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Gray, Louisiana – January 4, 2016  - NVI, LLC, Nondestructive & Visual Inspection, officially announces its distribution, deployment and development agreement of a new state-of-the-art technology, “SpotOn®” Remote Monitoring. By teaming with A3 Monitoring through a long term agreement and being the sole provider in the United States, James Cloutier, Chief Executive Officer at the NVI companies, is confident that these systems provides a best in class, reliable, and low cost solution for real time monitoring of pipelines, pressure vessels, liquid storage systems as well as other systems in a high or medium consequence area(s).  With deployment of this technology comes a reduction in operating costs, as there will be no need to continually mobilize inspectors to meet compliance, as well as a decrease in costs associated with accessing remote areas. The remote monitoring packages offered are true turnkey, noninvasive solutions geared at achieving regulatory compliance and extending the life of the asset. This new technology will provide sufficient inspection to assets that are subject to the higher probability of corrosion, erosion, stress cracking, leaks, third party damage and or located in high consequence areas such as river crossings, road crossings, and public gathering areas that [...]

Gray, Louisiana - July 1, 2015 - Nondestructive and Visual Inspection has announced the strengthening of its Mechanical Integrity service offering.  Executives within the organization have valued the commitment for expansion at over 5 million dollars in order to assist its clientele with complying with upcoming government regulation aimed at improving the monitoring and repair of aging pipeline and facility infrastructure.  James Cloutier, NVI’s President and Chief Executive Officer, stated that the investment would encompass both “cutting edge technologies such as laser imaging, remote satellite monitoring, FAA licensed aerial surveillance technology combined with our long standing patent pending traceability programs to our best in class Mechanical Integrity programs.” Our goal is to partner with our customer for the life of an asset. NVI, LLC can document compliance, design criteria, and provide useful life for nearly any asset with a multitude of proprietary technologies. David Thoman, Director of Mechanical Integrity, has hired key employees such as, Mike Duffy, Director of Pipeline Integrity-- Direct Assessment and Kevin Tanner, Mechanical Integrity Operations Manager, to lead the ongoing development of its workforce specializing in both in-service inspection methods, risk based analysis, corrosion monitoring, and direct site assessment surveys. View Official Press Release [...]

Northglenn, Colorado - June 8, 2015— NVI, LLC, a locally owned, a nationwide industrial solutions provider, has officially announced their expansion into the Denver market. NVI, LLC’s newest facility located at 405 West 115th Avenue, Unit #6 Northglenn, CO, will serve as base of operations for NVI, LLC’s service lines such as traditional and advanced NDE, mechanical integrity, cathodic protection, remote monitoring, heat treatment, direct site assessment (ILI verification), welder qualification services as well as compliance services such as document control and traceability systems. Since 2004, NVI, LLC continues to grow throughout the Continental U.S. by attracting and selecting key management who share in its vision and culture. To facilitate this further expansion in the Midcontinent. The company has employed a management team tasked with expanding its geographic presence and further enhancing its quality image. James Cloutier, NVI, LLC’s President and Chief Executive Officer stated “NVI is honored to have such a talented group of individuals join our team in an effort to build upon our growing footprint and continue our mission of absolute customer satisfaction.” View Official Press Release

Gray, Louisiana - May 15, 2015 — NVI, LLC is pleased to announce that our company has been chosen, for the second year in a row, as one of the top 70 safest companies in 2014 by LWCC (Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation). The selection process for this award begins with companies purchasing more than $20,000 of workman’s compensation insurance from LWCC for the last 5 years, and has an Experience Modifier Rating lower than 1.00 for the last 2 years. There are more than 16,500 policy holders of LWCC, and there are only 70 awards issued making it a prestigious award. Companies are recognized for the excellence, outstanding performance, and commitment to workplace safety. NVI, LLC would like to thank all of our dedicated employees as well as our clients for their commitment to safety. Without teamwork, NVI, LLC would not be able to establish the safety culture it is able to maintain today.

Denver, Colorado - April 13, 2015 — We are pleased to announce that NVI, LLC was chosen as the 2015 DUG Bakken and Niobrara “Best Use of Social Media” DUGGIE award winner. NVI, LLC would also like to congratulate the other award recipients that won 2015 DUG Bakken Niobrara DUGGIE Awards. Hart Energy offers all DUG exhibitors a chance to win one of the DUGGIE awards for multiple categories. The award categories include best 100 square foot booth, best 200-300 square foot booth, best 300+ square foot booth, best promotional giveaway item, and best use of social media. In addition, NVI, LLC will be attending DUG Permian Basin, DUG East and DUG Eagle Ford conferences for the remainder of 2015. Our success rate from these conferences increases each year. Hart Energy puts on numerous conferences which are considered, “the world’s largest unconventional resource events” throughout the year across the globe.

Gray, Louisiana – September 4, 2014 – NVI, LLC, a locally owned, nationwide industrial solutions provider, has announced the completion of phase 1 of its compressed natural gas (CNG) fleet conversion project. Phase 1 represented a conversion of over 80 vehicles in its fleet to run on CNG. This represents a conversion of 45% of its fleet and is a major milestone among its management team. NVI’s Corporate Fleet Manager, Corey Harris stated “A full conversion of our 180 vehicles is our target by the end of 2015. During the last 4 months, when the vehicles finally arrived from the manufacturer, we’ve adapted to more efficient processes to quickly turn them around and get the new vehicles back on the projects in the field where they belong.” Upon completion of the conversion, NVI will have the largest privately held CNG fleet in North America. NVI’s new fleet feature both Chevrolet 2500s and F150 CNG capable vehicles equipped with the company’s custom manufactured aluminum mobile lab units. Jim Cloutier, NVI’s Chief Executive Officer was satisfied about the progress so far, explaining that “…we [NVI Management] have committed a vast amount of time, personnel, and capital to ensure [...]