that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . february 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message merrick systems inc. type incorporated industry energy software founded 1989 headquarters houston texas united states key people samina farid chairman 1 & kemal farid ceo 1 number of employees 50 website merrick systems merrick systems inc. provides industrial information technologies for the midstream and upstream oil and gas industry . merrick delivers integrated applications that include 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 history edit in 1989 merrick was co founded by samina farid and kemal farid an aunt nephew team . 4 merrick launched its first product to the market in 1992 and today merrick s software is used in 20 % of all oil and gas wells in the us 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 references edit a b merrick systems management team merrick s solutions oil & gas solutions . merrick systems . retrieved 9 january 2012 . azevedo mary ann september 13 2009 . data gusher merrick systems . houston business journal . retrieved january 6 2012 . samina farid & kemal farid merrick systems . the businessmakers radio show . retrieved 9 january 2012 . hitecvision invests in merrick systems inc . hitecvision . retrieved 28 february 2012 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title merrick systems inc. & oldid 743465771 categories companies based in houstonsoftware industryhidden categories articles with a promotional tone from february 2012all articles with a promotional tone navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 19 54 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view