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CALGARY, ALBERTA -- (Marketwired) -- 08/21/14 -- Pan Orient Energy Corp. ("Pan Orient") (TSX VENTURE: POE) is providing its 2014 second quarter consolidated financial and operating results. Please note that all amounts are in Canadian dollars unless otherwise stated and BOPD refers to barrels of oil per day net to Pan Orient.
The Corporation is today filing its unaudited consolidated financial statements as at and for the six months ended June 30, 2014 and related management's discussion and analysis with Canadian securities regulatory authorities. Copies of these documents may be obtained online at www.sedar.com or the Corporation's website, www.panorient.ca.
-- Government of Thailand environmental approval received on August 8th for six drilling locations in Concession L53, including the L53A-North prospect. -- Purchased high quality 3D seismic over the Selong-Akatara oil and gas discoveries made by another operator directly adjacent to our acreage at the Batu Gajah Production Sharing Contract ("PSC") continues to indicate the likelihood of an extension of these structures into Pan Orient's acreage. -- Significant progress made in the farm-out efforts of the East Jabung and Batu Gajah PSCs onshore Sumatra, Indonesia. -- Steam injection commenced at the Sawn Lake, Canada, steam assisted gravity drainage ("SAGD") demonstration project on May 21, 2014 and first bitumen production is anticipated in September 2014.
-- For the second quarter of 2014, the Company recorded total corporate funds flow from operations of $4.6 million ($0.08 per share) and a net loss attributable to common shareholders of $0.1 million ($0.01 loss per share). For the first six months of 2014, corporate funds flow from operations was $9.0 million ($0.16 per share) and a net loss attributable to common shareholders of $0.3 million ($0.01 loss per share). -- At June 30, 2014 Pan Orient had $43.8 million of working capital and non-current deposits, and no long-term debt. In addition, Pan Orient had $7.5 million of equipment inventory to be utilized for future Thailand and Indonesia operations which is included in exploration and evaluation assets in the consolidated statement of financial position. Working capital and non-current deposits were comprised of $27.2 million cash, $2.5 million of non-current deposits, $12.9 million of Canadian taxes receivable and other receivables of $7.0 million and less payables of $5.8 million. -- Capital expenditures were $4.2 million for the second quarter of 2014 and included $2.6 million in Canada associated with the Sawn Lake SAGD demonstration project of Andora Energy Corporation ("Andora"), which is owned 71.8% by Pan Orient and consolidated with Pan Orient for reporting purposes, $0.9 million in Thailand and $0.7 million in Indonesia. During the first six months of 2014, capital expenditures were $15.2 million with expenditures of $6.7 million in Canada associated with the Sawn Lake SAGD demonstration project, $3.4 million in Thailand for drilling the L53A Central well, workovers, other exploration costs and inventory, and $5.0 million in Indonesia for completion of seismic programs and other exploration costs. -- Capital expenditures for the first half of 2014 were funded by $9.0 million of funds flow from operations, $2.7 million from a joint venture partner repurchasing a gross overriding royalty interest at Sawn Lake as part of an overall agreement entered into in 2013 for the advancement of the Sawn Lake demonstration project and the remaining $3.5 million through existing working capital. -- At June 30, 2014 Pan Orient had outstanding capital commitments of $0.1 million in Thailand associated with Concession L53, $8.7 million in Indonesia associated with the East Jabung PSC, and $0.4 million in Canada for natural gas pipeline tie-in and tariff charges associated with the Sawn Lake SAGD demonstration project of Andora. -- Thailand -- In the second quarter of 2014 Concession L53 average oil sales increased 8% to 769 BOPD and generated $5.4 million in after tax funds flow from operations, or $77.45 per barrel. This compares with oil sales in the first quarter of 2014 of 712 BOPD and $5.0 million in after tax funds flow from operations, or $77.69 per barrel. Oil sales increased 8% during the second quarter of 2014 primarily due to flush production from successfully perforating a new zone at the L53-D2ST3 well in May 2014. -- On a per barrel basis, after tax funds flow from operations of $77.45 in the second quarter of 2014 was consistent with the first quarter of 2014 and resulted from oil sales of $104.05, transportation expenses of $1.66, operating expenses of $12.63, general and administrative expenses of $7.28 and a royalty to the Thailand government of $5.20, and there was interest income equivalent to $0.17. Oil revenue during the first half 2014 was allocated 21% to expenses for transportation, operating, and general & administrative, 5% to the government of Thailand for royalties, and 74% to Pan Orient. -- No wells were drilled in the second quarter of 2014 as the Company waited for EIA approval for several locations, including the L53A- North prospect in the northeastern portion of Concession L53 which is part of the planned three well drilling program for the remainder of 2014. The L53-A Central exploration well drilled during the first quarter of 2014 failed to encounter commercial hydrocarbons and was abandoned. -- Capital expenditures during the second quarter of 2014 at Concession L53 were $0.9 million in Thailand primarily for workovers, final drilling costs for the L53-A Central exploration well and equipment inventory. For the first half of 2014 capital expenditures at Concession L53 have been $3.4 million for drilling the L53A Central well, workovers, equipment inventory and other exploration costs and inventory. -- The Company elected not to continue exploration actives at Concession L45 and the concession expired on April 27, 2014. -- Indonesia -- Capital expenditures in Indonesia were $5.0 million during the first half of 2014, with $4.3 million in the first quarter and $0.7 million in the second quarter. On a year to date basis, there have been capital expenditures of $4.5 million at the East Jabung PSC related primarily to completing the 440 kilometer 2D seismic program, $0.4 million at the Batu Gajah PSC related to capitalized general and administrative expenses, and $0.1 million for equipment inventory. -- Canada -- Capital expenditures for the Sawn Lake SAGD demonstration project were $6.7 million during the first half of 2014, with $4.1 million in the first quarter and $2.6 million in the second quarter. These expenditures related to construction of the SAGD facility for steam generation, water handling and oil treating, and for final installation of the water source and disposal facilities.
