Quorum Expands Pipeline Integrity and GIS Capabilities

Quorum Business Solutions, Inc. (Quorum), a leading provider of software solutions for the oil and gas industry, announces that Joseph “Troy” Turcott has joined the Quorum management team, bringing with him over 20 years of oil and gas technical and GIS expertise.

For Immediate Release

Houston, Texas (PRWEB) November 10, 2005 -- Quorum Business Solutions, Inc. (Quorum), a leading provider of software solutions for the oil and gas industry, announces that Joseph “Troy” Turcott has joined the Quorum management team, bringing with him over 20 years of oil and gas technical and GIS expertise. Turcott, a recognized industry authority in pipeline integrity HCA analysis, will spearhead Quorum’s Pipeline Integrity product management efforts under the direction of Executive Vice President Gary O’Dwyer.

“With Troy’s extensive expertise related to pipeline integrity and hazardous consequence analysis, he will lead the ongoing initiative to expand Quorum’s GIS and pipeline integrity team,” said Mr. Gary O’Dwyer. “His responsibilities include managing the delivery of client-focused solutions and consulting services for our clients, and representing Quorum in a number of GIS and pipeline industry consortiums and organizations.”

Turcott was most recently with a well recognized provider of GIS solutions to the Pipeline sector, where he developed industry best in class pipeline integrity GIS software. Turcott graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a degree in Petroleum Engineering. He is also a decorated veteran of the U.S. Army’s elite 82nd Airborne Division. Turcott resides in Sugar Land, Texas with his wife and two young daughters.

About Quorum Business Solutions, Inc.
Quorum Business Solutions, Inc. is a product-centered consulting company that develops, implements, and supports a suite of business software solutions for the energy industry with a unique approach to providing a longer product life span. Founded in 1998, Quorum now has over 200 staff operating out of offices in Houston, Dallas, and Calgary. Quorum has over 45 clients, among which 25 Fortune 500 Companies are represented.

The Quorum Energy Software Suite is a set of integrated business applications designed for companies that produce, gather, transport, process and market oil, natural gas and other energy commodities. The inherent integration of the suite allows the products to work together to facilitate straight through processing from wellhead to burner tip. The Quorum Upstream Suite includes products for land & lease management, integrated mapping/GIS, production & revenue accounting, core financials (GL, AP, AR), cost accounting (JIB, AFE, FA), division order, volume management, and gas marketing. The Quorum Midstream Suite includes TIPS, the de facto industry standard solution for gas plant accounting, and products for measurement, division order & disbursements, gathering management, liquids marketing, and enterprise contract management. The Quorum Pipeline Suite includes products for pipeline transaction management, pipeline integrity management, and right-of-way management.

For more information, visit Quorum’s web site at www.qbsol.com or call 713-430-8601.

Contacts:
Dr. Gary M. Vasey            
VasMark Group, Inc.            
281-681-8020   

Mr. Cameron Hsu
Quorum Business Solutions, Inc.
713-430-8625

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