Services/Suppliers

July 28, 2008

SulphCo Inc.,

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Houston, has appointed Dr. Florian J. Schattenmann chief technology officer effective Aug. 1. He will have management responsibility for the company’s research and development programs involving Sulphco’s patented Sonocracking™ technology. Previously, Schattenmann was technology director at the GE-Bayer Silicones joint venture, where he led innovation and new product introduction efforts. He remained with the JV after it was acquired by Apollo Management LP and renamed Momentive Performance Materials. Schattenmann has a Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an undergraduate degree in chemistry from the Technische Universität München.

Sulphco has developed a patented process employing ultrasound technology to desulfurize and hydrogenate crude oil and other oil-related products. The company’s technology is designed to upgrade sour heavy crude oils into sweeter, lighter crude oils, producing more gallons of usable oil per barrel.

MOGAS Industries Inc.,

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Houston, has appointed Jonquil Hill director of product engineering. She will oversee the production and product side of the company’s engineering efforts. Previously, Hill worked for TapcoEnpro International and Hanking & Anderson Consulting Engineers.

She has a BS in mechanical engineering from the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg.

MOGAS designs, engineers, manufactures, and services severe-service metal-seated ball valves for use in oil and gas production, power generation, metals and minerals, refining, petrochemical/chemical, and specialty industries.

DO2 Technologies Inc.,

Houston, has signed a multiyear agreement with Winnipeg-based Tundra Oil & Gas Partnership to license DO2’s solutions to automate and streamline their invoicing and accounts payable processes. Tundra and DO2 will begin implementation of a broad suite of DO2’s products that provide functionality for not only electronic invoicing, but also the management of paper invoices (scanned invoices) within the electronic invoicing workflow, the management of early payment discounts, and the reconciliation of invoices against contracted prices.

DO2 is the leading global provider of electronic-invoicing software solutions that enable buyers and suppliers to automate shared financial processes.

Taide Network,

Holmestrand, Norway, a premium provider of high performance IP solutions via satellite and a member of the Vizada Group, has rebranded to Vizada Networks. The rebranding will clarify the entity’s position as a key business unit within the Vizada Group. It will also enable former Taide customers to benefit from the Vizada Group’s market position and reputation as leading provider of global satellite communications.

The Oslo-based Vizada Group was formed in September 2007 and combines the former Telenor Satellite Services and France Telecom Mobile Satellite Communications. The Group comprises two principal business divisions–Vizada Mobile Satellite Services and Vizada VSAT for Fixed Satellite Services.

Taide, founded in 1997, is one of the leading IP trunking providers in Africa and the Middle East and now operates in more than 50 countries worldwide.

PAS,

Houston, has named Grant Ostvig managing director for its Middle East operations. He will be based in Dubai and have overall responsibility for PAS’s business in the Middle East region. Ostvig held various management positions at Honeywell for over 30 years and spent over half of his career in international sales for process control, representing Honeywell on five continents. He has a physics degree from the University of Utah and an MBA from the University of Minnesota.

PAS is a leading supplier of software products and consulting services to the process industries worldwide.

W&O,

Jacksonville, Fla., has acquired the Portsmouth, Va.-based Valco/Premier Group. W&O, a division of Pon Equipment + Power Systems, is the largest US supplier of marine valves, pipe, fittings, engineered products, and valve automation solutions to the marine and offshore industries. Valco/Premier group includes Premier Copper Manufacturing, Valco Piping Products and Premier Copper & Brass/Pacific.

Intervera Data Solutions,

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Calgary, has appointed Nick Beingessner director of sales and marketing. He will be responsible for global business development, promoting channel partnerships, and building client relationships. Previously, Beingessner was sales manager for Telvent’s SCADA and Environment divisions, where he led a number of sales initiatives in North America, the Middle East, and Africa. He has more than 11 years of IT software sales and business management experience.

Intervera provides practical, end-to-end data quality services and software to E&P data managers and professionals.

Atlas Copco,

Garland, Tex., has been named to the Global 100 list of the world’s most sustainable corporations. The listing, developed by Toronto-based Corporate Knights Inc. with Innovest Strategic Value Advisors Inc., New York, focuses on analyzing companies’ performance on social, environmental, and strategic governance issues.

Atlas Copco Drilling Solutions, a division of Atlas Copco’s Construction and Mining Technique business area, develops, manufactures, and markets a wide range of rotary drilling equipment for use in surface mining, exploration, construction, water well, aggregate, and shallow oil and gas applications worldwide.