-- Thailand -- On August 8, 2014 Environmental Impact Assessment ("EIA") approval was received for six exploration drilling locations with four individual well cellars each. Production EIA approval was also part of all six location applications, allowing for accelerated long term production in the event of success. -- The L53A-North location was one of the six locations approved with well construction to commence in approximately seven days and be completed in approximately seven weeks allowing for rain delays during the current early monsoon period. A number of steps have been taken to mitigate the impact of the monsoon rains on construction including covered storage of earth fill and construction of a berm around the well pad perimeter. -- The Company currently plans to drill one appraisal well at each of the L53-D East field and the L53-B prospect prior to drilling of the L53A-North exploration well. The L53-D East location will be targeting an undrilled fault compartment and the L53-B location will be targeting numerous sands 20 to 25 meters up structure from the original L53-B well that was drilled in 2011 and produced small quantities of oil from two sandstone intervals prior to being shut- in. No reserves were attributed to the targets in either of these appraisal wells in the 2013 year end reserves report. -- Drilling of the first well of the three well drilling program is anticipated to commence at the end of September with each well taking 10 to 14 days to completion. -- Production is currently 583 BOPD and averaged 657 BOPD in July and 610 BOPD over the past 30 days. Oil production levels have been impacted by the rescheduling of the drilling program due to the delay in receiving EIA approvals. -- Indonesia -- East Jabung PSC Onshore Sumatra (Pan Orient operator and 100% ownership) -- As disclosed on May 28th, Pan Orient has received a number of proposals from potential farminees with regard to obtain of an up to 50% working interest in East Jabung PSC. The Company has accepted a non-binding proposal and is currently facilitating legal and financial due diligence on an exclusive basis while working towards binding farm-in and joint operating agreements. These agreements, if concluded successfully, are anticipated to be completed in September. -- Batu Gajah PSC Onshore Sumatra (Pan Orient operator and 77% ownership) -- The Company is currently in negotiations on a non-exclusive basis regarding the potential farm-out of an up to 40% working interest in the Batu Gajah PSC. -- In the past three weeks approximately 120 square kilometers of 3D seismic data covering a large portion of the Akatara-Selong oil and gas discovery area made by another operator directly adjacent to our acreage at the Batu Gajah PSC has been purchased after being only recently made available by the Indonesian Government technical data administrator. The preliminary results of the interpretation of this high quality 3D seismic data continues to indicate the Company's view that the Selong oil discovery extends into Pan Orient's adjacent Batu Gajah PSC acreage. On the basis of this newly available seismic data, the Company has selected three drilling locations for which Forestry Ministry approval will be sought. It is estimated this approval process will take approximately four months and could be followed by drilling in mid-2015. -- Citarum PSC Onshore Java (Pan Orient operator and 97% ownership) -- Pan Orient continues to operate a data room for potential farmin parties and is seeking a 50% partner. This process continues to proceed. -- Canada - Sawn Lake (operated by Andora, in which Pan Orient has a 71.8% ownership interest) -- Andora has a 50% working interest in the Sawn Lake SAGD demonstration project, and is the operator. The first step towards determining the commercial viability of the SAGD recovery process at Sawn Lake is for the demonstration project to provide an indication of the productivity of the reservoir and the amount of steam injection required to produce the bitumen, which are key components in assessing the potential for SAGD development at Sawn Lake. -- For Phase 1 of the SAGD demonstration project, one SAGD well pair was drilled in the fourth quarter of 2013 to a depth of 650 meters and has a horizontal length of 780 meters. Construction of the SAGD facility for steam generation, water handling and oil treating was completed in 2014. -- Steam injection at the Sawn Lake SAGD demonstration project commenced on May 21, 2014. Steam has been injected into both the SAGD injector well and the SAGD production well for approximately three months. These wells are being monitored to determine the timing for recompleting the SAGD production well for production. It is expected that bitumen production will commence in early September 2014.
