Offshore staff

LAFAYETTE, Louisiana --Knight Oil Tools has promoted Doug Keller to VP of marketing and business development. Associated with Knight for 18 years, Keller was regional manager – Gulf Coast for the last three years and was business development manager for six years. He has more than 35 total years of oil and gas industry experience.

Keller's new role is to facilitate the growth of all Knight Co.s by establishing target accounts in new markets, identifying possible acquisitions and researching additional product lines.

Keller is on the board of directors of the American Association of Drilling Engineers, both the local and national levels, serves as president of the Petroleum Club of Lafayette, is on the board of the Lafayette Chamber of Commerce and is a past chairman of the Louisiana Gulf Coast Oil Exposition. He also is a member of the International Association of Drilling Contractors and the Society of Petroleum Engineers. Keller earned a BS from Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, Louisiana.

"This is a new opportunity for growth and expansion for Knight," said Mark Knight. "As primarily a domestic company for the past 35 years, we are excited with the potential the international market offers us."

3/27/2007