Services/Suppliers

North Kansas City, Mo., has named Thomas Tan vice-president of its global oil field business. Tan, based in Singapore, will support oil field strategic sales, marketing, and new business development initiatives in the Americas, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. He also serves as senior vice-president of Asia-Pacific for PAS Technologies and as managing director of Asian Surface Technologies Pte. Ltd., the Singapore-based joint venture of PAS Technologies, SIA Engineering Co., and Pratt & Whitney. Tan has a bachelor of business degree in marketing from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, Australia, and a diploma in electronics engineering from Caulfield Institute of Technology, Melbourne.

PAS Technologies Inc. specializes in repair and overhaul solutions for the oil field, aerospace, and industrial markets, including gates and seats used in high-wear, high-heat, and corrosive environments in oil field operations.

Seismic Micro-Technology,

Houston, has opened a sales and support office in Abu Dhabi, the company's third such international office opening in the past 15 months, including Moscow and Calgary. Andrew Burr, director for Middle East and South Asia, will lead the Abu Dhabi office and oversee all aspects of technical support and sales operations.

SMT provides geoscience software to the oil and gas industry.

GeoBio Energy Inc.,

Seattle, has signed a letter of intent to acquire H&M Precision Products Inc., Farmington, NM. H&M provides oil and gas well field services and sells proprietary chemical blends used to maintain, clean, and improve the operating efficiency of natural gas and oil wells. The acquisition is the first step in a broad strategy to combine and consolidate companies in the oil and gas services sector during the next 12-36 months. Several additional acquisition targets are being identified.

GeoBio Energy's business model emphasizes the acquisition and operation of existing companies in the oil and gas services and energy industry.

Cal Dive International Inc.,

Houston, has appointed Bruce P. Koch executive vice-president, CFO, and treasurer of the company. He replaces G. Kregg Lunsford, who was named executive vice-president, Eastern Hemisphere, based in Singapore. Koch brings more than 25 years of financial, accounting, tax, treasury, information technology, and merger and acquisition experience. He worked 19 years at Nabors Industries Ltd., serving as corporate controller, vice-president of finance, and, most recently, CFO.

Cal Dive provides an integrated offshore construction solution to its customers, including manned diving, pipelay and pipe burial, platform installation, and platform salvage services to the offshore oil and natural gas industry.

More Oil & Gas Journal Current Issue Articles
More Oil & Gas Journal Archives Issue Articles
View Oil and Gas Articles on PennEnergy.com