Hard Rock Directional Drilling is a leading provider of horizontal directional drilling and field services with over 11 years of experience. It has a seasoned management team and over 100 employees supporting operations across multiple Texas locations. Hard Rock prides itself on its safety record and turn-key operations supported by in-house maintenance, fabrication, and extensive equipment. It has successfully completed over 2 million feet of installations for utility and energy customers.

1. Hard Rock Directional Drilling
Company Overview

2. Directional Drilling Fleet2
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Agenda
Company Overview1

3.  Safety issues are the most important responsibility of our
company and our resulting safety track record proves
successful implementation
 Operated by a seasoned management team and drilling
professionals fully trained in the complex HDD process
 Adhere to a strict training program
 Internal development and promotion program ensures
Hard Rock is above and beyond the competition
 Comprehensive, new drilling and support fleet
 Provide a true Turn-Key Service:
• Field Operations are supported by: In-house
Maintenance, Fabrication Department, Extensive
Support Equipment, Internal Survey, Pre- and Post-
Profile, and Potholling Capabilities;
• Hard Rock’s Turn-Key Service results in:
– Reduced downtime, delays, and/or calls on the
customer’s equipment
– High reliability and on-time delivery
– Negates the need to rely on 3rd party contractors or
our customers for any back-up services
 Leading provider of Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD)
and field services
 Headquartered in San Antonio, TX with additional
operating locations in Pearsall, Edinburg, San Angelo, and
Monahans
 Operates a comprehensive, new drilling and support fleet
 11 years in business and over 100 years of combined
experience
 Over 50+ MSA’s with “Blue Chip” & broad customer base
 Provide a comprehensive range of services including:
• Engineering & Bore design
• Total turn-key HDD installation
• Utility infrastructure installation
• Field services
 Since inception in 2003, Hard Rock has successfully
installed over 2 million ft. of pipe, with sizes ranging from
2”–42”
 In 2014, Hard Rock successfully performed over 440
thousand boring feet for its customers
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About Us
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Company Profile
Key Differentiators

4. 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
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Company History
 Founded in July 2003
 1 drilling rig
 Mainly served Utility &
Telecommunication industries
 First full-year of operation
 1 drilling rig
 3 employees
 2 drilling rigs
 7 employees
 3 drilling rigs
 9 employees
 4 drilling rigs
 15 employees
 5 drilling rigs
 25 employees
 Customer base expanded
to Oil & Gas industry
 Added in-house tool
fabrication
 Acquired Pearsall
property to capitalize on
Eagle Ford play
 96,496 feet of production
 7 drilling rigs
 50 employees
 Majority of revenue
from oil & gas
 273,867 feet of
production
 11 drilling rigs
 73 employees
 Opened Pearsall
office /
maintenance
facility
 Acquired Valley
Boring
 435,969 feet of
production
 Acquired San Antonio
Facilty
 Added yard in
Edinburg
 Opening West
Texas yard
 85 employees
 16 drilling rigs
 20 drilling rigs
 135 employees
 New yard in
Monahans, TX

5. CEO
Corporate
Operations
Business
Development
Safety Financial Field Operations
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Seasoned Management Team and Deep
Infrastructure (I)
• Corporate and
field operations
development staff
• Fully staffed
corporate
infrastructure
department
• Dedicated staff
members assigned
to ensure internal
safety procedures
are followed
• CFO
• Controller
• Fully staffed
internal
accounting
department
• Annual audits by
outside CPA firm
• Next slide details
our Field structure

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Seasoned Management Team and Deep
Infrastructure (II)
Drilling Operations are supported by both Superintendents and Crew Leaders
Field Operations
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7.  Hard Rock is a member in good standing with and compliant with the
standards of:
• IS Networld
• Veriforce
• SafeLand
• NCCER
• PEC Premier
• Houston Area Safety Council
• NCMS
• PHMSA
 Hard Rock allocates extensive resources and has an assigned staff
that is dedicated to insure that the company remains an industry
leader in safety
 Fully compliant with all necessary safety requirements
 Hard Rock is insured by AFHIC, Winchester Fire Insurance Company,
and Texas Mutual Insurance with coverage that includes commercial
general liability, any auto, hired auto, non-owner auto, and umbrella
liability (Noth River Insurance)
 Safety policy:
• Projects are subject to regular safety audits
• Daily crews are required to follow the job safety analysis (JSA)
procedure which Hard Rock has expanded to total job analysis
and is reviewed each day with the crews on-site
• Supervisors are evaluated based on their safety records and
the safety records of the employees they supervise
• Require employees to actively participate in internal training
and service programs relevant to their employment and
complete any training programs required by law or relevant to
the specific project
• Adhere to a strict drug policy where employees are subject to
pre-employment and random drug screens
Internal
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Impeccable Safety Record
External
Hard Rock has a strong safety record over its 11 year history that is superior to the industry average

