J-W Energy Co. announced that Perry A. Harris has accepted the position of president of J-W Wireline Co. Harris has over 30 years of senior management experience in the oil and gas industry. He has managed strategic asset construction and deployment, built strong and lasting customer relationships and developed skilled dynamic management teams.

"Perry is an industry recognized leader as a communicator and excellent team builder with an established record of consistently growing revenue and improving margins without compromising safety objectives. I have no doubt that he will be a tremendous long-term asset to not only the wireline business unit but J-W Energy Co. as a whole," commented Gene Gradick, president of J-W Energy Co.

Harris graduated from West Virginia University with a Bachelor of Science in Mining Engineering in 1981. He has worked in various technology, sales and management roles at Halliburton since June 1981.

J-W Wireline Co. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of J-W Energy Co., headquartered in Addison, Texas. The company specializes in providing premier cased-hole logging services including perforating, logging, slickline, tubing conveyed perforating and pipe recovery services throughout the oil and natural gas producing regions of the United States, with operations in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico, Utah, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.