ENERCON Acquires Tri-County Engineering, LLC of New Stanton, PA

Company Provides Advanced Engineering and Land Surveying Services

ATLANTA, Oct. 30, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Enercon Services, Inc. (ENERCON), a $250 million diversified energy consulting company with corporate headquarters in Atlanta (Kennesaw), Ga. has, today, acquired TRI-COUNTY Engineering, LLC (TRI-COUNTY) of New Stanton, Pa., an advanced engineering and environmental services company supporting the rapidly growing natural gas exploration, extraction and distribution markets in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio and Maryland.

ENERCON Vice President of Business Development Mike Manski said, “Founded in 1979, TRI-COUNTY quickly became well known for providing clients with the most advanced and reliable engineering, land surveying, permitting and environmental services. They are a premier supplier of specialized services to companies with assets in the Marcellus and Utica shale gas development areas.”

ENERCON President John Richardson said, “TRI-COUNTY is an excellent fit for ENERCON and will complement our existing engineering, regulatory, permitting and environmental services, as well as add senior level managers with extensive experience in the rapidly expanding natural gas industry. TRI-COUNTY has broad experience and expertise supporting natural gas industry clients with the investigation, planning, and permitting of new gas wells and for expanding and developing pipeline transmission corridors. This acquisition also gives ENERCON the additional industry resources and experience necessary to support the rapidly growing infrastructure being developed to use the “cheap gas” that is being brought to market as a result of the success “horizontal drilling and fracing” has had with gas extraction.”

TRI-COUNTY President Steve Pilipovich said, “We are proud to join ENERCON and to expand the range of services we can offer our current clients. TRI-COUNTY and ENERCON share a deep commitment to serving the gas industry and our clients with quality products and responsive customer-focused service. We will continue to offer outstanding support with the technical, regulatory and management expertise that our clients rely on, which will be complemented by a strong bench of experience and resources.”

ENERCON Environmental Services Vice President John Corn stated, “TRI-COUNTY not only strengthens our capabilities nationally to support the growing gas industry, it provides a significant expansion of products, services and resources available to our clients in the Northeast where ENERCON already has a significant presence. Expanding the capabilities and services we provide to our oil and gas clients in the northeast with experienced professionals that are recognized for providing high quality services is fundamental to our continued success.”

ENERCON is a diversified energy consulting company offering engineering, environmental, and management services. ENERCON is an employee owned company of over 1,600 people with 29 offices nationwide. ENERCON’s office in Abu Dhabi operates under the name ESI-Energy Consultants, which is used for international marketing and operations. ENERCON’s clients include major electric utilities, oil and gas companies, municipalities, banking and real estate, the federal government and many Fortune 500 companies.

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