MOGAS Industries Inc.,
Houston, has appointed two new key executives. Ton Korporaal is the company’s new refining and hydrocarbons industry specialist for Western Europe. Korporaal brings almost 20 years of experience in valve sales throughout the Netherlands.
Rob Delp has joined MOGAS Industries as territory manger for the Eastern US. Delp has been involved in sales for more than 7 years, with the last 3 having been in the valve and flow instrument business.
MOGAS is a leading supplier of severe-service ball valves, selling primarily to power, mining, process, and specialty application industries.
Stallion Oilfield Services Ltd.,
Houston, and UK-based Stirling Group have announced that they will not proceed with current plans for Stallion to purchase Stirling’s international risk management and loss prevention business. The two companies cited current market conditions and stressed that they will continue to explore ways to work together and co-market their services in international markets, including a possible strategic alliance.
Stallion provides wellsite support services and production and logistics services to oil and gas fields, including onshore and offshore workforce accommodations and remote camp complexes, surface rental equipment, solids control, communication services, wellsite construction, rig relocation, heavy equipment hauling, fluids handling, and logistics.
Stirling is a provider of risk and facilities management solutions to the hydrocarbon industry in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.
Pace Global Energy Services LLC,
Fairfax, Va., has assigned Executive Vice-Pres. Jim Diemer to its Houston operating base. As corporate officer responsible for the Houston office, he also maintains his current role focusing on the development and execution of business strategies for major energy companies, as well as development support and financing of energy infrastructure projects and procurement practices for large energy consumers, such as independent power plants and industrial power houses. With over 10 years at Pace, Diemer has contributed to Pace’s expanding platform in the Houston market for the past 5 years.
Pace provides expertise and represented clients in all segments of the energy value chain from exploration, production, and generation through transportation and distribution down to end use consumption.
TransTex Gas Services LP,
Houston, has acquired Time Technical Services LLC, Three Rivers, Tex. Terms aren’t disclosed. The acquisition expands the size range of TransTex’s equipment offerings.
TransTex provides natural gas treating and processing equipment on a lease basis to midstream and upstream customers in the US. The company also provides contract treating services.
Time is a provider of natural gas treating equipment along with related maintenance services operating principally in South and East Texas.
Cathedral Energy Services Income Trust,
Calgary, has appointed John Ruzicki executive vice-president. Ruzicki has over 21 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, most recently as vice-president, sales and marketing for Peak Energy Services Trust and Polar Completions (a division of Precision Drilling Trust). He is a Certified Engineering Technologist through the Association of Science and Engineering Technology Professionals and holds an engineering technology diploma from Southern Alberta Institute. Ruzicki has extensive experience in completions and drilling in Canadian, US, and other markets since 1987.
In addition, Cathedral has appointed David DeFreitas vice-president, completion services, US, relocating from Calgary to Denver. He will oversee the trust’s US wireline and production testing operations, including their future expansion. Previously, DeFreitas was general manager of the trust’s Canadian production testing operations.
Cathedral is a leading provider of selected oil field services, including horizontal, directional, and underbalanced drilling and related equipment rentals, production testing, and completion services, as well a full complement of cased-hole wireline services.
GE Oil & Gas’s PII Pipeline Solutions division,
Houston, has signed a pipeline integrity services distributor agreement with Tecnicontrol SA, in Colombia, as part of GE’s strategy to strengthen its pipeline integrity services in South America. Tecnicontrol will act as distributor for PII services in the Andean region by providing local inspection tools and crews, project management, and logistics. PII will continue to support Tecnicontrol by supplying its state-of-the art inspection technology, data analysis, and pipeline integrity management expertise.
GE’s PII Pipeline Solutions provides pipeline inspection technology and integrity management services for the oil and gas industry. Tecnicontrol provides integral solutions to the industry ranging from engineering, procurement, supervision, QA/QC, and project management to asset integrity management, including inspection, maintenance, and repairs.
Knight Fishing Services,
Lafayette, La., has named Bill Keenan vice-president, Gulf Coast. He was previously a division manager for a rental and fishing services company and a contract fishing tool supervisor and an area manager for the Texas Gulf Coast for an oil field service company. He also was a member of the safety leadership team for a major operator. Keenan, to be based in Corpus Christi, Tex., has an associate’s degree in business and industry from Texarkana Junior College.
Knight Fishing is a division of Knight Oil Tools, the largest privately held rental and fishing tools business in the oil and gas industry.