Pan Orient is a Calgary, Alberta based oil and gas exploration and production company with operations currently located onshore Thailand, Indonesia and in Western Canada.
This news release contains forward-looking information. Forward-looking information is generally identifiable by the terminology used, such as "expect", "believe", "estimate", "should", "anticipate" and "potential" or other similar wording. Forward-looking information in this news release includes, but is not limited to, references to: well drilling programs and drilling plans, estimates of reserves and potentially recoverable resources, information on future production and project start-ups and the status and likelihood of farmout negotiations and agreements. By their very nature, the forward-looking statements contained in this news release require Pan Orient and its management to make assumptions that may not materialize or that may not be accurate. The forward-looking information contained in this news release is subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties and other factors, which could cause actual results, expectations, achievements or performance to differ materially, including without limitation: imprecision of reserve estimates and estimates of recoverable quantities of oil, changes in project schedules, operating and reservoir performance, the effects of weather and climate change, the results of exploration and development drilling and related activities, demand for oil and gas, commercial negotiations, other technical and economic factors or revisions and other factors, many of which are beyond the control of Pan Orient. Although Pan Orient believes that the expectations reflected in its forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurances that the expectations of any forward-looking statements will prove to be correct.
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
-------------------------------------------------- Financial and Operating Three Months Ended Six Months Ended Summary June 30, June 30, (thousands of Canadian dollars except where indicated) 2014 2013 2014 2013 Change ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- FINANCIAL ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oil revenue, before royalties and transportation expense 7,285 8,475 14,035 15,919 -12% Funds flow from operations (Note 1) 4,600 6,537 8,967 12,201 -27% Per share - basic and diluted $ 0.08 $ 0.11 $ 0.16 $ 0.21 -25% Funds flow from (used in) operations by region (Note 1) Canada (609) (65) (509) (188) 171% Thailand 5,423 6,632 10,404 12,492 -17% Indonesia (214) (30) (928) (103) 801% -------------------------------------------------- Total 4,600 6,537 8,967 12,201 -27% -------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Net loss attributed to common shareholders (147) (97,677) (332) (97,336) -100% Per share - basic and diluted $ (0.01) $ (1.73) $ (0.01) $ (1.72) -100% Working capital 41,291 52,091 41,291 52,091 -21% Working capital & non- current deposits 43,789 54,345 43,789 54,345 -19% Long-term debt - - - - 0% Petroleum and natural gas properties Capital expenditures (Note 2) 4,182 37,978 15,192 72,487 -79% Dispositions (Note 3) - - (2,698) - 100% Shares outstanding (thousands) 56,760 56,760 56,760 56,760 0% ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Funds Flow from (used in) Operations per Barrel (Note 1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Canada operations $ (8.70) $ (0.75) $ (3.79) $ (1.17) 224% Thailand operations 77.45 76.27 77.56 77.78 0% Indonesia operations (3.05) (0.35) (6.92) (0.64) 980% -------------------------------------------------- $ 65.70 $ 75.17 $ 66.85 $ 75.97 -12% ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Capital Expenditures (Note 2) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Canada 2,576 2,268 6,722 4,492 50% Thailand 879 19,145 3,433 32,938 -90% Indonesia 727 16,565 5,037 35,057 -86% -------------------------------------------------- Total 4,182 37,978 15,192 72,487 -79% ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Working Capital and Non- current Deposits ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Beginning of period 44,040 87,442 47,889 116,376 -59% Funds flow from operations (Note 1) 4,600 6,537 8,967 12,201 -27% Proceeds from 2012 sale of Thailand interests 174 - 174 - 100% Capital expenditures (Note 2) (4,182) (37,978) (15,192) (72,487) -79% Disposal of petroleum and natural gas assets (Note 3) - - 2,698 - 100% Settlement of decommissioning liabilities (98) - (98) - 100% Recovery of 2012 taxes - 1,785 - 1,785 -100% Accrued relinquishment costs - (2,778) - (2,778) -100% Foreign exchange impact on working capital (745) (663) (649) (882) -26% Net proceeds on share transactions - - - 130 -100% -------------------------------------------------- End of period 43,789 54,345 43,789 54,345 -19% ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Canada Operations ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Interest income 61 190 149 495 -70% General and administrative expense (Note 4) (679) (411) (1,226) (841) 46% Current income tax recovery - 70 - 152 -100% Realized foreign exchange gain 9 86 568 6 -------------------------------------------------- Funds flow used in operations (Note 1) (609) (65) (509) (188) 171% -------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Funds flow used in operations per barrel Interest income $ 0.87 $ 2.19 $ 1.11 $ 3.08 -64% General and administrative expense (Note 4) (9.70) (4.74) (9.14) (5.24) 