Services/Suppliers

Dayton, Tex., has appointed Pete Sinner manager, North American sales. Sinner has 30 years of experience introducing new technology and product developments to the market for several energy companies, including NOWSCO/NOWCAM, Santrol, and Maverick Solutions. He also served as coiled tubing champion for Quality Tubing for 12 years. Sinner is a member of the Intervention and Coiled Tubing Association/International Coiled Tubing Association and Society of Petroleum Engineers and has played an active role in the Coiled Tubing Consortium and other technical organizations. He has a BS in business from Louisiana State University and an MBA in marketing from the University of Colorado at Denver.

Global Tubing is a worldwide provider of coiled tubing products and related services for the oil and gas industry.

Boots & Coots Inc.,

Houston, has agreed to purchase Halliburton Co.'s external abrasive jet cutting systems. Following the acquisition, the abrasive jet cutting systems will be strategically positioned worldwide. Halliburton developed the system in 1991 to assist firefighting crews in Kuwait in battling more than 700 fires left after the Iraq invasion. Positioned on a burning well, the external abrasive jet cutter utilizes sand and water to abrade the wellhead or surface equipment, thus allowing the well to flow in a vertical direction, making it possible to extinguish the fire with water. Boots & Coots has worked in conjunction with Halliburton for several years coordinating the jet cutter in emergency response efforts in the U.S. and abroad.

Boots & Coots provides a suite of integrated pressure control services to onshore and offshore oil and gas exploration companies around the world, including well intervention services such as hydraulic workovers and snubbing jobs. Boots & Coots also provides high-pressure, high-temperature rental tools through its equipment services segment.

Seahawk Drilling Inc.,

Houston, has appointed William C. (Kurt) Hoffman senior vice-president and COO. Hoffman is a 27-year veteran of the oil field services industry. Previously, he served as vice-president, worldwide marketing, at Noble Corp., where he also was vice-president, Western Hemisphere operations, during 2000-2004. Prior to that, he held several management positions with Triton Engineering Services, including president and vice-president, international operations. Hoffman started his career in the drilling industry with Zapata Offshore Co.

Seahawk, recently spun off from Houston-based offshore drilling giant Pride International Inc., owns a fleet of 20 mat-supported jack ups in the U.S. and Mexico. Seahawk has the second largest fleet of jack ups in the Gulf of Mexico.

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