Services Suppliers

Oct. 20, 2008

Swagelok Co.,

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Solon, Ohio, has announced that ASM International (formerly the American Society for Metals) elected Sunniva R. Collins, a senior research fellow at Swagelok, a Fellow of the society. Collins was selected for her contributions to technical advances in stainless steels used in fluid systems applications. The peer-selected honor of Fellow was established by ASM International to provide recognition of members for their distinguished contributions to materials science and engineering and to develop a broad forum of leaders to serve as advisors to the society. Collins joined Swagelok in 1995 as a research metallurgist and has served in several engineering management positions, most recently as technical director for Swagelok Technology Services Co. In her current position, as the company’s first senior research fellow, she coordinates the company’s academic and governmental research initiatives. Collins received her doctorate and master’s in materials science and engineering from Case Western Reserve University and her bachelor’s from the University of Michigan.

Swagelok develops and provides fluid system solutions, including products, assemblies, and services for the oil and gas, power, petrochemical, alternative fuels, research, instrumentation, pharmaceutical, and semiconductor industries.

Geoservices Group,

Le Blanc Mesnil, France, has acquired Broussard, La.-based Production Wireline & Cased Hole Services Group LLC. The Production Wireline management team remains in place and continues to operate the company. Geoservices sees the acquisition serving as its entry into the US well intervention market and future growth in North America. The allied companies will focus on growth of slickline-deployed services and technologies, many of which are not currently available in the US market.

Geoservices provides a range of oil field services that help evaluate hydrocarbon reservoirs and optimize field exploration, development, and production. It serves oil and gas companies worldwide through a network of bases in 53 countries, covering all the main areas where oil or gas is to be found. Its services include mud logging, well intervention, and field surveillance.

Production Wireline provides slickline services to it clients throughout the Gulf of Mexico and Gulf Coast region from four bases across Texas and its main facility in Broussard.

Baker Hughes Inc.,

Houston, has appointed Clifton Triplett vice-president and chief information officer. He reports to Martin Craighead and David Barr, Baker Hughes group presidents. Triplett joins Baker Hughes from Motorola, where he served as vice-president and CIO for their Network and Enterprise Group and most recently as vice-president, Global Services. Prior to that, he held a variety of IT leadership roles with General Motors, Allied Signal, and Entergy Services. Triplett has a bachelor’s in engineering from the US Military Academy and spent the first 10 years of his career in the military, in and outside the US. He also has a master’s in computer information systems from Boston University.

Baker Hughes provides reservoir consulting, drilling, formation evaluation, completion, and production products and services to the worldwide oil and gas industry.

Knight Oil Tools,

Lafayette, La., has added three new members to its corporate sales staff: Donald Bishop, Jerry LaFour and Mark Pester.

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Bishop previously was a field sales representative in Southeast Texas for Knight. He has an associate’s degree from ITT Technical Institute in computer drafting and attended Southwest Texas State University. He is a member of the American Association of Drilling Engineers. Bishop will be based in Knight’s Dallas office to serve companies in the Dallas, Fort Worth, and Tyler, Tex., areas.

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LaFour brings several years of oil field experience to Knight. He attended high school in Victoria, Tex., and is a member of the Corpus Christi, Tex., chapter of the American Petroleum Institute (API). LaFour will be based in the Corpus Christi office.

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Pester previously was a corporate representative with a major operator. He has a BBA from the former Texas A&I University and is a member of API and the Society of Petroleum Engineers. Pester will also work out of Knight’s Corpus Christi office.

Knight Oil Tools is the largest privately held rental and fishing tools business in the oil and gas industry, with 30 locations in eight oil and gas producing states.

Zedi Inc.,

Calgary, has signed a letter of intent to acquire all issued and outstanding shares of OAS Oilfield Accounting Service Ltd. through its wholly owned subsidiary Zedi Canada Inc. for $6.24 million (Can.) cash. OAS is a Calgary-based private corporation providing chart reading and integration services to the oil and gas industry. Subject to completion of due diligence, the transaction is expected to close on Oct. 31, 2008. The acquisition of OAS strengthens Zedi’s position as the Canadian leader in gas measurement. This acquisition will add about 25,000 wells measured with charts to the 10,000 wells that are currently monitored electronically, for a total well surveillance and measurement count of over 35,000 wells. Given the gas industry’s current installation base of orifice meters with chart recorders, chart processing is a natural extension to the existing surveillance and optimization suite of products and services Zedi currently offers. The combination of the two organizations will consolidate the gas measurement market in Canada and will contribute about $5.4 million annually to Zedi’s recurring revenue base.