74% Current income tax recovery - 0.81 - 0.95 -100% Realized foreign exchange gain 0.13 0.99 4.24 0.04 -------------------------------------------------- Canada - Funds flow used in operations $ (8.70) $ (0.75) $ (3.79) $ (1.17) 224% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------- Three Months Ended Six Months Ended June 30, June 30, (thousands of Canadian dollars except where indicated) 2014 2013 2014 2013 Change ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thailand Operations ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oil sales (bbls) 70,016 86,949 134,133 160,615 -16% Average daily oil sales (BOPD) by Concession L53 769 955 741 887 -16% Average oil sales price, before transportation (CDN$/bbl) $ 104.05 $ 97.47 $ 104.63 $ 99.11 6% Reference Price (volume weighted) and differential Crude oil (Brent $US/bbl) $ 109.79 $ 102.59 $ 108.96 $ 112.17 -3% Exchange Rate $US/$Cdn 1.10 1.01 1.11 1.02 9% Crude oil (Brent $Cdn/bbl) $ 120.92 $ 103.13 $ 120.93 $ 114.23 6% Sale price / Brent reference price 86% 95% 87% 87% -1% Funds flow from operations (Note 1) Crude oil sales 7,285 8,475 14,035 15,919 -12% Government royalty (364) (425) (693) (784) -12% Transportation expense (116) (141) (220) (252) -13% Operating expense (884) (911) (1,922) (1,663) 16% -------------------------------------------------- Field netback 5,921 6,998 11,200 13,220 -15% General and administrative expense (Note 4) (510) (388) (809) (752) 8% Interest income 12 22 14 25 -44% Current income tax - - (1) (1) 0% -------------------------------------------------- Funds flow from operations 5,423 6,632 10,404 12,492 -17% -------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Funds flow from operations / barrel (CDN$/bbl) (Note 1) Crude oil sales $ 104.05 $ 97.47 $ 104.63 $ 99.11 6% Government royalty (5.20) (4.89) (5.17) (4.88) 6% Transportation expense (1.66) (1.62) (1.64) (1.57) 4% Operating expense (12.63) (10.48) (14.33) (10.35) 38% -------------------------------------------------- Field netback 84.56 80.48 83.49 82.31 1% General and administrative expense (Note 4) (7.28) (4.46) (6.02) (4.68) 29% Interest Income 0.17 0.25 0.10 0.16 -38% Current income tax - - (0.01) (0.01) 0% -------------------------------------------------- Thailand - Funds flow from operations $ 77.45 $ 76.27 $ 77.56 $ 77.78 0% -------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Government royalty as percentage of crude oil sales 5% 5% 5% 5% 0% SRB as percentage of crude oil sales 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% Income tax as percentage of crude oil sales 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% As percentage of crude oil sales Expenses - transportation, operating, G&A and other 21% 17% 21% 17% 26% Government royalty, SRB and income tax 5% 5% 5% 5% 0% Funds flow from operations, before interest income 74% 78% 74% 78% -5% Wells drilled Gross - 6 1 12 -92% Net - 6.0 1.0 12.0 -92% ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Indonesia Operations ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- General and administrative expense (Note 4) (255) (47) (552) (122) 352% Exploration expense (Note 5) 15 - (294) - 100% Realized foreign exchange gain (loss) 26 17 (82) 19 -532% -------------------------------------------------- Indonesia - Funds flow used in operations (214) (30) (928) (103) 801% -------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- Wells drilled Gross - 1 - 3 -100% Net - 1.0 - 3.0 -100% ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Funds flow from operations (cash flow from operating activities prior to changes in non-cash working capital, reclamation costs and excluding the recovery of prior year income taxes) is used by management to analyze operating performance and leverage. Funds flow as presented does not have any standardized meaning prescribed by IFRS and therefore it may not be comparable with the calculation of similar measures of other entities. Funds flow is not intended to represent operating cash flow or operating profits for the period nor should it be viewed as an alternative to cash flow from operating activities, net earnings or other measures of financial performance calculated in accordance with IFRS. (2) Cost of capital expenditures, excluding decommissioning provision and the impact of changes in foreign exchange rates. (3) Joint venture partners in Andora's Sawn Lake SAGD demonstration project repurchased the 3% gross overriding royalty on a portion of the non- owned working interests in 36.5 sections for $2.7 million. (4) General & administrative expenses, excluding non-cash accretion on decommissioning provision and stock-based payments. (5) Exploration expense relates to exploration costs associated with the Citarum and South CPP PSCs that are no longer being capitalized. (6) Tables may not add due to rounding.
Pan Orient Energy Corp.
Jeff Chisholm
President and CEO (located in Bangkok, Thailand)
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Pan Orient Energy Corp.
Bill Ostlund
Vice President Finance and CFO
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Sophomore Morgan Vanhoutin took second place individually with 1,217 pins, just 42 shy of first place.
Head Bowling Coach Steve Ludwig said that Vanhoutin's performance was solid in a low-scoring sectional.
"She averaged 203 for the day and it was a little bit lower scoring sectional as it played a little more difficult. That 203 average was a really nice average. I think the leader shot about a 208."
