David Brown became chairman of the board in May 2005 and became a director in September 2001 in connection with our acquisition of Marine. Mr. Brown was a director of Marine from June 1995 until September 2001. Mr. Brown is currently chairman of Layne Christensen Company. Mr. Brown served as president of The Windsor Group, Inc., a strategy consulting firm, from 1984 until 2005. Mr. Brown was chairman of the board of the Comstock Group, Inc. from 1988 to 1990. Mr. Brown is also a director of EMCOR Group, Inc.

Ralph McBride has been a director since September 1995. Mr. McBride has been a partner with the law firm of Bracewell & Giuliani, L.L.P. in Houston, Texas, since 1980. Bracewell & Giuliani, L.L.P. provides legal services to us from time to time.

Archie Dunham became a director in May 2005. Mr. Dunham was chairman of ConocoPhillips from August 2002, following the merger of Conoco Inc. and Phillips Petroleum Company, until his retirement in September 2004. He was chairman of Conoco from August 1999 to August 2002, and president and chief executive officer of Conoco from January 1996 to August 2002. He was an executive vice president of E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Conoco’s former parent, from 1995 to October 1998. Mr. Dunham is also a director of Louisiana Pacific Corporation and Union Pacific Corporation.

Louis Raspino was named President, Chief Executive Officer and a director in June 2005. He joined us in December 2003 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. From July 2001 until December 2003, he served as Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Grant Prideco, Inc. From February 1999 until December 2000, he served as Vice President of Finance for Halliburton Company. From October 1997 until July 1998, he was a Senior Vice President at Burlington Resources, Inc. From 1978 until its merger with Burlington Resources, Inc. in 1997, he held a variety of increasingly responsible positions at The Louisiana Land and Exploration Company, most recently as Senior Vice President, Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Raspino is also a director of Dresser-Rand Group Inc.

Kenneth Burke became a director in December 2006. Mr. Burke is a retired partner of Ernst & Young L.L.P. During his 31-year career with Ernst & Young, Mr. Burke held various positions including the National Director of Energy Services, Managing Partner of Assurance and Advisory Business Services for the Gulf Coast area and coordinating Partner for energy and oilfield service companies. Mr. Burke is also a director of Trico Marine

Mr. Phillips became a director in October 2007. He previously served in numerous senior management positions in the oil and gas industry, most recently until June 2007 as president and Chief Executive Officer and a Director of the General Partner of Enterprise Oil Products Partners L.P. (Enterprise), a publicly traded North American provider of midstream energy services to producers and consumers of natural gas, natural gas liquids and crude oil. Mr. Phillips also served as Chief Executive Officer of the General Partner of GulfTerra Energy Partners, L.P. from 1999 to 2004 prior to its acquisition by Enterprise, and held numerous management positions with El Paso Corporation and its affiliated companies, including President of El Paso Field Services Company from 1996 to 2004. From 1981 to 1995, Mr. Phillips served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Eastex Energy, Inc.

Frank Kalman became a director in October 2005. Mr. Kalman has been Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of McDermott International, Inc. since February 2002. Mr. Kalman retired as Chief Financial Officer of McDermott effective April 1, 2007 and intends to retire as Executive Vice President effective September 30, 2007. From March 2000 to February 2002, he was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Vector ESP, Inc. From April 1999 to March 2000, he was a principal of Pinnacle Equity Partners, LLC. From February 1998 to April 1999, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Chemical Logistics Corporation. From May 1996 to September 1997, he was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Keystone International, Inc.

David B. Robson became a director in September 2001 in connection with our acquisition of Marine. Mr. Robson was a director of Marine from May 1998 until September 2001. From August 1996 until his retirement in February 2004, Mr. Robson served as chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Veritas DGC Inc., a geophysical service provider to the petroleum industry. Prior thereto, he held similar positions with Veritas Energy Services Inc. and its predecessors since 1974. Currently, Mr. Robson is chairman of Vada Capital, Inc., a family-owned private equity firm.

David Hager became a director in February 2008. Mr. Hager has served in numerous senior management positions in the oil and gas industry, most recently as the chief operating officer for Kerr-McGee Corporation until his retirement in August 2006 following the merger of Kerr-McGee with Anadarko Petroleum Corporation.

Mr. Hager began his career in the oil and gas industry in 1979 as an exploration geophysicist with Mobil Corporation and in 1981, he joined Sun Oil Company (predecessor of Oryx Energy Company). Mr. Hager joined Kerr-McGee as vice president of Gulf of Mexico operations following the company’s merger with Oryx in 1999, became vice president of international operations in April 2000 and was named vice president of worldwide deepwater exploration and production in October 2000.  Mr. Hager became vice president of Gulf of Mexico and worldwide deepwater exploration and production in 2001, was named vice president of exploration and production in 2002 and became senior vice president (oil and gas exploration and production) in March 2003. He was named chief operating officer of Kerr-McGee in July 2005. Mr. Hager currently serves as a director of Devon Energy Corporation.