Zedi specializes in production operations management, delivering systems and services that help oil and gas producers efficiently manage people, assets, and information.

Broadpoint Inc.,

Houston, has named Jerome DeCuir vice-president of engineering. He will leverage 20 years of engineering experience to help Broadpoint develop cutting-edge communications technologies that will improve its customers’ productivity and profitability. Previously, DeCuir served as the director of network engineering for McLeodUSA (now a part of Paetec). He also worked as the engineering director for both On Fiber Communications and Broadwing, leading communications companies in Austin. DeCuir began his career with Williams Cos., where he held positions ranging from planning engineer to systems engineering director throughout his 10-year tenure. DeCuir has a bachelor’s in electrical engineering from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and has studied power and computing systems at the master’s level.

Broadpoint is a full-service telecommunications and network solutions company offering cellular, satellite, and 2-way radio communications; custom-engineered solutions; and antenna and tower services to the maritime, energy, and government sectors. Broadpoint also operates and maintains the first GSM/GPRS/Edge offshore wireless network, which covers more than 100,000 miles in the Gulf of Mexico.

Honeywell International,

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Morris Township, NJ, has announced that Jack Bolick, president of Honeywell Process Solutions, has been named Frost & Sullivan’s 2008 North American Process Automation Lifetime Achievement Award winner. The honor is given each year to an individual whose career is characterized by a legacy rich in accomplishment and positive influence in the industry he or she serves. In 1998, Bolick joined Honeywell with more than 20 years of diverse business experience focused on semiconductor and manufacturing materials supply, global marketing, and manufacturing strategies that support high-growth markets. He became president of Honeywell Process Solutions in October 2002. In recent years, Bolick has focused on transforming Honeywell’s image from a distributed control system manufacturer to a total solutions provider. Bolick has a master’s from North Carolina A&T State University, a bachelor’s in industrial engineering from Western Carolina State University in North Carolina, and a Six Sigma black belt certification.

Honeywell Process Solutions is part of Honeywell’s Automation and Control Solutions group, a global leader in providing product and service solutions that improve efficiency and profitability, support regulatory compliance, and maintain safe, comfortable environments in homes, buildings, and industry.

Honeywell International is a diversified technology and manufacturing leader, serving customers worldwide with aerospace products and services; control technologies for buildings, homes and industry; automotive products; turbochargers; and specialty materials.

American International Industries Inc.,

Kemah, Tex., has acquired 100% of the assets of Shumate Machine Works Corp. from Shumate Industries Inc. for $6.4 million cash. Those assets are now owned by American International’s wholly owned subsidiary Shumate Energy Technologies Inc., which operates a 30,000 sq ft plant in Conroe, Tex., that provides valve products to the oil and gas service and supply industry. Larry Shumate, formerly CEO and chairman of Shumate Industries, will now serve as president of Shumate Energy Technologies.

American International expects synergistic benefits between Shumate Energy Technologies and its other energy-related subsidiary, Delta Seaboard Well Service Inc.

American is a diversified holding company with holdings in oil and gas and other industries, as well as in finance and real estate in Houston and surrounding areas.

Conroe-based Shumate Industries has announced that it expects to adopt a new name to reflect its focus on expanding its Hemiwedge Valve Corp. (HVC) subsidiary and its proprietary Hemiwedge valve technology. Shumate Industries also named Ken Chickering, currently director and president of HVC, chairman and CEO of Shumate Industries. Chickering previously served as president of Daniel Valve and chairman of the Valve Manufacturers Association.

Aker Solutions,

Oslo, has announced plans to invest in its Brazilian subsea tree operations in order to increase manufacturing capacity ahead of the future wave of subsea developments in the Brazilian presalt layer. Plans call for doubling production capacity for subsea trees at Aker’s Curitiba, Brazil, manufacturing plan by 2010. Over the past 3 years, Aker has invested about $30 million in its Brazilian subsea business area, generating about $500 million in orders. Those orders include frame agreements with Brazilian state oil company Petrobras for the delivery of 45 deepwater subsea trees for $223 million, delivery of manifolds to Petrobras for $50 million, and four contracts for drilling riser systems to Queiroz Galvão Oleo e Gas SA, worth a total of $140 million.

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

ABS,

Houston, and St. Petersburg-based Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) have launched a joint training program covering survey of Arctic LNG carriers for a team of surveyors drawn from both societies. Classroom instruction in early October at St. Petersburg is to be followed by a prolonged period of field training at shipyards for new construction and on ABS-classed, trading LNG carriers for in-service surveys.

ABS and RS are two of the leading international classification societies devoted to promoting the security of life, property, and the marine environment through development and verification of standards for design, construction, and maintenance of marine-related facilities