Baker Hughes Inc.
Houston, has appointed Nelson Ney president of its Centrilift division and a Baker Hughes Inc. vice-president. He succeeds Charles S. Wolley, who is leaving the company. Ney has served as operations vice-president for Hughes Christensen’s Europe, Africa, Russia, and Caspian region since November 2006. Prior to that post, he served as operations vice-president for Centrilift’s Latin America region and in a variety of operations, technical, and management positions with Centrilift and Hughes Christensen in Latin America. Ney joined Baker Hughes as marketing managing in Colombia in 1991. Prior to that, he was an operations engineer for Occidental Petroleum Corp. in Colombia. Ney has a bachelor’s in petroleum engineering from the University of Tulsa.
Baker Hughes is a leading global provider of drilling, formation evaluation, completion, and production products and services to the oil and natural gas industry.
Geotrace
Houston, has named Steve Svatek to its technical implementation and production testing group. He will focus on the Geotrace Diamond projecta new software platform that processes and integrates all exploration and production data types and formats. With 35 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, Svatek previously worked for Hydro/Spinnaker as an internal processor. Prior to that, he worked for Nu-Tec Inc., Vastar Resources Inc., and ARCO.
Geotrace is a leading reservoir services company providing integrated solutions to the worldwide oil and gas industry.
Knight
Lafayette, La., has named Mike Brady director of human resources. Previously, he was human resources district manager for Wal-Mart in West Texas. Brady’s human resources management career began in the recruiting and training side of the industry. He holds undergraduate and master’s degrees in education administration and supervision from the University of Louisiana-Monroe and is currently pursuing an MBA.
Knight also has opened a new fishing facility in Alice, Tex., serving the South Texas region, and has named Doug Freeman fishing services manager at Alice. In addition, Knight has appointed Rickey Tauzin Gulf Coast regional sales manager, covering South Texas, East Texas, and Louisiana. Tauzin will be based in Houston. And Knight has named Richard Moak South Texas sales manager for oil tools and fishing services accounts in San Antonio, Austin, and Corpus Christi. Moak will be based in San Antonio.
Knight’s operating units include Knight Oil Tools, Knight Fishing Services, Knight Well Services, and Knight Manufacturing. The company is the largest privately held rental tool business in the oil and gas industry.
