Knight Oil Tools,
Lafayette, La., has promoted Pat McLaughlin to executive vice-president. He will be responsible for overseeing Knight Oil Tools, Knight Fishing Services, Knight Well Services, Knight Manufacturing, Hub City Iron Works, Tri Drill, and Robinson. McLaughlin began working for Knight in 1978 and has held various positions throughout the company, including store manager, operations manager, corporate operations manager, and vice-president. He was involved in expanding Knight facilities throughout the Gulf Coast, Midwest, and Rocky Mountain regions. McLaughlin studied economics and accounting at Southwest Texas State University. He is a member of the American Association of Drilling Engineers and the International Association of Drilling Contractors.
Knight is the largest privately held rental tool business in the oil and gas industry. The company has 25 locations across nine oil-producing states that serve all phases of an oil well’s life.
CGGVeritas
manufacturing subsidiary Sercel has acquired privately held Metrolog. Founded in 1987, Toulouse, France-based Metrolog is a leading provider of high-pressure, high-temperature gauges and other downhole instruments to the oil and gas industry. The acquisition is expected to be accretive to Sercel and to CGGVeritas earnings per share in 2008. Metrolog’s 2007 revenue for the company was $11 million. Financial terms of the acquisition weren’t disclosed.
CGGVeritas, Paris, is a leading international pure-play geophysical company that also delivers a wide range of technologies, services, and equipment through Sercel to its broad base of customers mainly throughout the global oil and gas industry.
Moffatt & Nichol,
Long Beach, Calif., has consolidated its San Diego-based operations with Blaylock Engineering Group, a marine structural engineering firm. This combined operation, known as Moffatt & Nichol Blaylock, enhances Moffatt & Nichol’s capabilities in the areas of marine engineering, as well as facility inspection and rehabilitation, while offering Blaylock a presence in the global marine engineering arena. A core strength of Blaylock is design and repair of marine structures and developing repair schemes to extend the useful service life of facilities. The expanded services position both firms to better serve their port, military, and transportation clients and boost Moffatt & Nichol’s worldwide waterfront inspection and rehabilitation practice.
Moffatt & Nichol operates from 25 offices throughout North America, Europe, Latin America, and the Pacific Rim.
