Ulterra Drilling Technologies
Fort Worth, has named Bob Iversen as president and chief executive officer. Iverson has broad experience in executive and operations management in the upstream oil and gas industry, including 17 years with divisions of Baker Hughes Inc., eight years with Diamond Products International (DPI), and tenure with NQL Energy Services, and most recently with INRG consultancy. He earned a BS degree in petroleum engineering from Montana Tech University.
Ulterra Drilling Technologies, formerly known as RockBit International, manufactures rollercone and polycrystalline diamond compact drill bits. The rebranded company is a leader in MWD horizontal and vertical drilling products and services through its subsidiary, Ulterra MWD.
Schlumberger
Paris, has announced two recent alliances.Schlumberger, Cisco Systems, and Intel will collaborate to develop a first mile wireless service for oil field operations. The first mile in the oil field refers to the critical connectivity of drilling sites or producing fields into a wider network. The new service delivers a collaborative work environment in which geoscientists, petroleum engineers, rig and platform personnel, and other technical and business analysts can access and exploit multiple data sources.
Schlumberger and Infosys have formed a global alliance to provide information management solutions that integrate upstream technical and business processes for oil and gas companies. Primary focus is on integration of E&P petrotechnical data and applications with financial and human resources back-end systems.
Schlumberger is a leading provider of technology, information solutions, and integrated project management to optimize reservoir performance for customers in the oil and gas industry.
Acteon Group Ltd.
Norwich, UK, has launched its newest company, InterMoor do Brasil, as a wholly owned subsidiary based in Rio de Janeiro. The Brazilian company, which is affiliated with Houston-based InterMoor, offers specialized mooring and rig relocation services. John Riggs, who has been with InterMoor for nine years, will serve as managing director for the new company.
Acteon is a group of specialist engineering companies serving the global offshore oil and gas industry, focusing on applications between the seabed and surface production facilities.
Cameron
Houston, has announced a joint venture with Curtiss-Wright Flow Control Corp.’s Electro-Mechanical Div. to supply subsea multiphase pumping systems. The joint venture will operate as Cameron/Curtiss-Wright EMD LLC.
Cameron is a leading provider of flow equipment products, systems, and services to the worldwide oil, gas, and process industries.
Geotrace
Houston, has announced the promotion of Mark Carrigan to vice-president Western Hemisphere, Tigress Software. Carrigan will be responsible for assimilating Tigress into Geotrace and acting as the Geotrace liaison for Tigress integration.
Geotrace is part of the Geotrace Technologies group of companies, and is a leading provider of proprietary technologies used to enhance optimization of petroleum reservoirs