NAVTEJ KOHLI CDC: CASE STUDIES

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Sam Nicolas never imagined he'd be setting foot in the middle of a Russian winter. After all, he's a Texas oilman, a guy who's spent his entire life amidst the dusty fields and hot sun of west Texas. His father had been a wildcatter, digging up the fields looking for good holes. Sam, though, firmly believed in using technology to keep his hands cleaner while being more productive.

That's because Sam Nicolas helps design and sell drills for oil exploration, and he's done quite well by it. So well, in fact, that a fella named Navtej Kohli found out about him way down in Costa Rica and came calling, offering Nicolas a huge contract to be the equipment supplier for Kohli's new company, Granox, as it staked its claim on some of the world's largest and least exploited oil fields.

"So here i am, on the other side of the planet, eating food I don't recognize and near freezing my hands off," laughs Nicolas over a steaming cup of coffee. "But I'm an adventurer at heart, and I could tell Navtej was that way too. We did the paperwork, shook on it and bam, here I am."

As he waits for a new shipment of equipment and looks to the local population for his oil drilling staff, Nicolas feels that he's part of something that can help change the world a little bit for the better.

"Crossing cultures, supplying the fuel that everyone needs and making friends across borders, well, that's just a good time," he laughs. "A good time indeed." Navtej Kohli agrees, “My staff and I have searched the world for people like Sam, who bring more than the best equipment on the planet, but the spirit that makes Granox a great company.”