8.  Engineering & Bore Design
• Atlas Bore Planner
• Autocad
• DCE Datalog
• GPS surveying equipment
• Gyro locating system
• Tensor tool
• 2 Paratrack downhole wireline guidance systems
• Access to bore profiles via website
 Extensive Support Equipment
• Dedicated Fleet Manager
• Track hoes
• Trailers/haul trucks
• Mud/water trucks
• Vacuum trucks
• Field Servicing trucks
• Hydro excavation – also have air capabilities
• Wireline
 Dedicated Fabrication Department
• Can customize tools required for any job
• Can build cooling/heating & trash trailers
• CAD Machine
 Pearsall Yard
• On-site mechanics & service trucks
• Storage
• Admin support/ in addition to San Antonio
• Employee housing facilities
 Valley Boring Acquisition & Yard
• Additional drilling rigs
• 1 dry machine – American Auger 48”/52”
• 2 additional Super Vac trucks
• Storage
 West Texas Yards (San Angelo & Monahans)
• Support equipment
• Storage
• Employee housing facilities
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True Turn-Key Operations
Hard Rock’s field operations are supported by:
True Turn-Key service negates the need to rely on 3rd party contractors or the customer for any back-up services

9. Potholing Services
 Hard Rock offers safe, precise, cost-effective, and environmentally friendly
hydro and air excavation services to its clients with its fleet of 6 vacuum
trucks
 Hard Rock’s vac services are used for visual inspection to verify existing
infrastructure without damaging the product
 Vacuum Trucks
– 2 Peterbilt w/Vermeer Vactron Units
– 2 Kenworth w/Vactor HXX PD Units
– 2 Kenworth w/Vactor HXX Units
 Advantages of Vac Services
– Reduces risk of injury to personnel
– Reduces risk of damage to underground infrastructure
– Reduces delays, costly repairs, liability, and service interruption due to
damage of underground infrastructure
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Utilities damaged by a backhoe
Utilities excavated by hydro vac

10. Additional Field Services
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 Site Construction
– Drill site
– Pads
– Entrances
– Right of way work
– Soil excavation
– Site remediation
 Utility, Admin, and Civil
– Directional boring utility lines (fiber & gas)
– Roads
– Paving
– Parking lots
 Miscellaneous
– Surveying
– Maintenance
– Drainage
In addition to its vac services, Hard Rock has an array of equipment (e.g., backhoes, excavators, maintainers, dozers,
etc.) that allows the Company to offer a number of additional field services including:

11. Hard Rock Facts
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 250 Total pieces of equipment
 Key Operating Assets
– 1 Vermeer 40 x 40
– 4 Vermeer 36 x 50 drills
– 3 Vermeer 36 x 50 DR (rock drills)
– 5 Vermeer 60 x 90 drills
– 2 Vermeer 100 x 120 drills
– 1 Vermeer 100 x 140 drill
– 1 Universal 250 x 400 drill
– 1 Vermeer 330 x 500 drill
– 1 Vermeer 500 x 500 drill
– 1 American Augers 440T
– 1 American Auger 48/54”
– 6 High-Volume Super Vac Trucks
Comprehensive, New Drilling and Support
Fleet

12. Drilling Fleet
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Drilling Rig Number of Rigs Thrust/Pullback Torque
Vermeer 40 x 40 1 40,000 lbs (178 kN) 4,000 ft-lb (5,423 Nm)
Vermeer 36 x 50 4 36,000 lbs (160 kN) 4,995 ft-lb (6,772 Nm)
Vermeer 36 x 50 DR 3 38,000 lbs (169 kN) 6,000 ft-lb (8,135 Nm)
Vermeer 60 x 90 5 60,000 lbs (267 kN) 9,000 ft-lb (12,202 Nm)
Vermeer 100 x 120 2 100,000 lbs (445 kN) 12,000 ft-lb (16,270 Nm)
Vermeer 100 x 140 1 100,000 lbs (445 kN) 14,000 ft-lb (18,982 Nm)
Universal 250 x 400 1 250,000 lbs (1,112 kN) 40,000 ft-lb (54,237 Nm)
Vermeer 500 x 500 1 500,000 lbs (2,224 kN) 50,000 ft-lb (67,791 Nm)
American Augers 440T 1 440,000 lbs (1,957 kN) 60,000 ft-lb (81,349 Nm)
American Auger 48/54 1 900,000 lbs (4,003 kN) 136,551 ft-lb (185,138 Nm)
Hard Rock operates an extensive drilling fleet that is capable of handling any pipe size and distance required

