Fugro Gravity & Magnetic Services (FGMS),
Houston, has named Mark Weber president and Dr. Luiz Braga vice-president, global business development. FGMS is the business development arm of Fugro Airborne Surveys and Fugro Ground Geophysics. Weber will oversee the new venture that will provide the oil and gas industry with a full spectrum of gravity and magnetic services—data acquisition and processing, interpretation, software and nonexclusive data—for land, marine, and airborne applications. Weber’s experience spans from field quality control manager to interpretation geophysicist to executive. He has a bachelor’s from the Colorado School of Mines and has been working in the oil and gas industry for more than 20 years on projects in 30 countries. Weber is a member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Houston Geologic Society, and Geophysical Society of Houston. Braga will manage the business development activities on an international basis for a team of experts situated in Houston, Calgary, London, Rio de Janeiro, Dubai, Perth, and Mexico. He was formerly marketing manager and deputy general manager and is credited with developing and enhancing Fugro’s airborne geophysical market in South America. Braga received a Ph.D. in geophysics from Oregon State University and has more than 18 years’ experience in the petroleum industry and 27 years’ experience working in earth sciences. He is a founding member of the Brazilian Society of Geophysicists and a member of SEG.
Fugro Gravity & Magnetic Services is a part of Fugro, which interprets and processes data collected at sea, on land, and from the air using advanced surveying, seismic, oceanographic, meteorological, and positioning services.
Honeywell Process Solutions,
Phoenix, has been selected by South Korea-based SK Engineering & Construction (SKE&C) to design the integrated process control system for a major oil and gas expansion project in Kuwait. The agreement calls for Honeywell to provide the main process automation, safety, and operator training systems for the plant and integrate its technology with existing third-party systems. Additionally, Honeywell will provide local technical support at the site. Honeywell will supply its Experion Process Knowledge System, which allows operators to centrally control and more efficiently manage all processes in the facility. It also enables users to monitor information from critical subsystems, such as fire and gas detection and security devices. Additionally, Honeywell’s Safety Manager will be used to safely coordinate procedures such as unit start-up and shut-down. For operator training, SKE&C selected Honeywell’s UniSim Operations, a process simulation system that helps reduce operator error and improve safety and efficiency by training operators on processes offline.
Honeywell Process Solutions is part of Honeywell International’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.
KBC Advanced Technology PLC,
London, has introduced its new Alternative Fuels and Feedstocks (AFFS) service to serve companies considering building or operating alternative fuel plants or utilizing alternative feedstocks that need to optimize designs and operations to maximize yields of high-value products, minimize energy consumption and CO2 emissions, ensure reliability, and operate at optimum staffing levels using best practices systems, work processes, procedures, and tools. KBC provides leading CapX (Capital Excellence) services to help companies make sense of the options and make the right decisions for their facilities. KBC’s OpX (Operations Excellence) services for AFFS assist companies in effectively operating this type of facility. KBC expertise includes alternative fuels plants fed by crude oil, natural gas, coal, or biomass.
KBC is a leading independent consulting, process engineering, and software group that delivers improved operating performance to the oil refining, petrochemical, and other process industries worldwide.
Pinpoint Drilling & Directional Services LLC,
Dallas, has named Robert J. Stayton CEO. He is a 28-year veteran of the oil and gas industry, most recently having worked for Weatherford. His experience includes work for the Gas Research Institute, and he has authored several articles on horizontal directional drilling. Stayton has a BBA from the University of Oklahoma.
Pinpoint also named Steve Raymond vice-president, sales and marketing. Raymond has worked alongside Stayton in the past.
Pinpoint is a prominent integrated directional, horizontal, and MWD services provider in targeted US unconventional gas drilling basins.
NCH (UK) Ltd.,
West Bromwich, England, has agreed to acquire Manchester, England-based Waterwell Services, merging the firm with its Chem-Aqua UK water treatment business. Terms of the deal aren’t disclosed. Lol Moore, Waterwell’s owner and managing director, will join the Chem-Aqua UK management team to lead their engineering/equipment group. NCH UK is a division of NCH Corp., a leading global supplier of industrial and institutional maintenance solutions based in Irving, Tex.
Waterwell designs, builds, and services reverse osmosis, filtration, softener, and similar units.
