Services/Suppliers

Rosebush, Mich., has announced the election of Kevin Garrity as president of NACE International for 2012. Garrity is vice-president of integrity services for Mears. He manages special projects and develops new markets for Mears worldwide. Garrity has more than 34 years of experience in corrosion engineering and cathodic protection (CP) for buried pipelines and tanks, concrete structures, and marine structures. He also has extensive experience in evaluating and mitigating stray current effects from DC sources and electromagnetic interference from AC sources. Garrity has a BS in electrical engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn and has served in several leading capacities for NACE International. He is a guest lecturer at engineering schools, is a corrosion instructor for NACE, and has authored many acclaimed industry papers, including several for NACE.

Mears provides pipeline-related engineering and construction services, including turnkey pipeline integrity management, pipeline construction services, and horizontal directional drilling services.

CGGVeritas,

Paris, has announced that its Hampson-Russell Software & Services division has sold full commercial rights of its GLI3D refraction statics software to GeoTomo LLC, Houston. The decision reflects the focus of Hampson-Russell on its reservoir characterization suite of software products and the software's fit with GeoTomo's portfolio.

GeoTomo creates and distributes surface and downhole seismic modeling and imaging software products.

Hampson-Russell is a global provider of seismic reservoir characterization software and services.

CGGVeritas is a leading international pure-play geophysical company delivering a wide range of technologies, services, and equipment (through Sercel) to the global oil and gas industry.

Willbros Group Inc.,

Houston, has agreed to acquire InfrastruX Group for $480 million in cash and stock. The acquisition creates an engineering and construction service provider with leadership positions in the global natural gas infrastructure markets as well as the fast-growing electric power transmission and distribution markets in North America. Under the agreement, stockholders of privately held InfrastruX will receive $360 million in cash and 7.9 million new Willbros shares, amounting to 19.9% of outstanding Willbros shares or $120 million, based on the Willbros 10-day average closing stock price as of March 10, 2010. In addition, InfrastruX stockholders will be eligible for contingent earn-out payments of up to $125 million in the aggregate.

InfrastruX is a leading US provider of electric power and natural gas transmission and distribution infrastructure services.

Willbros is a leading international contractor, providing engineering and construction services to the oil, gas, and power industries.

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