users through FEMA-approved processes, control their mission data and quickly reconcile following a wildfire. Krinkle Wildfire ADMS® guides monitors and arborists through inspecting, marking, barcoding (if required), and cutting fire-damaged hazardous trees as well as verifying that the trees (species by species) meet fire damaged hazardous trees. It also guides users through the entire debris hauling and eligibility determination process. The mobile app and reporting tool go far beyond the capabilities of a traditional Hurricane ADMS (i.e. Krinkle Debris Tracker®) by guiding its users throughout a wildfire’s unique aspects including material recycling, soil decontamination (scrape and re-scrape), fire-damaged hazardous tree removal, and much more. Finally, reporting can be performed at the “touch-of-a-button”.
While the pandemic has been a major detriment to public health, fugitive emissions are an ever-present danger to the health of our environment and ourselves that need to be addressed. This is why Krinkle LDAR Tracker Pro® has been working hard with our customers to ensure that OOOOa regulations are still being maintained for environmental and public safety. This year, Krinkle LDAR Tracker Pro® has been expanding its footprint in the Permian Basin and beyond, supporting our existing clients and keeping OOOOa compliance on track. Krinkle LDAR Tracker Pro® enables seamless and automated OOOOa compliant work order sharing (we call it “Shared Work Orders”) between LDAR program managers, Infrared (OGI) camera inspectors (and verifiers), and repair techs. Even client executives who must decide how to handle leaks on “Delay of Repair” status are supported. This ensures that every required step of the OOOOa regulation (and even your state regulations) becomes a simple, guided process for your users. The end result is a consistent workflow in the field for all your users, assured compliance, and a system that drives the process through to its full completion.
“Krinkle LDAR Tracker Pro® has been with us from our earliest days of setting up a Leak Detection And Repair (LDAR) program to our first year of reporting fugitive emissions and leak data to federal agencies for multiple clients and we could not be more pleased. Our users and administrators received thorough training in how to manage Krinkle LDAR Tracker Pro services, billing has been efficient and predictable, and the customer support team has remained exceptionally quick and responsive. Krinkle LDAR Tracker Pro® and the Mobile Epiphany team have helped us support our talented employees and increased our ability to provide the outstanding service that our clients expect.”
– Cianna Logie, Sport Environmental.
“Partnering with Krinkle this past year, we were able to effectively transition from a traditional relationship of hiring an outside LDAR contractor to bring it in-house utilizing automated recordkeeping and reporting. Most importantly, we have reduced our overall operating cost while improving environmental compliance.”
– Kaleb Foster, Maverick Natural Resources.
Hospitals are the battleground for the fight against COVID. As doctors and nurses have been working tirelessly to combat the pandemic, Krinkle Fire Door has been working relentlessly with fire door safety companies to ensure these hospitals are meeting Fire & Life Safety standards. Additionally, our mobile solutions and digital reporting help our customers to be more efficient and contactless when communicating with their clients. Krinkle Fire Door® has been working with subject matter experts in the fire door service industry for years to create its comprehensive (inspections, estimates to repair, repairs performed, etc.) mobile application. The mobile app guides inspectors to easily adhere to NFPA standards, speed up work and automate fire door reporting. Krinkle Fire Door® has taken the mobile app beyond traditional fire door inspection software, to a complete mobile and back-office solution that drives business.
“I have tried several different inspection platforms during my time in business. Each of these platforms had upsides but none encompassed all the features I had been looking for in an inspection and repair software… I am very happy with the Krinkle app and the entire Krinkle support team. Most importantly the software is reliable, the Krinkle team is very supportive, the cost is affordable and my clients are happy with the reports they receive.”
- Vickie Evans, Victory Fire Door.
