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    June 3, 2013

    UniversalPegasus International Ranked No. 71 Among ENR's Top 500 Design Firms

    UniversalPegasus International (UPI), a world leader in engineering, project management and construction management for the energy industry, has been ranked No. 71 on Engineering News Record’s (ENR) 2013 Top 500 Design Firms list, announced UPI Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Philip Luna. Read full press release.


    May 29, 2013

    UniversalPegasus International To Provide FEED For New Compression Facility In Peru

    UniversalPegasus International (UPI), a world leader in engineering, project management and construction management for the energy industry, has been awarded a contract to supply the Front End Engineering Design (FEED) for Repsol Exploración Perú Sucursal del Perú’s first compressor station in Peru, announced Chief Executive Officer Philip Luna. This award was done within the bounds of a previous umbrella agreement that could imply further work for UPI. Read full press release.


    April 18, 2013

    UniversalPegasus International Supports Growth with Appointment of Hitt to Senior Vice President of Quality

    UniversalPegasus International (UPI), a world leader in engineering, project management and construction management for the energy industry, has named Bobby Hitt as Senior Vice President of Quality, announced UPI Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Philip Luna. Read full press release.


    February 20, 2013

    UniversalPegasus International Names Davison Senior Vice President of Onshore Operations and Morrison Senior Vice President of Offshore Operations

    UniversalPegasus International (UPI), a world leader in engineering, project management and construction management for the energy industry, has named Tom Davison as Senior Vice President of Onshore Operations and Martin Morrison as Senior Vice President of Offshore Operations, announced CEO Philip Luna. Read full press release.


    February 12, 2013

    UniversalPegasus International Promotes Hengst to Vice President of Commercial and Marketing

    UniversalPegasus International (UPI), a world leader in engineering, project management and construction management for the energy industry, has promoted Max Hengst to Vice President of Commercial and Marketing, announced Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Philip Luna. Read full press release.


    January 29, 2013

    UniversalPegasus International Appoints Banks as Manager of GeoPlane Services

    UniversalPegasus International (UPI), a world leader in engineering, project management and construction management for the energy industry, has appointed Wellington Banks as Manager of GeoPlane Services, announced UPI CEO Philip Luna. GeoPlane Services has been an industry leader for more than 20 years providing GPS Rentals, Sales and Repairs for a comprehensive suite of Trimble Navigation products to the energy, environmental, survey, mapping and construction industries. Read full press release.


    January 16, 2013

    UniversalPegasus International Appoints Lassarat as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

    UniversalPegasus International (UPI) has named Meg Lassarat as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). In her new role, Ms. Lassarat will oversee the day-to-day financial and administrative operations of the Houston-based oilfield services organization that serves the energy industry. Ms. Lassarat joins UPI from Mustang Engineering, LP where she was CFO for eight years and was named the 2009 CFO of the Year in Houston by the Houston Business Journal for managing growth. She started her career with KPMG Peat Marwick in public accounting, but has served in the global oilfield industry for the past 20 years. Read full press release.


    January 7, 2013

    UniversalPegasus International Names Terry Mienie Business Development Director UK and International

    UniversalPegasus International (UPI), a world leader in engineering, project management and construction management for the energy industry has named Terry Mienie as Business Development Director UK and international, announced Craig Pierrotti, Senior Vice President of Business Development. Read full press release.


    October 3, 2012

    UPI’s Award-Winning Pipeline Engineer Authors Paper for Journal of Pipeline Engineering

    Nima Ghazi, UniversalPegasus International employee and published author with an in-depth technical and commercial background, has received the distinguished achievement of having a recent work published by the Journal of Pipeline Engineering. Ghazi’s paper titled “Techno-economic Modeling and Analysis of CO2 Pipelines” was presented at the ASME’s International Pipeline Conference in Calgary in September 2012 in association with the Integrated Pipeline Projects Canada Ltd. In addition, his paper was nominated for the Best Paper Award of the conference and was the only paper in the Flow Assurance track of the conference to be nominated for this award. To download a copy of this paper, click here.


    May 14, 2012

    UniversalPegasus International names Philip Luna CEO

    UniversalPegasus International (UPI), a world leader in engineering, project management and construction management for the energy industry, has named Philip Luna as Chief Executive Officer. Interim CEO, Mr. Bob Deason, will remain as Executive Chairman of the Board.

    “The UPI Board of Directors is very excited to have found such a well-respected individual to lead our organization into the future”, said Deason. “I have known Philip for many years and throughout his career he has demonstrated strong leadership and management skills, spearheaded improvements in company performance, and championed innovative approaches to meet client needs.”

    Luna has more than 30 years of engineering and construction management experience with a substantial portion of his career spent in the hydrocarbon transmission and production industries. He joins UPI from Jacobs Engineering where he held various positions, including Vice President of Business Development, Vice President of Projects and Vice President of Operations in Baton Rouge, La. Prior to his service at Jacobs Engineering; Luna served as Vice President and General Manager of CDI Engineering. Luna began his career with ExxonMobil and has also completed work with Enterprise Products Company and Fluor Corporation.

    Regarding his recent appointment Luna stated, “It is an honor to join UniversalPegasus. I look forward to working closely with the current management team to create exceptional value for our clients and career opportunities for our personnel.”


    March 15, 2012

    UPI engineers present paper at the 2012 NACE Corrosion Conference in Salt Lake, Utah.

    Rick Hill, Felipe Ramirez and Aquiles Perez of UniversalPegasus International wrote a white paper for the 2012 NACE Corrosion Conference in Salt Lake, Utah held in March of this year. The paper, “Material Selection and Corrosion Control for Topsides and Utility Piping Equipment” was presented by Mr. Ramirez at the conference. You can read the paper in its entirety by following the link below: Read the Outline


    May 16, 2011

    UniversalPegasus International (UPI) was awarded the prestigious Vice President’s Gold Medal Safety Award

    UniversalPegasus International (UPI) was awarded the prestigious Vice President’s Gold Medal Safety Award. This award is TransCanada Corporation’s (TransCanada) highest award for safety performance, awarded for an exceptional safety record for work on the Keystone Cushing Extension Project.