About AnTech
Established in 1992 by Toni Miszewski, AnTech designs its own proprietary products for particular industry needs and sub-contract design and manufacturing services. The downturn of 1998-to-1999 affected the company and it saw the sub-contract manufacturing part of its business to be hit first and so AnTech solely focused on its own proprietary products for the industry. From this, the business progressed in two areas, products and drilling services.
With over 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, AnTech Ltd (AnTech) combines mechanical and electronic design expertise with software and firmware to deliver innovative products and specialist drilling services. The company’s operations are best explained in two divisions: products for oilfield service companies and specialist drilling services.
AnTech’s products and drilling projects are used worldwide. Although the company originally serviced the traditional oil and gas industry, it has since diversified to support and accelerate the world’s energy transition. AnTech offers directional coiled tubing drilling bottom hole assemblies (BHAs), which are applicable for underbalanced, re-entry, grassroots, and through-tubing operations on e-coil, including geothermal and hydrogen drilling, as well as carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) projects.
AnTech products
On the products side, AnTech is best known for its wellhead outlets, which encompass Type X outlets, Type C electrical outlets, Type F fiber optic outlets, and Type H hybrid outlets. For the drilling side of the business, however, AnTech designs, manufactures, and develops 40-foot-long drilling tools, for directional drilling applications on coiled tubing, that go back into existing wells to revitalise the production from depleted reservoirs. These tools are used for projects where the infrastructure already exists and conventional drilling can’t be used or isn’t best suited, but our equipment allows operators to access the oil and gas by re-entering the existing wells.
AnTech is headquartered in the UK and supported by a workshop facility in Texas, from which it often mobilises its drilling projects from. On the products side, AnTech exports to over 50 countries around the globe, typically to service companies in the oil and gas industry. Its customer base has an unusual dynamic, as the service companies it sells products to are in fact their biggest competitors when it comes to drilling services.
The future of energy sources
Currently AnTech is looking at entry into more sustainable projects. Research suggests that the energy sector will still be 20 percent reliant on fossil fuels by 2050, so future energy sources need to be carefully considered. While it’s inevitably necessary to transition to greener markets and energy sources, there is still going to be an element of traditional oil and gas.
AnTech will still work in the oil and gas sector throughout the transition, recently focusing attention on promoting the importance of utilising existing infrastructure, technologies, engineering processes, and companies in the traditional oil and gas industry to enable entry into new, greener markets. Many organisations talk about needing to invest or ‘reinventing the wheel’ but this is not essential in every case; there are existing technologies that can be easily applied to renewables projects.
Raising awareness
The technology that can make a real difference in the energy transition journey in many cases already exists and could be implemented to allow us to move forward. AnTech is keen to push this concept to gain exposure and raise awareness of what we can offer, while being mindful that we’re not greenwashing. Existing technologies simply require a different type of testing and certification to be used for other applications. AnTech’s wellhead outlets have been used for carbon capture projects, for example and although we’re at an early stage of this arena, we’re at the start of an ambitious journey.
Current operations and future growth
AnTech is currently working on a project in Alaska. The company has also recently won a contract for a mining opportunity for critical minerals in Australia, which will commence shortly. The Alaska contract marks a change for the business as it provides longer-term work, as typically AnTech has worked on smaller projects around the world.
AnTech is steadily growing on the products side and will potentially explore expanding its offering to different areas of the market in the future. AnTech will strengthen its in-house engineering team and field operations teams in preparation for such growth, as it strives to continue offering reliable technology that helps solve its customers’ technical challenges.
While aiming for rapid growth, AnTech will stabilise the business through a period of change to ensure it continues to meet customers’ expectations while supporting the development of its employees. As the company expands on a period of growth in terms of both employees and revenue, we’ll strive to maintain our culture and strengthen our teams. We have great pillars to build upon, with 16 languages spoken across our 65 employees and a one-to-three female-to-male ratio.
Going forward, AnTech will not only offer today’s products and services on a much bigger scale, but also influence the wider industry. As demand for sustainable and renewable energy sources grows, AnTech will increasingly diversify and strengthen its focus on greener markets to accelerate the global energy transition.
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Written by Clare Miszewska-Hall, Head of Global Sales & Marketing, AnTech Ltd
