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Irving, Tex., has elected David T. Seaton to its newly created COO position. All five of the company's operating groups will report to Seaton, along with project operations, a unit formed earlier this year to bring greater efficiency and support to the company's projects. Seaton joined Fluor in 1984. He most recently served as senior group president with responsibility for the company's energy and chemicals, power, and government groups, as well as for Fluor's activities in China and the Middle East. Prior to that, he was group president, energy and chemicals, and has held sales and operations roles in the US, Europe, and the Middle East. He also served as managing director of Fluor Arabia Ltd. and led the company's global sales function. Seaton has a bachelor's degree from the University of South Carolina and has completed advanced management programs at the Wharton School of Business and Thunderbird University.

Fluor provides engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, operations, maintenance, and project management services to the oil and gas and other industries.

Blueback Reservoir AS,

Stavanger, has named Rod Hall manager, Americas, to head the company's new Houston office. Plans call for recruiting staff to expand the Houston office to offer geological and geophysical consulting, software development, and software sales and support in concert with the company's Norway and UK teams. Hall will offer 3D geologic model building and custom Petrel software development services. He previously was vice-president of sales and marketing with GrailQuest Corp. in Houston.

Blueback provides geomodeling consulting services and software solutions for the global exploration and production industry. It is the leading commercial developer of Petrel Ocean plug-ins.

Red Wing Shoe Co.,

Red Wing, Minn., has opened its third global operations hub, in Houston, to serve as its North American operations headquarters supporting global contracts for oil and gas personal protection equipment (PPE). The Houston hub will join the Dubai hub, supporting Middle East operations, and the Denmark hub, supporting European operations. Each facility will provide specialized product, sales, and distribution support for Red Wing industrial workwear and work boots, in conjunction with Red Wing's oil and gas distribution partners in more than 100 countries. The Houston hub will be led by Lenny Moore, who has nearly 30 years of industry experience, including a stint as president of Wenaas USA.

Red Wing supplies industrial workwear, workboots, and PPE to oil and gas operating and service and supply companies worldwide.

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