Rebecca Stricklin of Harrisburg was the overall winner at Mt. Vernon.
Salem heads to Rockford with work to do as they sit in the bottom half of the qualifiers.
"We qualified seventeenth in the state out of twenty-four so we didn't have a really high qualifying score."
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SAN RAMON, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 02/08/13 -- WANdisco (LSE: WAND), a provider of high-availability software for global enterprises to meet the challenges of Big Data and distributed software development, today announced it has made its WANdisco Distro (WDD) available for free download. WDD is the first fully tested, production-ready version powered by Apache Hadoop 2 based on the most recent release, including the latest fixes. These certified Apache Hadoop binaries undergo the same rigorous quality assurance process as WANdisco's enterprise software solutions.
The WDD team is led by Dr. Konstantin Boudnik, who is one of the original Hadoop developers, has been an Apache Hadoop committer since 2009 and served as a Hadoop architect with Yahoo! This dedicated team of Apache Hadoop development, QA and support professionals is focused exclusively on delivering the highest quality version of the software. WANdisco's Apache Hadoop developers have been involved in the open source project since its inception and have the authority within the Apache Hadoop community to make changes to the code base, ensuring fast delivery of fixes and enhancements.
Foundation for WANdisco's Enterprise Hadoop Products
WDD lays the foundation for WANdisco's enterprise Hadoop solutions that deliver 24-by-7 availability, scalability and performance globally, without any downtime or data loss. By adding its patented active-active replication technology to WDD, WANdisco is able to eliminate the single points of failure (SPOFs) and performance bottlenecks inherent in Hadoop. With this technology, the same data is simultaneously readable and writable on every server, and every server is actively supporting user requests. There are no passive or standby servers with complex administration procedures required for failover and recovery.
"WANdisco's active-active replication technology not only aims to eliminate single points of failure in Hadoop, but it could also be used to extend Hadoop deployment over wide areas. Users could start to utilize Hadoop as a globally distributed resource," said Tony Baer, principal analyst for Ovum.
In the event of a network or server outage, failover is immediate and recovery is automatic without administrator intervention. There is no downtime, even in the case of planned maintenance. These capabilities can be delivered across data centers over a Wide Area Network (WAN) as well as a Local Area Network (LAN), providing users around the world with non-stop global business continuity.
"WANdisco, with its active-active technology, delivers the non-stop global performance, scalability and availability that enterprise customers are demanding worldwide," said DJ Das, Founder and CEO, Third Eye Consulting Services & Solutions LLC, a company focused on delivering services around Big Data and a WANdisco systems integration partner. "WANdisco Distro is the only production-ready, enterprise-grade Hadoop distro that guarantees 100% uptime with multiple active NameNodes deployed in every cluster."
"This is one of a number of key Big Data product announcements WANdisco will be making between now and the upcoming Strata 2013 Big Data conference in Santa Clara, CA, February 26-28. It's a great time for enterprises requiring a hardened, non-stop Hadoop," said David Richards, CEO of WANdisco. "Only our patented active-active technology removes the single point of failure inherent in Hadoop and works locally and globally. We are excited to have Dr. Konstantin Boudnik, one of the original developers of Hadoop, leading this rollout."
Professional Service and Support
WANdisco is also announcing enterprise-class professional support for organizations deploying Hadoop clusters utilizing WDD. More than a first line of defense, WANdisco support engineers are open source experts, providing in-depth professional assistance and ensuring customers get the most from their deployment. With WANdisco employees around the globe providing local support, customers are assured they are moving in the right direction toward their business goals. Services include online service request and case tracking, customer discussion forums, online access to service packs and patches, and more (see www.wandisco.com/support/hadoop).
WANdisco premium customer support services include a dedicated enterprise support manager to keep customers apprised of updates and quickly resolve escalated issues. This dedicated support manager monitors interactions 365/24/7, guaranteeing that high severity issues are addressed immediately after WANdisco Customer Support is contacted.
Pricing and Availability
WDD, based on Apache Hadoop 2.0.3, is available for free immediate download at www.wandisco.com/hadoop/download. Platinum Support covers global 24/7, is priced at $3,000 per node and includes Bug Buddy, Hadoop Cluster Health Check, 8 Hours of Free Consulting or Training, and Indemnification Coverage, protecting customers using WDD from intellectual property claims that can arise from the use of open source software. Gold Support covers 8 am - 5 pm (user chooses GMT, EST or PST) and is priced at $2,000 per node. WANdisco will release WDD updates via the same website.
About WANdisco
WANdisco (LSE: WAND) is a provider of enterprise-ready, non-stop software solutions that enable globally distributed organizations to meet today's data challenges of secure storage, scalability and availability. WANdisco's products are differentiated by the company's patented, active-active data replication technology, serving crucial high availability (HA) requirements, including Hadoop Big Data and Application Lifecycle Management (ALM). Fortune Global 1000 companies including AT&T, Motorola, Intel and Halliburton rely on WANdisco for performance, reliability, security and availability. For additional information, please visit www.wandisco.com.
