BST is a privately held California corporation with facilities located in Ventura, California, USA. BST manufactures and markets a limited variety of oilfield-related equipment. These include conventional (tubing-retrievable) and retrievable wireline gas lift valves and conventional and side-pocket gas lift mandrels, along with water injection and chemical injection mandrels and valves. BST also manufactures flow control chokes for injection, production, and waterflooding. It also manufactures coiled tubing gas lift equipment, chamber lift equipment, and other completion accessories. BST began operations in 1981 and has operated continuously under the same ownership and management since that time.

BST maintains its administrative offices and manufacturing facilities in Ventura, California, USA.

BST has a complete manufacturing and production facility, with two Mori Seiki CNC lathes, one 4-axis Mori Seiki CNC mill, three manual lathes and two manual mills, along with an automatic production saw, a 2.5KW Lepel soldering station, a treatment furnace with quenching and tempering capabilities, grinders and polishers, a production shot blasting machine, manual and hydraulic arbor presses and a fully equipped tool shop.

BST also maintains a well-equipped ANSI/ASME certified welding shop, with full TIG capabilities for all common oilfield materials.

BST maintains an on-site 10,000 psi hydraulic testing facility and a complete gas lift valve repair shop. The hydraulic testing facility is capable of pressure testing gas lift chucks, flow control chokes, piping, underground safety systems, and camera lift equipment. The gas lift valve repair shop is capable of repairing and setting BST gas lift valves and those of any manufacturer.

BST maintains a well-stocked inventory of all commonly used parts for its flow control chokes and gas lift valves. Non-stock parts can typically be supplied within two weeks or less.

BST maintains a quality assurance program that meets API Q1 requirements and is ISO 9001 compliant. The program encompasses all functions of BST operations, including order entry, design documentation and retrieval, material requisitioning and storage, work order generation and routing, manufacturing and assembly, testing of assembled products and parts, inventory control, shipping, and accounting. Full material and process certification is available for any product.

BST's major emphasis has been on developing low-pressure downhole systems for maximum extraction, maximum production, and maximum efficiency for oil production. It has an active research and development program, focusing on new products using cutting-edge technologies and materials. Rather than attempting to produce a very broad range of products for all needs, BST has targeted specific markets and then applied innovative solutions to produce high-quality products to meet those markets' needs.

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