Deborah Close Takes the Helm of Concord Well Servicing

CALGARY, Oct. 12 /CNW/ - Deborah Close will be setting a precedent becoming the first woman to lead a Canadian well servicing company in Alberta. She is excited about the growth opportunities for Concord Well Servicing, a division of CCS Corporation.

"For 30 years, Concord Well Servicing has been setting the industry standard," said Deborah Close, President, Concord. "I plan on continuing that example while looking for new and innovative ways to conduct our business. We have some of the best people and equipment available and I look forward to working with our team to grow our business."

John Gibson, President and CEO of CCS Corporation, brought Deborah on board after an extensive search.

"I had the pleasure of working with Deb during my time at Halliburton and she is a first-rate executive," said John Gibson, President and CEO of CCS Corporation, the parent company of Concord Well Servicing. "Deb brings a strategic approach to business with a focus on safety, sales, and marketing - a key to our continued growth as an organization. She is the consummate professional and an amazing leader. I look forward to working with her."

Gordon Vivian, who co-founded Concord Well Servicing in 1979, retired in September.

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About Concord Well Servicing, Concord Rentals and Lionhead Engineering

Concord Well Servicing was founded in 1979 with one goal in mind: to safely supply superior well servicing through continuous improvement. Concord, a CCS Company, is a leader in the industry, operating 139 service rigs from strategically located offices, convenient to producing areas in Alberta, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, and the Northwest Territories. Concord's services include: well completions, re-completions, workovers, production repairs, stimulations, swabbing, well abandonments, drilling, re-entries and slant rig services. For more information, visit www.concordwell.com.

Within the Concord division is also Concord Rentals, specializing in oilfield equipment rentals and Lionhead Engineering, providing innovative regulatory compliance solutions for managing the final stages of the oilfield life cycle. For more information, visit www.concordrentals.com and www.lionheadeng.com.

About CCS Corporation

CCS Corporation is a recognized industry leader providing integrated, environmentally responsible solutions in North America. Headquartered in Calgary, AB, and Houston, TX, CCS has 3,000 employees and provides a diverse number of services across three divisions. CCS Midstream Services provides oilfield waste treatment, recovery and disposal (TRD) through a network of facilities. This includes TRD facilities, engineered landfills and disposal caverns. HAZCO Environmental Services offers integrated remediation, waste management, NORM management and decommissioning solutions. Concord Well Servicing manages well completions, workovers and abandonments with a fleet of 139 service rigs. Additional integrated services include regulatory compliance expertise, inactive well management, well and pipeline abandonments, oilfield equipment rentals, metals recycling and geotechnical and environmental drilling. For a complete list of services and companies operating within CCS Corporation, please visit www.ccscorporation.ca.

About Deborah Close, President, Concord Well Servicing

Deborah Close joined CCS in August, 2010 as President of Concord Well Servicing. She brings a wealth of experience in sales, marketing and operations to CCS. Ms. Close began her career in the energy industry more than 30 years ago working as a Petroleum Engineering Technologist at the ERCB and Amoco Canada Petroleum. She spent 14 years working in reservoir, operations engineering, and supply and marketing. Since then, Ms. Close has worked for several energy industry software companies including Landmark Graphics, a division of Halliburton.  At Landmark, Ms. Close held several executive positions in sales, marketing and general management, including Vice President, Operations for North America, Europe and the former Soviet Union. Most recently, she was Executive Vice President for DO2 Technologies, a leading software company focused on electronic invoicing and supply chain finance.

For further information:

Shauna Lowry
Corporate Communications Manager
CCS Corporation
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