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Where to stay near Mt. Rushmore
We will be visiting the Mt. Rushmore area the last week of August for 2 nights. Last time I was in the area I stayed at K Bar S in Keystone and liked it very much, but unfortunately they are not available for one of our nights.
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i was only a kid when i lived in south dakota, so i can't really help with an answer. i do remember going to mt. rushmore and how fun it was. i think you're husband's going to like it. my dad took me ice fishing a couple of times in the black hills. south dakota was a fun place to live. i'd like to go back again some day. have fun. and good luck.
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Keystone is most convenient for the Mt Rushmore evening lighting program, but either town is fairly central to the sites you want to see.
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We stayed in Custer State Park and loved it! http://www.custerresorts.com/
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Both are great choices. I have never stayed in Keystone but they have lots of shops, eating places etc.. Hill City is also nice with a variety of places to dine. It seems a bit smaller than Keystone. Both seem fairly easy to stay at to see the sights. But if you are looking for gambling with bars and entertainment then I would go to Deadwood and check out the hotels there. It's probably about 45 min to the sights you want to see. But it's a fun little town with alot more to do.
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I also was going to suggest Custer State Park as an option to stay. We stayed in the State Game Lodge and it is really beautiful being in the park and it's not that far from the obvious sites of interest. Nice change from the standard hotels and there are several options in the park to choose lodging. Check it out!
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Not sure your budget but we just got back from there and stayed at Summer Creek Inn. It is a b&b 20 minutes north of Mt Rushmore and it was fantastic. Brand new rooms and homemade breakfast every morning.
Here's the website http://summercreekinn.com/
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If you like bed and breakfast, the Buffalo Rock Bed and Breakfast is not far from any attraction and near a small lake, lakota Lake where it's possible to swimm.
State game lodge is nice for dining but the rooms are small in the lodge itself, the rooms of the motel are...motel's room : clean, large but without charm.
Legion lake lodge had nice cabins, but without AC.
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Blue Bell Lodge would be very near Custer, as would both Jewel Cave(call a day ahead to make tour reservations) and Wind Cave (within Custer State Park). Blue Bell also has a small bar/restaurant that has good food - it's located a short drive outside of Custer. Crazy Horse/Mt. Rushmore are an easy drive (1/2 hr?) away. Hill City would also be a good,centralized location - just a note; Alpine Inn in Hill City has VERY good food - Keystone would also be a nearby choice, although busier with more gift shops, etc.
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Just returned from Keystone. Had a good experience at Presidents View in Keystone. Brother in law has taken his family there numerous times. No breakfast, but o.k. coffee. 89.95 plus tax of around $7.00. I would stay there again. Mt. Rushmore in A.M. is best for pics.
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|Publication number
|Publication type
|Application number
|Publication date
|May 26, 1981
|Filing date
|Sep 12, 1979
|Priority date
|Oct 12, 1978
|Also published as
|Publication number
|Robert T. J. Skinner
|Original Assignee
|Lucas Industries Limited
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (9), Referenced by (14), Classifications (5)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
This invention relates to an engine system including a compression ignition engine, a fuel pumping apparatus for supplying fuel in timed relationship to the combustion chambers of the engine, a fuel control member forming part of the apparatus and adjustable to control the amount of fuel supplied by the apparatus at each delivery stroke thereof, an air inlet and an exhaust gas outlet on the engine and valve means operable to permit exhaust gas from the outlet to pass to the inlet.
The purpose of allowing exhaust gas to flow into the air inlet of the engine is to reduce the noxious gas content of the exhaust gases. This technique is well known in the art. However, it is necessary to carefully control the level of exhaust gas recirculation. In general the amount of exhaust gas recirculated should decrease as the load on the engine is increased.
The object of the invention is to provide an engine system of the kind specified in a simple and convenient form.
According to the invention, in a system of the kind specified said valve means includes a valve member and the system includes a valve actuator for moving said valve member between an open and a closed position, the valve actuator comprising a pressure responsive member which is resiliently biassed to a position in which the valve member assumes the closed position, pump means for supplying fluid under pressure, a piston located within a cylinder, resilient means biassing the piston towards one end of the cylinder, orifice means defined in the piston and cylinder for controlling the fluid pressure at the other end of the cylinder whereby the force developed by the fluid pressure acting on the end of the piston at the one end of the cylinder is balanced by the force due to the resilient means and the fluid pressure acting on the other end of the piston, conduit means through which the fluid pressure at the other end of the cylinder is applied to the pressure responsive member of the actuator, and means responsive to the setting of the fuel control member for varying the force exerted by the resilient means.
One example of a system in accordance with the invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:
FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic view of the engine installation,
FIG. 2 is a diagrammatic view of the fuel pump,
FIG. 3 is a part-sectional side elevation of part of the fuel pump,
FIGS. 4, 5, 6 and 7 are graphs demonstrating the operation of the system.
