Paradigm,
Houston, has appointed Jorge Machnizh president and COO. He will relocate to London under the company’s strategy of distributing executive leadership team members close to its global customer base. Machnizh succeeds John W. Gibson Jr., who remains CEO. He has more than 27 years of experience in the energy industry, beginning his career with the seismic division of Schlumberger and later serving as vice-president of operations for Halliburton’s Landmark Graphics division. Prior to joining Paradigm, Machnizh served as president and COO of Input/Output’s Imaging Systems Group. He has a BS in geology from the University of Southern California.
Paradigm offers solutions in seismic data processing and subsurface imaging, prospect interpretation and modeling, reservoir characterization, and well planning and drilling.
InterMoor Inc.,
Houston, has named Joao Carlos Ruiz de Oliveira engineering manager for InterMoor do Brasil. He had been senior engineer, special projects. Based in Rio de Janeiro, Ruiz will oversee project execution as well as organizing engineering and administrative activities. Prior to joining InterMoor in May 2007, he was a subsea engineer for Petrobras. He has a degree in mechanical engineering from Federal Fluminense University in Rio de Janeiro.
InterMoor, an Acteon company headquartered in Houston, is a leading supplier of mooring technology providing innovative solutions for rig moves and mooring services, including engineering and design, fabrication, and subsea installation.
EPiC Energy Resources Inc.,
The Woodlands, has acquired Epic Integrated Solutions LLC (no prior affiliation to EpiC Energy Resources), Houston, in a stock and cash transaction valued at $4.3 million.
EPiC Energy Resources provides energy engineering and consulting services along with acquiring, developing, and optimizing energy assets. Epic Integrated Solutions provides the oil and gas industry with specialized training, operations documentation, and data management services for the start-up and operation of production facilities.
Tetra Technologies Inc.,
The Woodlands, Tex., has appointed Philip N. Longorio senior vice-president, responsible for managing Tetra’s global fluids and production testing business. He worked for Halliburton for more than 28 years in both operations and sales positions, ending as the vice-president of Sperry-Sun Drilling Services. Thereafter he was president and CEO of WellDynamics BV, a joint venture of Halliburton and Shell Technology Ventures to market intelligent completion technology.
Tetra is an oil and gas services company, including an integrated calcium chloride and brominated products manufacturing operation that supplies feedstocks to energy markets, as well as other markets.
