Knowledge Systems Inc.
Houston, has elected Jamey Webster as chief executive officer. Webster, who served as the company’s chief operating officer for the past four years, succeeds the founder, Jim Bridges, who will continue as chairman of the board.
Before joining Knowledge Systems, Webster held leadership positions for US Senator Phil Gramm, US Congressman Kevin Brady, and Texas Lt. Governor David Dewhurst.
Knowledge Systems Inc. is a leading provider of software and services for the worldwide oil and gas drilling industry.
Rockwell Automation Inc.
Milwaukee, has announced its acquisition of Industrial Control Services Group Ltd., which does business as ICS Triplex. Headquartered in Maldon, UK, ICS Triplex is a leading global supplier of critical control and safety solutions to the process industries.
Rockwell Automation will operate the new acquisition under its current brand name, as a part of Rockwell’s Control Products & Solutions operating segment.
Rockwell Automation Inc. provides industrial automation control and information solutions for customers across a wide range of industries around the globe. The company looks to the acquisition of ICS Triplex to gain a strong foothold in the oil and gas, chemical, and power generation industries.
Red Man Pipe & Supply Co. and McJunkin Corp.
Tulsa, Okla., and Charleston, W.Va., respectively, have announced a merger of equals which will make the new company one of the leading industrial and oil field PVF suppliers in North America. Craig Ketchum, president and CEO of Red Man Pipe & Supply Co., and H.B. Wehrle III, CEO and president of McJunkin Corp., will serve as co-chief executive officers for the new company.
Red Man Pipe & Supply Co. was founded in 1977 as a distributor of oil field and industrial supplies to the oil and gas, petrochemical, refining, pipeline, transmission, utility, and chemical industries.
Founded in 1921, McJunkin Corp. distributes industrial pipe, valve fittings, and other products to a wide variety of industries including oil and gas exploration, refining, chemical, and petrochemical.
Noble Denton Group
London, has announced its acquisition of Poseidon Maritime UK Ltd., headquartered in Aberdeen.
Poseidon Maritime provides marine and marine safety consultancy services, primarily to the offshore oil and gas exploration and production industry.
Noble Denton Group, a global offshore and marine consulting firm, has employees in all key oil and gas industry centers in Europe, North and South America, the Middle East, and Asia.
