Bobby French

2012 Nomads President

Induc on Mee ng —Tuesday, November 13, 2012

5:30 pm—HESS

“… it is the duty of all good NOMADS…and there must be no other kind….

to create good will among oil equipment manufacturers, oil companies and Foreign Governments….”

SEPTEMBER 2012

THE CARAVAN

OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE HOUSTON CHAPTER OF NOMADS

Hello all Nomads….

The year is quickly winding down, but we still have a lot of activities to finish up the year. For those of you who couldn’t attend the September 11 meeting, you missed a very interesting and dynamic presentation by Pete Miller, Chairman, President and CEO of National Oilwell Varco. The topic was presented in 3D and it was focused on new rig technology and the way of the future. It was a fascinating program, and 150+ members and guests enjoyed it with 3D glasses to get the full effect.

We will not have an October meeting as we will be holding our annual Golf Tournament to raise money for our scholarship program. The tournament will be held at Blackhorse Golf Club in Cypress Texas and we expect a huge turn-out for this event. We’ve got some new surprises this year, and if you have not registered a team yet, please contact Wanda Baker, and complete the form in this newsletter. We also need volunteers to work the tournament – no golf knowledge necessary. We still have several opportunities for sponsorships, but time is running short for us to get signage ready. This is an opportunity for you to see your company represented.

The next NOMADS regular dinner meeting will be at HESS on Tuesday No-vember 13, 2012. The main agenda for this meeting will be the induction of our new members. Please come and join us as we welcome our new mem-bers into NOMADS.

Our annual business meeting will be on Tuesday, Dec 11, 2012, at HESS. This will be a closed meeting for members and applicants only. We will be go-ing over our financials and presenting a special tribute to those who have passed away this past year. We strive to keep up with those Nomads who have passed, however, if you have any knowledge of someone and would like to present a remembrance, please let us know. Mark your calendars and plan to attend this important meeting. You will hear more about this later on.

Bobby French

Fri, Oct 19—Golf Tournament

Thu, Nov 8—AADE F5—Humble Civic Center

Tue, Nov 13—Induction Meeting

Tue, Dec 11—Business Meeting

Sat, Jan 26 —Pheasant Tower Shoot

Sat, Feb 2, 2013—Gala—Briar Club

Tue, Feb 12—Forecast Meeting (World Oil)

Tue, Mar 12—Dinner Meeting

Tue, Apr 9— Dinner Meeting

Mon, May 6—OTC Cocktail Party

Tue, May 21—Dinner Meeting

2012-13 Calendar of Events Past Presidents Attendance—Sept

Jack Campbell 1986

Louis Slaughter 1994

A. J. Kucera 1996

Ray Denson 1997

Kurt Abraham 2006

Ed Carney 2010

Robert Saucedo 2011

John Boals 2012

Bobby French and Pete Miller, Chairman, President, and CEO - NOV

New Venue this Year!

The Briar Club

72nd NOMADS ANNUAL INAUGURAL GALA

National Oil-equipment Manufacturers and Delegates Society

SATURDAY, February 2, 2013

2603 Timmons Lane

Convenient Parking

More information forthcoming

Welcome New Applicants

Thanks to our many guests who attended our September 11 meeting. We hope our

members will invite them again, and partici-pate in upcoming meetings and events.

Nomads will participate again this year in the 9th an-nual AADE National Board of Directors’ Fin, Feather, Fur Food Festival….F5 to be held on Thursday, November 8, at the Humble Civic Center. We had a great time last year— Plan to come out and enjoy some adult beverages, excellent food and lots of fun! More details to follow.

Wes Chain TSC Offshore Hebert, J.

David Daughterty Legal Counsel Gilliard, E

Claudia Dimaria Clipper Energy Boals, J.

Lesley Hadella Champion Tech Shrader, T.

Brent Jatko Gilliard, E.

Mohammed Khudairi Khudairi Group Steele, J.

Kylie Neighbors PJ Valves Winsett, M.

2011 Photo—AADE

Welcome to all our Guests

Golf Volunteers—We still need volunteers to help with the tournament on Friday, October 19th. You don’t need to know anything about golf—Come out and enjoy food, drinks, and a day of fun! Please let us know if you can assist that day!

Michael Dyll shares his beautiful wife, Remi, his handsome son,

Russell, and the brand new little one, Martin David. Congratulations!

September Young Professional Event

The second YP (Young Professional) event was held at the St. Arnold Brewing Company, and it’s fast-growing in popularity. We had over 90 young professionals signed up, with a handful of Nomads who attended. We are looking for more of our members to attend these functions, mingle and intrigue our guests; delicately en-courage membership! We’ve got a new blue lapel sticker with the NOMADS logo on it, which will help us to identify our guests/potential applicants at future meetings/events. This blue sticker is a “call to action” for all NOMADS to greet and engage these non-members. Watch for details on the next event, and help us wel-come these young professionals!

September 10 at St. Arnold Brewery

Even though the Astros didn’t have a great year, it’s al-ways fun to go out to the “ball game”! We wish them bet-ter luck in 2013!

A big “Thanks” to the following for ticket donations, in which all the proceeds goes directly to the scholarship fund!

Gary Volberding Cypress Pumps

Ed Gilliard Edward J. Gilliard, Inc.

Ed Carney Export Oil Field Supply

NOMADS OFFICE

Wanda Baker, Execu ve Assistant

1746‐16 Cloister, Crosby, TX 77532

Tel: 281/462‐0139

Cell: 713/569‐5890

Email: wandab123@comcast.net

Induction Meeting Tuesday, November 13th

The following new members are invited to participate in the

initiation festivities:

Richard Arias Treadstone Consulting

Darren Arndt Acumen Intl

Umit Bayulken IB Global Resources

Brandon Broom Delta Marine

Margaret Ceconi Whitney Bank

Rick Comeaux Self

David Cowan Dragon Products

Jim Cowan Ingersoll Rand

Jeff Hogan Light Tower Rentals

Kaye Horn CRS Proppants LLC

Jim Lewis Oil Patch Supplies

Joe Manning Laborde Products

Travis March Adroit Industrial

Larry Mercier Frost Bank

Matt Malone NOV

Todd Pellegrin Hercules

Andrew Pidgirsky Adams and Reese

Lacy Stout GGR Intl

Mark Waldron Motion Drill Tech

Members Present Earl Babin Umit Bayulken Bob Blades Stephen Cabral Jim Cowan Tony Credeur Ted Crisp David Davis Don DePugh Mike Deshotels John Diiorio Michael Dyll Jeff Ferguson Bobby French Larry Gardner Ken Gibbs Ed Gilliard Gary Goodman Bob Greenwood Rolf Gullaksen Richard Gustafson Randy Hall Jerry Hebert Cole Hickman Ron Higgins

Buddy Hunter David Hutchison Azeem Janjua Larry Keast Randy Kepner Mike Kucera Dale Luke Roy Markum John McHatton Larry Mercier Jack Newberry Richard Parliman David Rains J. C. Rovillain Bentley Sanford Valerie Scott Tom Shrader Robert Stallings Aprim Toma Al Vielma

Gary Volberding Mark Waldron Marion Winsett Marvin Zoch