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Press Release | 11.15.14

CAMS and Endeavor Energy Enter Shared Services Agreement for Selected African Power Generation Projects

Consolidated Asset Management Services, [22 July 2014] – Consolidated Asset Management Services (CAMS) and Endeavor Energy Power Holdings (Endeavor) have entered into an agreement to jointly provide operations and maintenance and asset management back office services for selected power generation facilities being acquired and developed by Endeavor in Africa. Together, CAMS and Endeavor Energy will provide services that include:

  • Site personnel training, documentation, and procedure development;
  • Implementation of Environmental Health and Safety (EHS), Quality Assurance, and maintenance processes and procedures;
  • Parts, tooling, supplies and inventory management;
  • Equipment service and repair;
  • Engineering and technical support; and
  • Day-to-day operations and maintenance.

Joe Sutton, CEO of CAMS said:

“CAMS looks forward to working together with a highly experienced and capable team like Endeavor as they develop power generation facilities in Africa. This agreement combines the capabilities of CAMS in the areas of asset management and operations and maintenance with the financial, development and in-country expertise of Endeavor and represents a total team solution to the emerging need for electric power in Africa.”

Sean Long, CEO of Endeavor said:

“We welcome the opportunity to team up with CAMS. They provide world-class environmental, health, safety, operations and maintenance asset management services to more than 8,000 megawatts of gas fired, combined cycle, simple cycle, coal, combined heat and power and hydroelectric power generation facilities in the United States and Latin America.

We believe that power generation facilities in Africa should have the same best-in-class operations, maintenance, and environmental, health, safety expertise. CAMS greatly enhances Endeavor Energy’s ability to deliver the highest quality services to its power generation projects in Africa.

We’re excited about the opportunity to collaborate, and look forward to bringing CAMS’ best-in-class expertise to bear on selected projects we are developing in Africa moving forward.”

About Endeavor Energy

Endeavor Energy is a privately held international independent power producer (IPP) company, headquartered in Houston, Texas, focused on developing and investing in power generation facilities in Africa. Endeavor Energy is led by a seasoned management team with extensive IPP experience around the world, and a proven record of identifying and executing on project development and acquisition opportunities in Africa and elsewhere. With the financial backing of energy-focused global private equity investor Denham Capital, the company possesses significant financial and operational capability to generate and participate in multiple power development projects in Africa. Endeavor Energy is also a sponsor of the US government’s Power Africa initiative. For additional information, please call +1 (281) 369-5908 or email us at contact.us@endeavor-energy.com. For more information about Endeavor, visit www.endeavor-energy.com.

About CAMS

Consolidated Asset Management Services (CAMS), together with its affiliates, is a privately held company, headquartered in Houston, Texas providing asset management, financial, commercial, technical and operations services to the Power Generation, Exploration & Production and Midstream sectors of the Energy industry. CAMS team members have decades of experience in the development, construction management, commissioning and startup, and plant O&M for generation assets in the U. S. and abroad. CAMS also provides specific technical expertise, through its affiliates, in the areas of environmental permitting, monitoring and reporting; cathodic protection and corrosion engineering; and IT infrastructure design, maintenance and support. For more information about CAMS, please visit www.camstex.com.

Press Release | 11.12.14

Consolidated Asset Management Services (CAMS) was recognized as the most “successful operating company for this year” at the 39th Annual Combustion Turbine Operations Technical Forum Spring Turbine Users Conference and Trade Show held April 5, 2014 in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. CAMS received 12 Best Practices Awards including one Best-of-the-Best Award.

In earning these awards and this recognition CAMS outdistanced second place NAES Corp who won seven (7) awards and third place Wood Group GTS Power Plants Services who earned four (4) awards. “This is a great honor for CAMS and all of our dedicated employees. It supports our goal to be the recognized leader in turbine maintenance and operations,” said CAMS CEO, Joseph W. Sutton.

Of the eight 2014 awards categories, CAMS was recognized in the following: Operations and Maintenance, Performance Improvements, Plant Safety, Workforce Development, and Monitoring and Diagnostics. The scorecard used by judges considers business value, degree of complexity, staff involvement, external coordination, and duration of value. Details of the awards can be found online at the Combined Cycle Journal (CCJ) website http://www.combinedcyclejournal.com/Index.html as well as in the CCJ Onsite CTOTF conference issue http://www.ccj-online.com/onsite/.

CAMS received awards at the following facilities:

Effingham County Power

  • Operation and Maintenance Award (two awards) for the preventive damage measures for water wicking cables and using designated equipment to transfer oil.
  • Performance Improvements Award for the CT exhaust thermocouple failure management control logic.
    Sabine Cogen LP
  • Plant Safety Award for the development of a system that clearly distinguishes each of the site’s confined spaces.
    Lea Power Partners
  • Operation and Maintenance Award (two awards) for the chilled water switch on the fly and turbine purge air modification.
    Mid-Georgia Cogen
  • Operation and Maintenance Award for the steam turbine generator electrical overspeed trip monitor supervisory system.
  • Performance Improvements Award for the enhanced CT enclosure vent fan control.
    CAMS East Region Fleet
  • Workforce Development Award for the workforce development program.
    Blackhawk Station
  • Performance Improvements Award for the exhaust bearing tunnel conduit cooling air modification.
    Walton County Power LLC
  • Operation and Maintenance Award for the turbine enclosure ventilation upgrade.
    Corona Cogen
  • Monitoring and Diagnostics Award for the interactive plant management system.

Established in 2007, Consolidated Asset Management Services (CAMS) is a privately held company, headquartered in Houston, Texas. CAMS provides quality, competitively priced management, commercial and operations services to the Power Generation, Exploration & Production and Midstream sectors of the Energy industry. CAMS emphasis is on providing clients with significant bottom line results and demonstrated value creation, all while operating and maintaining facilities safely, efficiently and in an environmentally friendly manner. CAMS comprehensive range of services includes: Asset Management, Operations and Maintenance, Construction Management, Commissioning and Start-Up, Engineering, Repair and Field Support, Commercial Origination and Optimization, and Project Development.

Press Release | 11.08.14

Consolidated Asset Management Services is proud to announce their affiliate, CAMS Bluewire Technology, has made the 2013 INC. 5000 List of The Fastest Growing Companies in America ranking #4721. CAMS Bluewire Technology were also recognized, out of all companies in Houston on the list, as #92 in the Houston Metro Area.

For 32 years, INC. Magazine has welcomed the fastest growing private companies in America into a very exclusive club. Make no mistake: The INC. 5000 was harder to get into this year than ever in its history. The median company on the list increased sales more than 140 percent since the start of 2010, while the average honoree grew a mind-boggling 468 percent. Those are results most companies could only dream of in the economy of the past three years.

As an INC. 5000 honoree, CAMS Bluewire Technology now shares a pedigree with Intuit, Zappos, Under Armour, Microsoft, Jamba Juice, Timberland, Cliff Bar, Pandora, Patagonia, Oracle, and dozens of other recent notable alumni. In addition to CAMS Bluewire Technology, the 2013 list added such powerhouses as Alex and Ani, LivingSocial, Bojangles, Otterbox, and KT Tape.

CAMS Bluewire Technology would like to especially thank their clients and team members for making this year such a success and look forward to achieving new goals in 2014 and beyond.

Complete results of the Inc. 5000, including company profiles and an interactive database that can be sorted by industry, region, and other criteria, can be found at www.inc.com/5000.