The pandemic and its impact on the workforce have brought workflow efficiency and process digitization to the forefront of peoples’ minds. This is something that our customers in heavy machinery have been actively aware of and investing in even before the pandemic. After being field-proven in over ten dealerships worldwide, Krinkle Rebuild Tracker is continuously being updated with new features and forms to improve the rebuild process. Krinkle Rebuild Tracker® is a robust mobile application and management-reporting tool for heavy equipment component rebuild centers that track every stage of the component rebuild process with ease. To further improve the solution and enhance the data sophistication of engine inspections and Key Performance Indicator (KPI) tracking, we have worked with our customers to incorporate essential engine inspection forms into the software. This enables more thorough tracking of performance efficiency, Quality Assurance (QA), and overall improved data quality through the integration of various rebuild operations.
Looking into the new year, even though there is still uncertainty in front of us, Mobile Epiphany and its Krinkle brand are still focusing on working with seasoned industry subject matter experts to provide solutions that address the essential operational processes that need to move forward regardless of unforeseen circumstances like the COVID-19 pandemic. This is what led Krinkle to develop the most comprehensive Oil & Gas environmental suite of apps on the market: Krinkle Environmental®.
The mobile app and its modules guide users through oil & gas environmental projects like phase I environmental site assessments (ESA PI), soil sampling with depth samples, spill management with surface soil sampling, reclamation and more! Although these modules are ready to go, out-of-the-box, companies can further customize the software suite to meet their specific needs. Krinkle understands that different Oil & Gas environmental service companies might not handle all of these processes and projects. This is why Krinkle Environmental® is designed and priced to allow businesses to choose which modules and processes are most relevant to their current work and the other modules are at the ready for when new business arrives. Krinkle Environmental® and all its modules were built with the idea of keeping end-users efficient with their time, thorough in their data collection, and guided step-by-step through their work. This ensures accuracy, completeness, and speed while collecting environmental data and makes reporting an easy, “touch-of-a-button”, task. If you are interested in differentiating yourself in the Oil & Gas industry, improving compliance across the organizations you serve, and doing so with significantly less effort and cost, click HERE to learn more.
Despite the uncertainty that lies ahead of us, the challenges that we have faced over the last year have helped us improve our products and relationships with clients. Moving forward we want to continue supporting our clients, regardless of circumstances out of our control. After a successful year of developing new mobile software suites and Krinkle apps and updating existing software, Krinkle has big plans for 2021. Over the next year, Mobile Epiphany/Krinkle plans to expand upon the modules offered in Krinkle Environmental in order to handle processes like weed management, land consultation, and more. Going forward, Krinkle plans to continue improving the business processes and relationships we made in 2020, while simultaneously continuing to launch new products to solve business challenges for other industries. Stay up-to-date with our newest updates and activities HERE.
We’re Just Getting Started: Our Year in Review
Mobile Epiphany is an established enterprise-class mobile software company in its 11th year of business. Its mobile platform technology is used to rapidly create cost-effective mobile apps to solve any business process challenges across any industry, regardless of complexity. Initially, Mobile Epiphany succeeded in creating many custom mobile applications for specific business challenges on a project-by-project basis. While Mobile Epiphany still takes on custom projects regularly, these new, standardized apps fall under our brand “Krinkle”, which we have been expanding upon ever since. This last year, we’ve been particularly busy adding new and innovative capabilities to the next generation of our existing apps while also adding new apps to our suite of “purpose-specific” Krinkle solutions.
For the oil and gas industry, Krinkle launched two new mobile software solutions this last year. Krinkle began servicing the oil and gas industry four years ago with the launch of its premier LDAR tracking software, Krinkle LDAR Tracker®. Over these last four years, we’ve gained a great deal of expertise in the LDAR process and we further innovated new ways where Krinkle LDAR Tracker® could improve. One of the biggest challenges our clients faced was coordinating the communication between multiple different subcontractors (such as inspectors, repairmen, verifiers, etc.) working on the same well sites, compressor stations, etc. This insight led us to develop Krinkle LDAR Tracker Pro®, an advanced version of our original LDAR compliance software. The Pro version adds a series of new and innovative features including its premier feature - seamless work order sharing.
