Wood Group ESP (WGESP)
Oklahoma City, has appointed Gary Ford as president and chief operating officer, succeeding Joe Brady, who will continue to serve as chairman and CEO of WGESP.
Ford has more than 20 years of experience in the electric submersible pump industry, serving most recently as WGESP’s senior vice-president of Eastern Hemisphere operations.
Additionally, Eddie Stewart has been promoted to Rocky Mountain region manager, based in Casper, Wyo. Stewart has been with Wood Group since 1988, beginning as a senior field service technician. He specializes in operations and service of submersible systems.
Wood Group ESP, a subsidiary of John Wood Group PLC, is a leading service provider and manufacturer of electric submersible and surface pumps.
John Wood Group PLC is an international energy services company, operating in three businesses to provide a range of engineering, production support, maintenance management, and industrial gas turbine overhaul and repair services.
AlMansoori Production Services LLC
Abu Dhabi, has signed a joint venture agreement with Canadian company, Micoda Process Systems Inc., to form a new company known as Micoda Process Systems International LLC. The new company’s objective is to design, engineer, and fabricate specialized equipment for use in the oil and gas industry, including process equipment and services, as well as underbalanced drilling and production separations equipment.
AlMansoori Production Services LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of AlMansoori Specialized Engineering (MSE). MSE is a leading provider of oil field services in the Middle East, and now operates in 15 countries.
BJ Services Co.
Aberdeen, has promoted Gary Young to area manager-Middle East for BJ Tubular Services in Dubai. Young joined BJ Tubular Services in 1990, and has held posts in West Africa and Latin America.
BJ Tubular Services specializes in personnel and equipment to run casing and tubing, particularly premium connections, high chrome content tubulars, dual, triple, and subsea completions, as well as hammer conductor driving services.
BJ Services Co. is a leading provider of pressure pumping and related oil field services.
Linde AG
Wiesbaden, has acquired Turkish industrial gases producer, Karbogaz AS, a joint venture company formed in 1984 by Ismail Aytemiz, Istanbul, and US-based Praxair Inc., Danbury, Conn.
Linde AG is an international technology group with two business segments: gas and engineering. The company employs approximately 42,400 people worldwide.
Praxair Inc. is the largest industrial gases company in North and South America, and one of the largest worldwide. The company produces, sells, and distributes atmospheric, process, and specialty gases, and high performance surface coatings.
Aytemiz Petroleum Group is a leading petroleum company in Turkey, with involvement in the natural gas, lube oil, and oil additives industries as well.
