Baker Hughes Inc.
Houston, has announced that Matt Bratovich joined Baker Atlas as product line manager, geoscience. Bratovich previously was a vice-president at DeGolyer & MacNaughton, and had worked as a petrophysical engineer in Shell's offshore division.
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Baker Atlas is the wireline services division of Baker Hughes Inc., and offers a complete range of downhole well logging services.
Baker Hughes Inc. is a leading provider of drilling, formation evaluation, completion, and production products and services to the worldwide oil and gas industry.
Geotrace Technologies Inc.
London and Houston, has announced the appointment of Gavin Hills-Jones as vice-president of reservoir services for its UK subsidiary. Additionally, Michael Fleming has been named area manager for Middle East, and Scott Layne has rejoined the company as senior sales representative.
Hills-Jones, who holds a BS degree in applied physics from Bath University, previously worked for Western Geophysical. He is based in London.
Fleming holds an MS in physics from Bristol University, and is based in Cairo. He spent 25 years with Western Geophysical.
Layne rejoined Geotrace after a stint with GX Technology, and is based in Houston.
Geotrace Technologies Inc. is an integrated, reservoir services company that provides subsurface imaging solutions to the oil and gas industry.
Mustang Engineering
Houston, has announced the appointment of Ned P. Baudat as project director for its midstream group. Baudat has more than 40 years of experience in gas processing, including LNG, and most recently was operations manager for Bechtel's global gas group.
Mustang's midstream group combines upstream, downstream, and pipeline expertise in developing innovative technology applications for projects including LNG, regas, NGL, and GTL. The group includes 250 professionals providing full engineering, procurement, and construction management services.
Mustang Engineering, a Wood Group company, is an independent services provider to the global oil, gas, and chemical industries.
ABB Ltd.
Zurich, has announced the appointment of Fred Kindle as chief executive officer, effective Jan. 2005. Current CEO Jürgen Dormann will remain as chairman. Kindle currently is CEO of Sulzer AG.
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ABB Ltd. is a leading provider of power and automation technologies, operating in approximately 100 countries.
Willbros Group Inc.
Houston, has elected Michael F. Curran as chairman of the board of directors, succeeding Larry A. Bump. Curran will retain his duties as CEO and president of the firm, as well.
Willbros Group Inc. is a leading independent contractor serving the oil, gas, and power industries, providing construction, engineering, and other specialty oil field services worldwide.
Americrest Bank
Dallas, has appointed David A. Rice as vice-president in the bank's energy lending team. Rice earned a degree in geological engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla, and has petroleum industry transaction experience, including acquisitions, trades, and sales, since 1983.
Americrest Bank was founded in 1963 in Oklahoma City, and is an independently owned and operated full service bank.
AI Bass-Trigon Ltd.
Littleton, Colo., has named Bruce Beighle as vice-president of sales and marketing. Beighle previously has been CEO of Baseline Technologies, president of Benchmark-RM, and COO of UniField Engineering.
AI Bass-Trigon Ltd. is a leading provider of integrity management, risk assessment, pipeline compliance, corrosion data management software and engineering service, and field computer solutions for the worldwide petroleum and natural gas pipeline industry.