FIG. 8 shows a modification to part of the pump seen in FIG. 3 and
FIG. 9 shows a view at right angles and to an enlarged scale of the part of the pump seen in FIG. 3 when the modification of FIG. 9 is incorporated.
Referring to FIG. 1 of the drawings, there is illustrated a compression ignition engine 10 having fuel injectors 11 which are supplied with fuel by way of pipelines (not shown), by a fuel injection pumping apparatus 12 which is driven in timed relationship with the engine. The engine has an exhaust manifold 13 and an air inlet manifold 14, the latter in use, drawing air from the atmosphere through a filter. The exhaust manifold is connected to a branch pipe 15 which connects with the air inlet manifold by way of valves means 16, the setting of which is determined by a valve operator 17. In use, when a valve member in the valve means 16 is opened, exhaust gas from the exhaust manifold can flow past the aforesaid valve member into the stream of air being drawn into the air inlet manifold.
The supply of exhaust gas to the air inlet manifold is well known in the art and an engine fitted with this arrangement is said to have exhaust gas recirculation. The purpose of exhaust gas recirculation is to reduce the level of noxious gases in the exhaust gases which are discharged to the atmosphere.
With a compression ignition engine it is found that the relative amount of exhaust gas to clean air should be increased as the load on the associated engine decreases and an indication of the load on the engine is obtained by the amount of fuel which is supplied to the engine by the fuel pumping apparatus.
In FIG. 2 there is illustrated in block form, the fuel pumping apparatus 12 and it will be seen to comprise an injection pump 18 having fuel outlets collectively indicated at 19 for connection to the injection nozzles 11 respectively. The injection pump 18 is supplied with fuel by a low pressure supply pump 20 by way of a fuel control member in the form of an adjustable throttle 21. The outlet pressure of the supply pump 20 is controlled by a valve 22 which spills fuel between the outlet 23 and the inlet 24 of the fuel supply pump. The inlet 24 of the pump is connected to a source of fuel for example, a fuel tank, the connection to the fuel tank being effected by way of a filter as is well known in the art. The valve 22 is so constructed that the pressure at the outlet 23 of the pump varies in accordance with the speed at which the apparatus is driven. It will be noted that the supply pump 20 and injection pump 18 are shown to be coupled by means of a shaft 25 which is connected to a suitable drive member on the engine.
The setting of the throttle 21 which provides an indication of the load, is determined by a governor mechanism 26. The governor mechanism is responsive to the speed of the associated engine and this may be effected by incorporating in it a member which is responsive to the outlet pressure of the supply pump 20 or it may incorporate a centrifugal mechanism which for convenience, is mounted on the shaft 25. The governor mechanism will, however, include an operator adjustable member which is indicated at 27 and which can be moved by the operator to control the speed of operation of the associated engine. If the member 27 is moved to increase the speed of the engine then the restriction to the flow of fuel offered by the throttle 21 will be decreased and vice versa. The governor mechanism may be what is termed in the art an "all-speed" governor or it may be a "two-speed" governor.
Turning now to FIGS. 3 and 4, there is seen in FIG. 3 the valve actuator 17 which will be seen to comprise a pressure responsive member in the form of a piston 28 housed within a cylinder 29. The piston has a piston rod 30 connected thereto which is connected to the valve member of the valve means 16. Moreover, the piston is biased by resilient means in the form of a coiled compression spring 31, to a position in which the valve member of the valve means 16 is closed.
Also shown in FIG. 3, is a valve unit generally indicated at 32, for determining the pressure which is applied to the piston 28.
The valve unit 32 comprises a cylinder 33 in which is located a piston 34 which is biased towards one end of the cylinder by means of a coiled compression spring 37 housed within a spring chamber 38 constituting an extension of the other end of the cylinder 33. The one end of the cylinder communicates with the outlet of the supply pump 20. The spring 37 remote from the piston 34 is mounted upon an abutment 39 and the position of the abutment 39 can be controlled by a cam 40. The cam 40, as shown in FIG. 3, is mounted on a shaft 41 and this is connected by linkage (not shown) to the adjustable throttle 21. The arrangement of the linkage and the cam 40 is such that as the effective size of the throttle is reduced, the abutment 39 is moved away from the one end of the cylinder 33 thereby reducing the force exerted by the spring 37 on the piston 34.
The piston 34 is provided with a circumferential groove 42 which communicates by way of a cross drilling and an axial drilling 43 in the piston, with the aforesaid spring chamber 38. Formed in the wall of the cylinder 33 are a pair of spaced ports 44, 45, the port 44 communicating with a drain whilst the port 45 communicates with the outlet 23 of the supply pump 20. In addition, the spring chamber 38 is connected by way of a conduit 46 with the end of the cylinder 29 remote from the spring 31.
