CapRock Communications
Houston, has announced its acquisition of Indonesia-based Telematika Java Duta. Telematika's teleport facilities in Jakarta will be CapRock's new base of operations in Asia, and will be augmented by CapRock's existing regional facilities in Honolulu and Singapore.
Telematika is a provider of satellite, microwave, and other telecommunication services to remote energy, mining, and government customers across Southeast Asia and the South Pacific.
CapRock Communications is a leading satellite communications provider for the offshore oil industry, with growing service to maritime, construction, mining, forestry, and government markets.
Barnes & Click Inc.
Dallas, has announced the election of David G. Freyman as vice-president. Freyman has 27 years of refining and operations management experience. He earned chemistry and chemical engineering degrees from Syracuse University.
Barnes & Click is a management and engineering consultancy serving operating companies and financial institutions in the international hydrocarbons industry, focusing on refining, gas midstream, and petrochemical sectors.
Fugro Geos Inc.
Houston, has named Chris Riffe manager of its Measurement Div. Riffe has more than 25 years of oil field, military, commercial fishing, and academic research experience, with expertise in field operations, surveys, and oceanographic research.
Fugro Geos Inc. is a leader in metocean services for offshore, and coastal engineering, delivering technical support for the oil and gas industry, pipeline and cable projects, ports and harbors, and coastal engineering. Its Measurement Div. provides worldwide project management, planning and implementation; processing, quality assurance, and analysis of metocean data.
Compressor Engineering Corp. (CECO)
Houston, has promoted Joe Miniot to vice-president of sales, and Gene Thompson to vice-president of engineering & manufacturing.
Miniot has held various positions since joining the company in 1982. He holds a BBA degree from the University of Iowa.
Thompson, a mechanical engineering graduate of Texas A&M University, has been with CECO since 1988.
CECO is the world's largest independent manufacturer of engine and compressor replacement parts for customers involved in gas pipelines, gathering and processing, petrochemicals, industrial, and refrigeration plants.
Strata Control Services Inc.
Crowley, La., has appointed Richard L. Boyd general manager. Boyd has more than 32 years of drilling management experience, including 23 years in the drilling department of Exxon. He studied industrial technology at Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, La.
Strata Control Services Inc. is a provider of specialty drilling fluid additives to the oil and gas industry, specializing in the prevention, control, and correction of fluid control problems.
US Crude International Inc.
Redlands, Calif., has announced the appointment of Thomas Meeks as interim president, replacing Anthony Miller. Meeks, who has served as director of engineering and a director of the company, is a pioneer in the field of portable steam and gas technology, and holds patents in over 100 countries.
US Crude International Inc. is an oil recovery and other energy-related technologies company, specializing in portable gas and steam systems that provide pressure to drive oil through a ground formation, and improve the free flow of crude with more portability and lower cost of operation than previously available.
Fusion Petroleum Technologies Inc.
The Woodlands, Tex., has named Walter Kessinger as vice-president of reservoir geophysics.
Fusion Petroleum Technologies Inc. is a unit of Fusion Geophysical LLC, Norman, Okla. Fusion Geophysical is a high-end geoscience and engineering technology and services company.
