AccessESP names Assal as regional manager for Middle East, North Africa

HOUSTON -- AccessESP, a provider of rigless electric submersible pump (ESP) conveyance solutions, has appointed Anwar Assal as the company's regional manager for the Middle East and North Africa. Based in Dubai, Assal will be responsible for developing and enhancing new and existing AccessESP relationships across the region.

With 20 years of well completions experience—15 years with Schlumberger and five years with Baker Hughes—Assal has extensive engineering and operational knowledge of completions technology, products, equipment, procedures and practices, and has experience working in global markets including Africa, Europe and Asia.

“We welcome Anwar as the newest addition to our international team of region managers,” said David Malone, AccessESP president and CEO.

Assal graduated from Cairo University in Egypt with a BS in petroleum engineering. Between 2008 and 2012, Assal filed nine U.S. patent applications, and he received numerous completions awards from Schlumberger during his time with the company.