Woolslayer Companies Inc.,
Tulsa, has named Thomas L. Wingerter CEO and member of the WCI board of directors. Dewayne Vogt remains WCI president and chief engineer. Wingerter joins WCI from Pinpoint Drilling & Directional Services LLC, a privately held integrated drilling and directional services company in Dallas. Prior to his 4-year tenure with Pinpoint, he was with Parker Drilling Co. for 25 years. He retired from Parker in 2003 as vice-president of global operations.
Woolslayer is a worldwide provider of design, engineering, and fabrication of oil field masts, derricks, and drilling equipment components. The company also provides structural design and analysis, computer-aided design, feasibility studies, inspection and repair, and project management.
Seismic Micro-Technology,
Houston, has expanded its software donation program to geoscience students in 160 colleges and universities in key oil and gas regions around the world. The goal of SMT’s educational grant program is to place software in the classroom so graduating students are equipped for the job market with hands-on workstation experience. SMT KINGDOM software donations are utilized for teaching and research at academic institutions in 27 countries. Beginning in 2001, 3-year grants, including all maintenance support and updates, have been donated, with a total estimated value of more than $150 million.
SMT is a market leader for Windows-based geoscientific interpretation software. SMT software enables intuitive interpretation, validation, risk reduction, and data management in one integrated executable.
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Inc.,
Pullman, Wash., has announced that it is now 100% employee-owned. Founded by CEO and Pres. Edmund O. Schweitzer III in 1984, SEL employs 1,800 people worldwide and supports products in 126 countries. SEL employees previously held a partial stake in the privately held company. Transition to a 100% employee-owned structure is part of SEL’s long-term strategy for sustained growth, stability, and customer focus.
SEL serves industry worldwide through the design, manufacture, supply, and support of products and services for industrial power system protection, monitoring, control, automation, and metering.
NovaDrill,
Provo, Utah, has named Andy Szescila to its board of directors. A 34-year upstream oil and gas industry veteran, he previously was COO of Baker Hughes Inc. NovaDrill is commercializing a complete directional drilling and formation evaluation system for drill bit, MWD, and LWD markets, made up of advanced elements that can be integrated or used individually.
Founded in 2008, NovaDrill is funded by upstream technology venture capital firm Energy Ventures in partnership with Novatek, an industry leader in industrial diamonds.
