Merrick Systems

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Merrick Systems, Inc. (Merrick) provides industrial information technologies for the midstream and upstream oil and gas industry. Merrick delivers integrated applications including real-time surveillance and optimization, field operations management, field data capture, hydrocarbon production accounting, mobile computing for field and drilling operations, and ruggedized RFID for drilling and asset management.^[2]

Merrick employs nearly 80 people and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Merrick’s worldwide presence today includes the Middle East, Asia Pacific, Northern Europe and the Americas.^[3]

Merrick was co-founded by Samina Farid and Kemal Farid, an aunt-nephew team in 1989.^[4]

Merrick launched its first product to the market in 1992. Today, Merrick’s software is used in 20% of all oil and gas wells in the United States of America and around the globe.

In 2011, Merrick received a majority investment from HitecVision, a leading oil and gas focused private equity firm. The founders of Merrick, Samina Farid, Chairman, and Kemal Farid, CEO, remain significant shareholders in the company.^[5]