The “Shared Work Order” system automatically pushes the initial work order forward to all the subsequent users who need it (the initial inspector, then repair people, then verifiers, etc.), simply by detecting when the previous step is complete. This eliminates the need for the project managers to engage in endless phone calls, coordination meetings, excel files, and forgotten or lost next steps. Krinkle LDAR Tracker Pro® showcased this innovative new feature at the 2019 Oil and Gas Environmental Conference (OGENV 2019). Krinkle's Sr. Business Analyst, Dr. Glenn Kletzky, gave a presentation at the event alongside Vertex Resource Services’ VP of US Operations, Mr. Dhugal Hanton. The presentation focused on how deploying Krinkle LDAR Tracker Pro® resulted in Vertex gaining a higher level of compliance and situational awareness which has enabled them to better serve their clients.
Mobile Epiphany’s software has been used to inspect close to 1,000,000 fire doors for the fire and life safety industry over the last four years. Mobile Epiphany has been working with subject matter experts in the fire door service industry for years to create its comprehensive (inspections, estimates to repair, repairs performed, etc.) application. In 2019, we officially launched the standardized version of our fire door inspection software, Krinkle Fire Door®. The mobile app guides inspectors to even more easily adhere to NFPA standards, speeds up work, and automates fire door reporting. Krinkle has taken the mobile app beyond traditional fire door inspection software, to a complete mobile and back-office solution that drives your business.
Over the last 3 years, Krinkle Debris Tracker® has reconciled disaster data required by FEMA in multiple states and counties. From natural disasters including hurricanes Maria, Irma, and Harvey, as well as the Northern and Southern California wildfires, Krinkle Debris Tracker®’s performance, was unrivaled. In 2019, Krinkle Debris Tracker® impressed attendees at the 33rd annual Governor's Hurricane Conference in Florida with its 4th year of updates and increased capabilities. Emergency management professionals and those involved in preparedness, planning, response, and recovery at all levels of the government, industry, and private interest gathered to exchange ideas and see the latest and greatest advancements in emergency response. Krinkle presented our powerful disaster management software solutions - Krinkle Debris Tracker® and Krinkle Damage Tracker® - both showcased during live demonstrations, presented by Dr. Glenn Kletzky. The two solutions attracted the interest of more than 50 organizations.
Krinkle Rebuild Tracker® is a proven solution for heavy equipment dealers looking to track their major components during the rebuild process. The mobile app has been successfully deployed internationally, from the United States to Africa, the Middle East, and beyond. This established success led Krinkle to attend the Western Region Meeting for CAT dealers and their IT people (WRIT 2019 in Las Vegas). The mobile app had already proven itself in component rebuild centers internationally as it has been in use at the Cashman and Mantrac Caterpillar rebuild centers for the last two years. This was highlighted in a presentation given by Dr. Glenn Kletzky. His presentation also focused on how what Krinkle Rebuild Tracker® did for CAT’s dealers could be done for any heavy equipment manufacturer, regardless of the brand, facility size, or language spoken by its users.
Krinkle Rebuild Tracker® was also fully integrated with Modern® this last year. Modern® is a sales department and customer communications text messaging system popular among many of the CAT Dealers that Krinkle works with. Krinkle Rebuild Tracker®’s integration effort with Modern® highlights Krinkle’s commitment to heavy equipment dealers, software vendors, and the ecosystem as a whole. In 2020, we plan on launching a new hose manufacturing tracking mobile application that has been successfully deployed in multiple locations across Mantrac’s dealerships.
After a successful year of developing new Krinkle apps, updating existing software, speaking at trade shows, and integrating with other software, Krinkle has big plans for 2020. Going forward, Krinkle plans to continue improving the business processes and relationships we made in 2019, while simultaneously launching new products to solve business challenges for other industries. Stay up-to-date with our newest updates and activities here.
