Services/Suppliers

Feb. 14, 2005
Aberdeen, UK, has established a new division in Stavanger, Norway, Altra Energy Norge AS. Managing director of the new division is Graeme Dick.

Altra Energy Ltd.

Aberdeen, UK, has established a new division in Stavanger, Norway, Altra Energy Norge AS. Managing director of the new division is Graeme Dick. Dick has more than 20 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, mainly with BP in Aberdeen and Stavanger.

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Altra Energy Ltd., part of the Vienco Group of companies, is an engineering consultancy with more than 1,600 completed projects in the UK, Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Caspian.

AMEC plc

Houston, has acquired Paragon Engineering Services Inc. The new company, AMEC Paragon Inc., will operate as part of AMEC’s global oil and gas business.

Internationally, Paragon gives AMEC access to South American markets, as well as expanding AMEC’s capabilities and customer base in the Middle East, Alaska, West Africa, and China.

AMEC plc is an international project management and services company that designs, delivers, and supports infrastructure assets for customers worldwide.

Benchmark Energy Products LP

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Houston, has announced that Dennis Williams has joined the company as manager of international business development. Williams earned a BS degree in chemistry from the University of Texas-Arlington, and a master’s degree in inorganic chemistry from Iowa State University. He has more than 25 years of experience in the energy industry, and joined Benchmark from Nalco Energy Services. He also had worked for Exxon Energy Chemicals, Rollins Environmental, Western Co., and Dow Chemical Co.

Benchmark Energy Products LP, a subsidiary of Benchmark Performance Group Inc., is a leading developer and supplier of specialty chemicals including polymers, crosslinkers, buffers, and breakers to the oil and gas pumping services industry.

Messina Inc.

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Dallas, has announced the appointment of Bill Wittwer as director of business development. Wittwer has a BS degree from the University of Texas, and has over 25 years of experience in the oil field chemical industry.

Messina Inc. supplies an integrated line of drilling fluid cementing, completion, stimulation, and production treating chemicals and engineering services worldwide.

Newpark Environmental Services

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Newpark Environmental Services has appointed Tony A. Vicknair as vice-president of sales and marketing. Vicknair has more than 34 years of experience in sales and business development in the Gulf Coast oil and gas industry, most recently with Halliburton Energy Services.

Newpark Environmental Services is a wholly owned subsidiary of Newpark Resources, Inc., a provider of integrated fluids management, environmental, and oil field services to the exploration and production industry.

Natural Gas Services Group Inc.

Midland, Tex., has appointed Stephen C. Taylor as president and chief executive officer. Wallace Sparkman, who served as interim president and CEO, was elected chairman of the board of directors.

Taylor most recently was with Trican Production Services in Houston. Previously he was with Enventure Global Technology, and spent 24 years with Halliburton Co. He holds a BS degree in mechanical engineering from Texas Tech University, and an MBA from the University of Texas.

Natural Gas Services Group Inc. manufactures, fabricates, sells, leases, and services natural gas compressors used in production operations. The company also manufactures and markets flare systems, and flare ignition systems for plant and production facilities.

AlMansoori Specialized Engineering

Abu Dhabi, UAE, has named Feycal Amari as general manager for North Africa, based in Tripoli, Libya.

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Amari has over 30 years of industry experience in fluids engineering, cementing, stimulation, coiled tubing, and production testing. He earned a BS degree in drilling fluids engineering from the Algerian Institute of Petroleum, and an MBA in international marketing from the International University of Missouri.

AlMansoori Specialized Engineering is a leading regional service company in the Middle East, and has recently expanded into North Africa, India, and the CIS countries. The company provides a variety of oil field services, including slickline, cased-hole logging, tubular inspection, and production testing.