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Drill Rod Specs
Size Lgth. Wght. Bend Radius
Ft. of Rod to
Bend 90
degrees
Max. Angle
in
degrees/Rod
Max. %
Slope
%/Rod
Torque Rating
D 36 x 50
2.625" (6.7 cm) X.40" (1 cm) wall
thickness with 3.1" (7.9 cm) upset
15'
(4.6 )
165 lb/stem
(74.8 kg)
145' (44 m)
228'
(69.4m)
5.9 10.3
5,000 ft-lb
(6779.1 Nm)
D 36 x 50 DR
2.625" (6.7 cm) OD x .281" (.7cm) wall
thickness with 3.31" (8.4 cm) upset
10'
(3 m)
86 lb/stem
(39.0k)
169' (52m)
265'
(80.8 m)
3.4 5.9
6,000 ft-lb
(16779.09 Nm)
D60 x 90
3.5" (8.9 cm) OD X .449" (1.14 cm)
wall thickness with 3.625" (9.2 cm)
upset
15'
(4.6 )
250 lb/stem
(113.4 kg)
197.4' (60.2 m)
310'
(94.5m)
4.3 7.5
10,000 ft-lb
(13,558.2 Nm)
D100 x 200
3.5" (8.9 cm) OD x .476" (1.2 cm) wall
thickness with 4.375" (11.1 cm) upset
20'
(6.1 cm)
374 lb/stem
(169.6 kg)
197.4' (60 m)
310'
(94.5m)
5.8 10.2
15,000 ft-lb
(20,337.3 Nm)
D250
5” .362 wall thickness
20’ 550 lb/stem
500’
4.2 38,044
D440 x 500
5.5” .415 wall thickness
31’ 858 lbs../stem 458 3.6
12.5°
73,20

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Work Space
Work Space Requirements
Machine Size
Minimum Work
Space
Requirements
36 x 50 50’ x 50’
60 x 90 100’ x 100’
100 x 120 150’ x 120’
250, 440, 500 150’ x 150’

15. AgendaAgenda
Summary 1

16. 2014 Notable Projects
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With over 100 years of combined experience, the Hard Rock team has successfully
completed hundreds of HDD projects of all pipe sizes for national, state and local firms
TexStar – 8” – Pettus
• Location: Pettus, TX
• 32,000’ of 8” pipe
• LF Range: 100’-3,000’
Dow – 12” – Gulfstream
• Location: Texas City, TX
• 33,000’ of 12” pipe
• LF Range: 100’-3,300’
• 4 Core of Engineer Drills
Oneok – 16” – Sterling
• Location: Crockett, TX
• 22,000’ of 16” pipe
• LF Range: 100’-2,400’
Magellan – 20” – Bridge Tex
• Location: Houston, TX
• 10,000+’ of 20” pipe
• LF Range: 1,450’-4,200’
Magellan – 24” – Bridge Tex
• Location: Houston, TX
• 7,400’ of 24” pipe
• LF Range: 1,400’-2,500’
Atmos – 30” – Groesbeck
• Location: Groesbeck, TX
• 5,500’ of 30” pipe
• LF Range: 800’-1,400’
Phillips Sweeney Midstream – 2-10”, 12”, 2-16”, 18”, 20” – Sweeney
• Location: Sweeney, TX • 51,000’ HDD – 50,000’ Road Bores •Linear foot range 100’-5,000’

17. Broad & Blue Chip Customer Base
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18. Why Hard Rock?
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 Provides superior service to its customers and ensures that each job is completed
efficiently while adhering to the strictest safety protocols
 Proven success with over 2+ million feet of pipe installed
 A broad operator with the sophistication and capabilities to serve the most demanding
customers and provides a “one-stop shop” for both customers’ small and larger projects
 Considerable experience in field services via its turn-key approach for its HDD operations
 Has the MSA’s, insurance coverage, safety record, working capital, infrastructure, and
employee training to support the large projects demanded by the industry
 Operates a sizable fleet of equipment and has multiple locations that allows it to
respond quickly to breakdowns/interruptions, thereby reducing delays and cost
overruns