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Weir Oil & Gas Announces New
EMEA Regional Leader
Weir Oil & Gas, a leading upstream provider of
pressure pumping and pressure control equipment
and services, announced the appointment of
Ronan Le Gloahec as managing director EMEA
region, effective immediately.
Le Gloahec will lead the Weir Oil & Gas business
unit, which is headquartered in Dubai, United
Arab Emirates. He will have responsibility for
manufacturing and service of pressure control
equipment, rotating equipment, OCTG Tubular
products as well as Operational and Maintenance
contracts with end user E&P companies and
national oil companies across the Middle East,
Africa, Caspian and Europe regions.
“Weir Oil & Gas offers world-class manufacturing
and engineering capabilities in the UAE, coupled
with stellar operations and maintenance integrated
services,” said Ronan Le Gloahec, managing
director, EMEA region. “I’m honored to join such an
exceptional global company with an unparalleled
146-year history in the industry.”
Before joining Weir, he was senior vice president
at Welltec A/S holding the responsibility for the
executive management of Welltec in the Middle
East and Asia Pacific region.
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Prior to joining Welltec in 2011, Le Gloahec was
the Europe, Caspian and Africa well services
vice president for Schlumberger where he was
responsible for the executive management of
Cementing, Pressure Pumping and Coiled Tubing
Services for the Area. Le Gloahec spent 15 years
with Schlumberger where he held various technical,
service delivery, commercial and line management
positions in North America, Middle East, Asia Pacific,
Europe/Caspian and Africa with the Well Services
and Completions Technology Segments.
“We are immensely pleased to welcome Ronan
to Weir,” said Paul Coppinger, president of Weir
Oil & Gas. “Ronan is a highly-respected industry
professional with deep knowledge of the oil and gas
sector in EMEA and his experience will be invaluable
to Weir in driving forward our expansion in this
crucially important part of the world.”
Le Gloahec holds a master’s degree in chemical
engineering, environment/water treatment from Ecole
Nationale Superieure de Chimie de Rennes, France.
Weir participates in industry events worldwide and
made the latest announcement at the 2017 Offshore
Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston, Texas,
May 1-4 and is exhibiting at booth 3438.