BJ Tubular Services key Asia and Middle East appointments
Posted: 24 November 2003
Eric Koehler has been appointed country operations manager, Indonesia
for BJ Tubular Services. Koehler is responsible for BJ Tubular Services’
operations in Indonesia. His primary functions are to plan, manage
and control all BJ Tubular Services operations in Indonesia, in
line with BJ Services’ overall business strategy and objectives.
He also manages business development and customer relations, as
well as quality assessment activities and finance.
Previously, Koehler, 42, was employed by Weatherford for 22 years,
and served most recently as operations manager for Saudi Arabia
in Dhahran. Originally from Geneva, Illinois, USA, Koehler is based
in Jakarta, Indonesia where he works at the BJ Tubular Services
base. He reports to Doug Bell, area manager – Asia Pacific
for BJ Tubular Services.
Elliott to oversee conductor driving services in Southeast
Asia and Middle East
Andy Elliott, 40, has been promoted to the newly created
position of sales and operations manager, conductor driving services
for Southeast Asia and the Middle East.
In his new role, he carries out business development, operations,
and quality assessment and control activities related to conductor
driving services in these regions. In addition to the Middle East
region, he oversees all conductor driving services in Southeast
Asia.
Prior to his promotion, Elliott served as country operations manager
–Indonesia for BJ Tubular Services. Before joining BJ Tubular
Services in 2002, Elliott was employed by Premier Oilfield Services
as manager of the company’s base in Great Yarmouth, England
and as manager – Continental Europe in Holland. His 20-year
oilfield services career also includes five years with Franks International,
during which time he worked in West Africa as senior hammer services
supervisor.
Originally from Leicester, England, Elliott is based in Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia and reports to Andy Penman, hammer services manager for
BJ Tubular Services in Great Yarmouth, England.
BJ Tubular Services specialises in personnel and equipment for
running casing and tubing, particularly premium connections, high
chrome content tubulars, dual, triple and sub-sea completions, as
well as hammer conductor-driving services. The division is known
throughout the world for its innovative technology. With its headquarters
in Aberdeen, Scotland, BJ Tubular Services operates bases in The
Americas, Middle East, Asia Pacific, Europe and Africa where it
holds significant contracts with major operators, alliance partners
and drilling contractors.
BJ Services Company (BJS-NYSE, CBOE) is a leading provider of pressure
pumping and related oilfield services to the petroleum industry.
The company operates in every major oil and gas producing region.
For more information see www.bjservices.com.
Posted by Richard Price,
Editor Pipeline Magazine
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