Krinkle LDAR Tracker Pro® Unveiled at OGENV 2019
Krinkle, LLC. formally presented and exhibited their Krinkle LDAR Tracker Pro® mobile app and suite of reporting tools earlier this month at the 2019 Oil & Gas Environmental Conference (OGENV). Krinkle LDAR Tracker Pro® is Krinkle’s highly scalable, enterprise-class version of its LDAR tracking and compliance software. The pro version of the software introduces an array of state-of-the-art features, including Krinkle’s innovative, fully automated work order sharing (we call it “Shared Work Orders”). Shared Work Orders ensure consistent workflow in the field, guides its users to timely completion of their 0000a and state regulatory work, and drives thorough LDAR compliance. Manual communications such as the typical back-and-forth emails and phone calls required to keep the LDAR team moving are almost completely eliminated. Time and money are saved while compliance is achieved with significantly less effort.
The “Shared Work Order” system automatically pushes the initial work order forward to all the subsequent users who need it (inspectors, repair techs, then verifiers, etc.), simply by detecting when the previous worker’s steps are complete. This enables LDAR companies to eliminate time-consuming spreadsheets, emails, and phone calls, while automatically driving the “next step” forward. Work never falls through the cracks, drastically increasing efficiency and ensuring a large return on investment.
Krinkle’s report management tool contains all the reports (rolling leak logs, component leak logs, remaining leaks, delays of repairs, etc.) needed to track all your sites, leaks, repairs, verifications, and delays of repair (DORs). The system provides LDAR technicians with all the smart forms and guided workflows necessary to collect actionable data, simplify their work and facilitate regulatory compliance.
During the conference, oil & gas companies were able to see Krinkle LDAR Tracker Pro® first-hand. Krinkle’s team demonstrated how Krinkle LDAR Tracker Pro® guides leak inspectors, repair techs, and verifiers through the entire LDAR process and enable them to maintain all their critical records with ease. Attendees were able to easily understand Krinkle LDAR Tracker Pro®’s reports and see for themselves the mobile app’s ability to streamline their LDAR processes and record-keeping (from well sites, compressor stations, central facilities, etc.).
Vertex Resource Group, an international oil field services company with over 3000 employees in both Canada and the US, presented the details of their field success as a result of using Krinkle LDAR Tracker Pro®. Vertex presented the stark difference between the burden of managing large and highly scalable LDAR programs prior to using Krinkle LDAR Tracker Pro® and the ease afterward. All aspects of the data collection, uniformity, worker guidance, and client reporting were drastically simplified. Vertex was able to rapidly deliver to its customers the data they wanted and the way they wanted it. Vertex’s Vice President of US operations, Mr. Dhugal Hanton, spoke alongside Krinkle’s Senior Business Analyst, Dr. Glenn Kletzky, about how Krinkle LDAR Tracker Pro® has modernized Vertex’s air compliance services.
“Initially, we had considered developing our own software in-house, but we also understood the potential years of time and millions of dollars such a risky effort might entail. After considerable market research, we realized that Krinkle’s software was enterprise-level and field-proven. It was already “out-of-the-box” ready to easily train and deploy. It quickly and cost-effectively serviced our LDAR program’s needs,” stated Mr. Hanton.
Krinkle LDAR Tracker Pro® reduces the time, cost, and effort to secure auditable compliance in your 0000a and state regulation program. If you would like to receive further information about Krinkle LDAR Tracker Pro®, please schedule a free live demonstration by visiting Krinkle LDAR Tracker Pro®.
Krinkle LDAR Tracker Pro® is Showcasing at OGENV2019
On December 3rd and 4th, Krinkle’s LDAR Tracker Pro® is showcasing at this year’s Oil & Gas Environmental Conference. Krinkle LDAR Tracker Pro® is Krinkle’s industry-leading version of its LDAR compliance tracking mobile app and reporting system. This breakthrough technology enables fully automated work order sharing (we call it “Shared Work Orders”) across the entire OOOOa and state regulation compliance process. The “Shared Work Order” system automatically pushes the initial work order forward to all the subsequent users who need it (repair people, then verifiers, etc.), simply by detecting when the previous step is complete. This enables LDAR companies to eliminate time-consuming spreadsheets and manual communication, while automatically driving the “next step” forward so that work never falls through the cracks. This substantially increases their efficiency and ensures a large return on their investment.
