YOUSEF Technical Services (YTS) is currently fabricating various kinds of steel components for Abrasive Technology Industries’ production facilities in Saudi Arabia.

The scope of works has involved fabrication of table conveyors, machining works, machine foundations and a wide range of other works at the factory, according Vargis VC, operations/sales manager of YTS.

While the company has completed the bulk of its order for ATI, it continues to be called upon for the machining of dies and special tools for the facility, he adds.

YTS is a well-reputed organisation for steel fabrication and machine shop works, sand and garnet blasting, coating, painting, and oilfield supplies. It is a major player in the kingdom’s industrial and oilfield services sector, to which it offers a comprehensive range of highly-dependable and cost-efficient services.

“We are focused on safety and quality of jobs with prompt delivery,” says Yousef Ali Al Yami, the owner and general manager of YTS.

Apart from its project at Abrasive Technology Industries, YTS is currently carrying out a SR160,000 ($42,665) contract for one of its regular clients, Schlumberger, in Dhahran and Udhaliya, involving the supply of tool racks, offshore baskets, special tooling and a variety of other fabrications.

YTS has a clear focus on quality, says Al Yami (below).

It is also supplying steel gratings under an order worth SR575,000 ($153,330) for a project in Kuwait.

The company has recently completed a project for Arabco at King Faisal University in Al Hasa, involving the fabrication of handrails for a chiller plant, under a contract worth SR100,000 ($26,665).

It is a vendor for Brandt, Weatherford Saudi Arabia, Three Lions Factory, Corpro Arabia, Rawabi United Safety and Path Finder Energy Service. YTS has also done projects for Al Mutlaq Inspection Services, Sapesco Saudi Arabia, Arabian Drilling Services, Precision Drilling, KMC Tools, Srak, Vetco Saudi Arabia, Hercules Offshore and Total Safety.

YTS has remained unaffected by the global financial crunch and has done well this year. It is now planning to further consolidate its position in the Saudi market by increasing its capabilities, particularly in terms of its technical expertise and services, according to Vargis.

Yousef Technical Services was established in 2001 in Thoqbah near Al Khobar in the Eastern Province. It has a large workshop to carry out fabrication jobs and a 1,000 sq m unit for sand and garnet blasting, and Diamet coating, which protects steel products from corrosion.

The ISO 9001:2008-certified company fabricates King Cobra shaker (single, dual and triple skids), which are supplied to the oil sector throughout the Gulf as well as other countries. Its other products include oilfield skids such as centrifuge, telescopic and vortex skids and mud conditioners; tool cabins, working tables and vacuum stations (tilting); special tool, pipe and crossover racks and A frames; rig mats; offshore baskets such as man carry and long baskets, tool boxes, and cylinder racks (oxygen, acetylene); containers with modifications (on site workshop and office) and diesel and water tanks.

YTS also provides tools, gratings, expansion metals, wire mesh, steel plates, angle bars, H beams, tubes, pipes, bolts and nuts (B-7 and Grade 8), which are all used in oilfields. It also supplies specialised items from Grainger and can undertake repairs of spiders, besides supplying special tools as per requirements.

For the construction sector, it offers a wide range of fabricated products including different type of hangers, stairways and handrails, roofing, flooring, various kinds of doors, steel grills, steel windows, roll-up shutter doors, accordion doors and sliding gates. Its aluminium fabrications include different types of doors, windows (fixed and sliding), partitions, kitchen cabinets and shelves. It can also provide steel (black and galvanised) and fibre gratings and expansion metal.
YTS employs around 25 people including highly-skilled technicians.

“Our technicians carry out jobs to high precision standards, as required by customers,” says Vargis, adding that all jobs are performed to conform to BSEN 12079-1-2006 specifications especially for the offshore tool baskets and containers.