Aker Solutions ASA,

Lysaker, Norway, has acquired Aberdeen-based Qserv Ltd., for an initial payment of 1 billion kroner (Nor.) and a deferred payment due in 2011.

Aker Solutions is a leading global provider of engineering and construction services, technology products, and integrated solutions for the oil and gas, refining and chemicals, mining and metals, and power generation industries

Qserv is a privately owned company that provides a range of services encompassing wireline, coil tubing, fluid and nitrogen pumping, subsea well intervention, leak testing, bolting, and pipeline commissioning in the North Sea and other markets.

The two companies are already cooperating on the delivery of integrated intervention services across a variety of disciplines, including wireline tractor services, logging services, and light well intervention vessels.

ABS,

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Houston, has named Todd Grove president and COO of its Pacific division. Previously ABS chief of staff in Houston, he is relocating to the Pacific division’s main office in Singapore. Grove will have responsibility for the society’s activities in more than 20 countries, from India to New Zealand. With more than 1,000 employees, the Pacific Division is the largest of the three operational and administrative divisions within ABS. Having served as Pacific divisional director of technology and business development in the mid-1990s, Grove since has held a variety of roles within ABS, including president of the Americas Division, energy project development director, and manager of offshore engineering for the Americas.

Grove replaces Jim Liebertz, who has led the ABS Pacific Division for the last 5 years and has been named vice-president, global marketing, reporting directly to ABS Chairman Robert D. Somerville and charged with identifying new opportunities for expansion within the Asian region.

ABS is a leading international classification society devoted to promoting the security of life, property, and the marine environment through the development and verification of standards for the design, construction and operational maintenance of marine-related facilities.

Paradigm BV,

Amsterdam, has named Gary V. Morris chief financial officer. He will be accountable for all aspects of Paradigm’s finance, including accounting, financial planning and analysis, tax, treasury, audit, and investor relations. Morris began his career as a senior auditor at Arthur Andersen & Co. With over 30 years in supporting global finance in a variety of roles, he joins Paradigm from Herodotus Energy LLC, a consulting company where he served as partner. His long tenure at Halliburton Co. began as a senior auditor and rapidly brought him through the ranks to serve as controller and vice-president of finance for Halliburton’s Energy Services Group, through divisional executive vice-president and CFO assignments, and ultimately executive vice-president and CFO for Halliburton Co.

Paradigm is an industry leader in digital subsurface asset management that helps global oil and gas companies locate new reserves and optimize production in complex geological areas. Paradigm’s technology advances the science of hydrocarbon detection with solutions in seismic data processing and subsurface imaging, prospect interpretation and modeling, reservoir characterization, and well planning and drilling.

Software Toolbox,

Charlotte, NC, has been named one of the first Endorsed Partners in Wonderware’s Innovation Partner Program, a level reserved for Wonderware’s closest business relationships. Software Toolbox was chosen to provide technical support services to Wonderware, their channel, customers, VARs (value-added resellers), and OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) for new device communications options announced in mid-July by Wonderware and Kepware. Software Toolbox was chosen by Wonderware to provide these services and as an Endorsed Partner because of its experience in providing device integration support to the Wonderware channel and their customers, OEMs, and VARs for nearly 10 years.

Wonderware is the leading supplier of industrial automation and information software solutions.

Software Toolbox provides the automation industry with drivers, components, development tools, and HMI/SCADA add-ins/enhancements.

Electronic Power Design,

Houston, has added Washington Maurojorge to its sales department, where he will cover the expanding Latin American market. He brings 27 years of experience of working in South America, Central America, and Mexico in technical and executive positions at MANB&W, Wartsila NA, and Cummins Inc. Today, he is based out of Florida, where he owns and operates his own consulting firm, WMB Consulting. Maurojorge holds a degree in naval architecture and has an extensive international background in the marine, oil and gas, and energy industries working with new constructions and retrofits.

EPD is a global provider of electrical systems integration and a custom designer of power systems for offshore drilling, vessels, wind-power turbines, alternative energy systems, and industrial and manufacturing facilities.

Rigdon Marine Corp.,

Houston, has appointed Matthew Rigdon manager, sales and marketing. He will be responsible for domestic sales and brokerage, business development, and special projects.

Previously, Rigdon worked for Bourbon Offshore in a variety of positions after starting his career as an ordinary seaman on a Rigdon 5000 class platform support vessel. He returned to Rigdon Marine in February 2008.

Rigdon Marine operates a fleet of platform support vessels, fast supply vessels, and crewboats.