Leonard Pipeline Contractors, Ltd. - Page 8

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                  In 1970, Mr. Leonard co-founded Joyce/Leonard Canada, Ltd.                              
            (Joyce/Leonard). He successfully negotiated a joint venture                                   
            contract for the company to perform 600 miles of double jointing3                             
            on the Trans-Alaska pipeline project.  Following this project,                                
            Joyce/Leonard was awarded contracts for pipeline construction in                              
            Australia and Indonesia. Mr. Leonard became sole owner of                                     
            Joyce/Leonard in 1976 and renamed the company Leonard Pipeline                                
            Contractors, Ltd., the predecessor to petitioner.                                             
                  In October 1977, Mr. Leonard secured for petitioner a joint                             
            venture contract for 750 miles of double jointing and yard coating                            
            of pipe in Saudi Arabia.  In addition, Mr. Leonard facilitated the                            
            fulfillment of petitioner’s contracts for the construction or                                 
            reconditioning of over 600 miles of pipeline in the United States,                            
            Canada, and Mexico.                                                                           
                  Between 1982-84, petitioner's pipeline work was slow.  In                               
            early 1985, Mr. Leonard secured the All American Pipeline project                             
            for petitioner4 wherein petitioner contracted to coat, insulate,                              
            and wrap 325 miles of pipeline in Texas, Arizona, and California.                             


                  3     Mr. Leonard developed the “double-jointing" process.                              
            This process consists of cleaning and joining together two                                    
            lengths of pipe using semi-automatic welding.  It is done in a                                
            covered facility under controlled conditions with the joined                                  
            pipes then transported to the field.                                                          
                  4     Mr. Leonard ultimately pleaded guilty to a criminal                               
            information filed against him in the Southern District of Texas                               
            for obtaining the All American Pipeline contract through fraud.                               
            He was sentenced to 3 years of unsupervised probation and fined                               
            $1,000.                                                                                       




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