About - Abriox - Who We Are - Remote Monitoring & Control for Pipelines

Abriox is a dynamic, innovative high technology company specializing in remote monitoring and control for utility pipelines, with a US head office in Richmond, Texas, and European and international headquarters in the UK.

Abriox's core expertise is the development of remote monitoring systems – and we work with some of the world’s biggest oil, gas and petrochemical companies. Our instrumentation helps improve the efficiency of fuel distribution networks by providing demonstrable asset management, safety, economic, environmental and compliance benefits.

We aim to exceed customer expectations with exceptional levels of quality, service and technical support. And we pride ourselves on being a lean and efficient organization in order to offer the best service and value to our customers. We exploit our skills to provide intuitive, cost-effective solutions for our customers’ data acquisition and analysis applications.

We are the market leader in cathodic protection monitoring. Our MERLIN^™ Remote Cathodic Protection Monitoring System helps protect transmission and distribution pipelines, storage tanks and other below-ground structures against corrosion.

Our OSPREY^® Remote Pressure Monitoring System enables real-time, remote download of gas distribution network pressures. It incorporate many key, leading-edge technological advances, enabling pressures to be monitored more accurately, and providing significant cost savings in installation, data handling and maintenance.

Our products incorporate key technical competencies such as:

Feasibility and proof-of-concept research
Electronic and software design
Embedded software and firmware development
Hardware and electronics design: Microprocessor, DSP, FPGA, etc.

Wireless voice and data communications
PC and Internet software design and development
Bespoke system interfacing

Values

We aim to deliver customer satisfaction by developing and maintaining mutually profitable and lasting relationships with customers, offering value in terms of price, safety and quality and responding to customers’ needs through continuous innovation.

We set high standards that are equally applicable to directors, managers and employees.

We always endeavour to work to the following principles:

We will be open with customers, suppliers, shareholders and interested third parties, subject to the constraints of commercial confidentiality
We comply with the relevant legal requirements in the countries where we do business
We select our business partners on the basis of the standards we aspire to and seek long-term maturity, not short-term expediency
We try to build trust between ourselves and all parties with whom we have dealings

Abriox is committed to employing motivated and high calibre staff who share our values, work as a team and are committed to success. We aim to offer competitive terms and conditions of employment. We seek the welfare of all our staff and operate on the principle that they work best when they feel valued and can achieve an appropriate work/life balance.

All our staff are qualified professionals in their technical or administrative area. They are encouraged to seek training opportunities as part of their personal career development plan.

We believe all existing and prospective employees should have equal opportunities and we do not tolerate discrimination or harassment in any form.

We have a Company ethics policy:

High levels of personal conduct are expected of all Abriox staff, regardless of position. Acting with integrity is prized more highly than corporate gain, while honesty, openness and fairness are the foundations of the company
We do not accept any illegal action, nor conflicts of interest, and we will use our assets correctly. This extends throughout our financial systems and we keep full and correct records of our dealings
We offer selective corporate hospitality as part of our normal commercial relationships

However, any third party accepting it is under no obligation to do business with us, or to continue to do so. Neither will our staff be under any obligation in reciprocal circumstances.

Leadership and Vision

Jason HanlonManaging Director

Has a 1st Class Honours B.Eng in Digital Systems Engineering. He started work as a Design Engineer and worked hands-on designing electronics and writing software before moving into management. Even now, after being a Director for many years, he still keeps his hand in on the design side. His primary background is the development of equipment for remote monitoring, fault-finding and locating underground utilities. In these areas he has co-authored a number of patents.

Tom McGeeDirector

Raised and attended college in the Chicago area studying electrical engineering. His early career was primarily in the water industry before later moving into sales and managerial roles. He became one of the US’s leading authorities in water loss and leakage control, on which he published a number of papers. This pipeline experience has served him well since joining Abriox in 2007.

Sean DanielsChief Executive Officer

Grew up in a small Welsh town called Brecon which is situated near the northern edge of the wonderful Brecon Beacons National Park. Graduated from the University of Wales Institute Cardiff, Sean has more than 20 years of experience working for large multinational blue-chip companies. Sean joined Abriox in 2013, becoming Chief Executive Officer in 2019. When Sean is not preoccupied by work, he can be regularly found on his local river fly fishing for Trout or watching his two sons play rugby.

Our Sales and Support Team

Richard WilliamsSales Manager

Juan ArmijoUS Support Engineer

Jonathan GalindoTechnical Sales Engineer

Cheryl RyanCommercial Officer

Andy BurgessUK & International Support Engineer

Interested in joining our team?

If you think you have what it takes, please send us your CV and a covering letter and tell us why we should hire you.