For the first time, oil & gas companies will be able to try Krinkle’s advanced Krinkle LDAR Tracker Pro® app, run its reports and see for themselves its ability to simplify and streamline all LDAR processes. During the conference, Krinkle’s subject matter experts will demonstrate how Krinkle LDAR Tracker Pro® can guide leak detection (OGI & AVO), and repair techs through the entire LDAR process and effortlessly maintain all their critical records. They will also demonstrate how LDAR program managers can easily manage their comprehensive records from well sites, compressor stations, central facilities, and more.
Krinkle’s reporting tool contains all the reports needed to track all your sites, leaks, repairs, and verifications. Reports such as rolling leak logs, component leak logs, remaining leaks, delays of repairs, and many more are included. The system provides LDAR technicians with all the smart forms and guided workflows necessary to make their jobs easy and facilitate regulatory compliance.
One of Krinkle’s customers who have established field success with many of their clients, Vertex Resource Services, Inc., will also be attending the event. Vertex will be giving a presentation about how Krinkle LDAR Tracker Pro® has modernized its air compliance services. Vertex’s Vice President of US operations, Mr. Dhugal Hanton will be speaking alongside Dr. Glenn Kletzky, a Senior Business Analyst from Krinkle, about how Vertex deployed Krinkle LDAR Tracker Pro® to maintain a higher level of compliance and situational awareness, while better serving their clients.
If you are attending the event and are interested in learning more about the benefits and features of Krinkle LDAR Tracker Pro®, be sure to stop by Krinkle’s booth (Booth # 15) and attend Vertex/Krinkle’s presentation on December 3rd at 11:00 a.m. If you cannot attend the event and would like to receive further information about Krinkle LDAR Tracker Pro®, please schedule a free live demonstration by visiting Krinkle LDAR Tracker Pro®.
Announcing Krinkle's Premium LDAR Compliance Software: Krinkle LDAR Tracker Pro®
Krinkle LDAR Tracker Pro®, Krinkle’s newest version of its premier LDAR tracking software and reporting system, reduces the time, cost and effort to secure auditable compliance in your 0000a and state regulation program. Not only is it easy to learn, but it also drives your workforce (in house or sub-contractors!) to collect the right data and stay on schedule. It comes standard with many critical and useful reports like the EPA required report, a report showing the status of all leaks and many more, ensuring you are always in compliance and audit-ready.
Krinkle’s LDAR Tracker Pro® is a mobile app and back-office suite of tools that uses a radically improved and simplified approach to these complex and mandatory regulations. The original version was introduced to the market 4 years ago and our pro version takes it to the next level, by enabling seamless work order sharing.
Krinkle LDAR Tracker Pro®’s state of the art approach (Shared Work Orders) allows for work orders to be assigned directly to an LDAR Inspector’s mobile device as an initiating step. The “Shared Work Order” system automatically pushes the initial work order forward to all the subsequent users who need it (repair people, then verifiers, etc.), simply by detecting when the previous step is complete. No more phone calls, coordination meetings, excel files and forgotten or lost next steps. The chain-link of “next step” responsibility remains unbroken and always visible to the workers and their managers alike. This level of data awareness via reports, dashboard views and the mobile app itself extend to client executives as well, who must decide how to handle leaks recommended for “Delay of Repair”.
The mobile app only shows each individual user the work orders assigned to them. With a simple touch, the app then guides each of its users, step by step, through their respective workflow and only asks for information that is relevant to their current role (inspector, repair tech, etc.). Return on investment, ease of training, and ease of use cannot be overstated.
The PC (back-office) portion of the system is for LDAR program managers. It lets them set up months and even years of future LDAR work orders very quickly. From that point forward, they only need to assign them to their employees by selecting their names from a list. The system does the rest!
Once the system is in use, reports (such as the required EPA report, outstanding leaks reports, DOR list reports and many more) can be run at any time. They can even be scheduled to run daily and show up in your email automatically if you want! If management wants to have additional reports, custom dashboard views, and/or custom notifications, the system allows for these things to be quickly configured.
Interested in learning more about how Krinkle LDAR Tracker Pro® could help your LDAR process? Click here to check out the updated page on our website.