Lime Rock Partners
Westport, Conn., has announced the appointment of Thomas R. Bates Jr. as a managing director. Bates, with more than 25 years of energy industry experience, will lead Lime Rock's efforts to build its presence in key US markets, and will head its new Houston office. He previously served in senior management roles with Schlumberger, Weatherford Enterra, and Baker Hughes.
Lime Rock Partners is a private equity firm that provides growth capital for the energy industry.
Universal Compression Holdings Inc.
Houston, has named Richard Leong as president of its Asia Pacific division. Leong will manage the company's current operations in Thailand and Australia, and will be seeking new business opportunities in this important energy market.
Most recently serving as a vice-president at Cooper Energy Services, Leong has over 20 years of sales and management experience in the energy services and power industries.
Universal Compression is a leading natural gas compression services company, providing its services for natural gas producers, gathering systems, pipelines, refin eries, and petrochemical operations in the US and select international locations.
Ziff Energy Group
Houston, has appointed Kenneth R. Becker as vice-president-offshore, responsible for managing and expanding the company's offshore benchmarking studies and consulting services in the US Gulf of Mexico and worldwide.
Becker holds a BS degree in chemical engineering from the University of Hous ton, and most recently served as a senior manager with Texaco Worldwide Explora tion and New Ventures. His 30-year career has included both onshore and offshore experience.
Ziff Energy Group is an energy consulting firm, with focus on upstream oil and gas operating performance, and natural gas industry issues.
Bayou Flow Technologies LLC
Houston, is the new company formed as a joint venture of The Bayou Companies LLC, New Iberia, La.; Perma-Pipe Inc., Niles, Ill.; and Cuming Insulation Corp., Avon, Mass.; to provide flow assurance solutions for the offshore oil and gas market. The three founding companies have long track records in pipeline fabrication, anti-corrosives, coatings, and thermal insulation.
Bayou Flow Technologies, under the general management of Hank Reuser, offers insulation and flow assurance, corrosion protection and related services, welding and fabrication, syntactic foam buoyancy, engineering, and testing services.
DeGolyer & MacNaughton
Dallas, has named Gary McGilvray as chief executive officer. McGilvray had previously served as president, after a period as vice-president for eastern hemisphere operations.
DeGolyer and MacNaughton is a leading international petroleum reservoir consulting firm that appraises oil and gas properties, evaluates petroleum and other mineral prospects, and conducts comprehensive field, deliverability, equity, supply, and economic studies. The firm has successfully performed studies encompassing geophysics, geology, petrophysics, and petroleum engineering, in more than 100 countries.
Geotrace Technologies
Denver, has appointed Bill Schrom as president, with responsibilities for business strategy and alliances. He will be based in the firm's Houston office. Schrom previously was senior vice-president of Western Geophysical eastern hemisphere operations, based in London.
Geotrace Technologies is a provider of seismic data processing services, and reservoir characterization services to the oil and gas industry.
Schlumberger Information Solutions
Bergen, Norway, has announced the acquisition of Inside Reality AS. Inside Reality was developed in conjunction with Norsk Hydro, a major oil producer and technology innovator, and Christian Michelsen Research AS, a leading contract research and development institute.
In addition to licensing the Inside Reality 3D virtual reality system to oil and gas companies, Schlumberger will install it in the company's iCenter virtual reality visualization centers worldwide.
Schlumberger Information Solutions, an operating unit of Schlumberger Oilfield Services, is a leading supplier of integrated business solutions comprised of GeoQuest software, information management services, information technology, and a complete range of expert services.
