BJ Services Appoints Area Manager for GOM Region

BJ Services Company today announced that Kyle Ruzick has been appointed to the position of area manager -- Gulf Coast for its process and pipeline services group. In his new role, Ruzick will oversee all process and pipeline services operations, business development initiatives and financial management throughout the Gulf of Mexico region.

With 20 years of experience, he brings an in-depth knowledge of marketing, sales, engineering, technical operations and management within the process and pipeline sector. Reporting to Martyn Bates, region manager -- Americas, BJ Services, process and pipeline services in Houston, Texas, Ruzick plans to relocate to the company's headquarters in Houston during summer 2010.

"As we work toward strengthening our relationships with customers in the Gulf Coast, Kyle's domestic and international experience in the process and pipeline industry makes him the ideal candidate for the job," said Bates. "I am confident that he will successfully guide the group’s efforts in the region throughout the years to come," he added.

Ruzick launched his career in the oil industry in 1990 with Halliburton where he served in a variety of management roles in the U.S. and abroad. He joined BJ Services' process and pipeline services group in 2003 as West Africa operations manager, progressing to the position of area manager for the Northern North Sea and Nigeria, working from the company’s base in Aberdeen. Ruzick holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Wyoming in Laramie.