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Liberty Lift Solutions, LLC Acquires the Assets of Southern Sierra General Engineering, Inc.

HOUSTON, TX (December 5, 2014) – Liberty Lift Solutions, LLC (“Liberty Lift”) has acquired substantially all of the assets of Southern Sierra General Engineering, Inc. (“Southern Sierra”) of Taft, California. The 58-person company was founded in 2006 and operates service centers in Taft, Bakersfield and Santa Paula, California. Southern Sierra offers a diverse line of services for the oil and gas industry including pumping unit sales; service and repair; lubrication services; machine shop services; welding; portable concrete foundations and 12 ½ -90 ton lift capacity crane trucks. The acquisition augments Liberty Lift’s capabilities in California’s largest drilling region and provides the opportunity to introduce additional products and services. Mike and Tracy Chitwood, the owners of SSGE did a great job of growing the business in this oil rich area. Mike and other management at Southern Sierra will be joining the Liberty Lift team. Bobby Evans, President and CEO of Liberty Lift commented “I’m very excited about what the Southern Sierra acquisition brings to our company. The knowledge and experience that they bring to our organization will help with our growth strategy in both sales and service. This gives us a much a larger footprint in a very strategic area.”

Liberty Lift Solutions has more than 125 years combined experience in artificial lift technologies for the oil and gas industry. The company provides and services beam pumping units, gas lift systems, and hydraulic lift Jet Pumps in major U.S. drilling regions as well as for international projects. Liberty Lift is based in Houston, Texas with sales offices in Ft Worth, Texas, Denver, Colorado and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and operates service centers in San Antonio and Midland, Texas; Greeley, Colorado; Casper and Gillette, Wyoming; Dickinson and Crosby, North Dakota; and Bakersfield, Santa Paula, and Taft, California. For more information, visit www.libertylift.com