In operation, the pressure in the spring chamber 38 is dependent upon the force exerted by the spring 37 upon the piston 34 and also the pressure in the one end of the cylinder 33. Assuming for the moment that the pressure is constant then as the force exerted by the spring is reduced, the piston will move towards the right thereby allowing fluid flow through the port 45 into the spring chamber 38. As a result the pressure in the spring chamber 38 will rise and this will act upon the piston which will move to cover the port 45. Conversely if the force exerted by the spring should fall the piston will move towards the left to allow fluid to flow from the spring chamber through the port 44 thereby resulting in a lowering of the pressure in the spring chamber. The pressure in the spring chamber 38 is applied to the piston 28 and as a result with increasing pressure in the spring chamber the piston will move towards the right increasing the amount of exhaust gas recirculation and vice versa. Thus increasing the force exerted by the spring 37 reduces the exhaust gas recirculation and vice versa.
The cam is arranged and is coupled to the fuel control member so that as the fuel control member is moved to increase the amount of fuel supplied to the engine i.e. to increase the load on the engine, the force exerted by the spring 37 is increased and vice versa. Again assuming that the fluid pressure supplied to the aforesaid one end of the cylinder remains constant the curves shown in FIG. 4 will be obtained. These curves approach the ideal and such an arrangement can be used where for a given setting of the fuel control member the amount of fuel delivered at each injection stroke of the injection pump remains substantially constant throughout the speed range.
In the case where the fuel control member is a throttle as is described, this does not apply and for a given setting of the throttle as the speed of the associated engine increases the amount of fuel supplied at each injection stroke will decrease because of the reduced time available for fuel flow. However, the setting of the throttle is controlled by a governor and the tendency is for the throttle to be opened as the engine speed increases to counteract the effect described. As the setting of the throttle varies so also does the degree of exhaust gas recirculation and the result would be that for a constant light load the degree of exhaust gas recirculation would fall with increasing speed.
The fact that the pressure of fluid applied to the aforesaid one end of the cylinder 33 varies in accordance with speed counteracts the above effect. FIG. 5 shows how the pressure in the spring chamber 38 varies with speed assuming that the control member position does not vary with speed. It will be seen that the pressure in the chamber 38 increases with speed and therefore the valve 16 will tend to open with increasing speed.
When the fuel control member is a throttle the rising characteristic shown in FIG. 5 is to an extent, compensated by the fact that with increasing speed for a given load the throttle is opened thereby increasing the force exerted by the spring 37 and so the variation of the setting of the valve 16 with load and speed will be more like the variation shown in FIG. 4. The resultant characteristic may be suitable for some engines.
In practice, however, the flow through the throttle 21 for various fixed settings of the throttle is as seen in FIG. 6. The various curves converge with increasing speed, the point of convergence being outside the speed range of the engine. In order to provide more accurate compensation it is therefore necessary for the pressure in the aforesaid one end of the cylinder 33 to be varied also in accordance with the setting of the throttle. For this purpose a fluid pressure control means is utilized which is coupled to the throttle. Before describing the practical embodiments of the control means the effect produced by the control means will be described with reference to FIG. 7. This figure is similar to FIG. 4 but it shows that the curves obtained at various throttle settings diverge with increasing speed. Thus more effective compensation is obtained.
One example of the control means is seen in FIG. 8. A pair of restrictors 47, 48 communicate with the cylinder 33, the restrictor 47 serving to permit fluid to enter the cylinder from the outlet 23 of the supply pump and being variable in accordance with the setting of the throttle 21. The restrictor 48 communicates with a drain and as the throttle is varied the pressure in the one end of the cylinder 33 varies. In practice the degree of restriction afforded by the restrictor 47 is reduced as the throttle 21 is closed, thus giving the characteristics shown in FIG. 7. A similar effect may be obtained by varying the restrictor 48 instead of the restrictor 47 but in this case the variation of the restrictor must be in the opposite sense. If desired, however, both restrictors may be varied.
The restrictor 47 is constituted by a rectangular port 49 which is formed in the wall of a bore accommodating an enlarged portion of the shaft 41. The end of this shaft is provided with a recess 50 which defines a sharp edge 51 which as the shaft is moved, sweeps across the port 49.
The recirculation of exhaust gas should only take place when the engine has attained its desired operating temperature and for this purpose a valve 52 is disposed in the conduit 46. This valve is an electromagnetic valve which when energised permits fluid pressure to be applied to the piston 28. When de-energised the cylinder 29 is connected to a drain so that the spring 31 is able to move the piston to the position in which no exhaust gas recirculation takes place. A switch 53 is provided which is closed when the engine temperature reaches its correct value. In addition two further switches 54 and 55 are connected in series with the aforesaid switch 53 one of which opens when the engine speed falls to idling speed and the other of which opens when the engine speed exceeds a predetermined value. Thus exhaust gas recirculation is obtained only when the engine has reached its normal operating temperature and when its speed lies between upper and lower limits.
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