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Transocean named Jeremy Thigpen as president and CEO.

Husky Energy chose Jonathan McKenzie to be CFO.

Oryx Petroleum Corp. Ltd. tapped Vance Querio as COO.

Alan Linn has been chosen as the new CEO of Afren Plc.

Saipem S.p.A. appointed Stefano Cao CEO. Paolo Andrea Colombo became chairman of the board.

Occidental Petroleum Corp. has promoted Vicki A. Hollub to senior executive vice president of Occidental and president of Oxy Oil and Gas, responsible for operations in the U.S., Middle East region and Latin America. Occidental’s board of directors elected Eugene L. Batchelder nonexecutive chairman.

TAQA tapped Grant Gillon as acting CFO to replace Ryan Wong, who retired.

GEODynamics Inc. promoted Nathan G. Clark to senior vice president of perforating and technology and Cameron Kirkpatrick to vice president of U.S. sales.

Polyflow added David Morrissey as senior vice president of sales and marketing.

Nick Walker has joined Lundin Petroleum’s management team as senior vice president, development and operations.

Andrew Slaughter has been appointed executive director of the Deloitte Center for Energy Solutions.

Emco Wheaton has tapped Daniel Gheorghiu as supervisor of engineering services in Canada.

Peterson has selected Loek Sakkers as director of projects and Stephen McCrindle as supply chain manager within its offshore business.

Alan To has been appointed LRQA vice president for strategic marketing global sustainability, transportation and health.

Paal E. Johnsen has joined the executive management team in Akastor ASA as investment director.

TAM International has named Colin Graham as Norway country manager in the company’s new office in Norway.

Rod Buchan was tapped as executive chairman for IMES Group.

Chet Morrison Contractors has chosen Leroy Guidry as president and Kelly Reeves as vice president of marketing.

Elizabeth “Liz” Leoty Craddock joined the International Association of Drilling Contractors as vice president for policy, government and regulatory affairs, leading the association’s Washington, D.C., office.

Senex has named David Spring executive general manager, exploration.

Christopher O. Champion has become vice president, chief accounting officer and controller for Anadarko Petroleum Corp. He succeeded M. Cathy Douglas, who retired following more than 35 years with the company. Darrell E. Hollek was appointed executive vice president of U.S. onshore E&P.

Wood Group Mustang promoted Edmund-Hugo Lunde to executive vice president and Brent Owen to senior vice president, project delivery functions.

Khalid A. Al-Falih was selected as chairman of Saudi Aramco.

Gulfsands Petroleum Plc appointed Alastair Beardsall as executive chairman.

Mark Dundee has taken the role of vice president within the downhole products division of Varel International. David Harrington has become vice president and general manager for Varel’s mining and industrial drillbits division.

Kevin McIntosh has been named vice president of drilling and completions for Toro Oil & Gas Ltd.

Dr. Srinivas Saraswatibhatla has joined Bell Geospace Inc. as geoscience manager.

Chesapeake Energy Corp. named Frank Patterson executive vice president, exploration, land and subsurface technology.

Daniel R. Simon joined the energy and project finance practice group of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP as special counsel.

Annete Valbø, Espen Grimstad and Berit Osnes have become employee-elected directors for Petroleum Geo-Services ASA’s board.

Simon Thompson has been appointed to the board of directors of 3i Group Plc as a nonexecutive director.

Cairn Energy Plc has appointed two new independent nonexecutive directors, Keith Lough and Peter Kallos, to the board.

Dustin L. Guinn, CEO of Viking Services BV, was made an independent director on the board of Zion Oil & Gas Inc.

Bill McCall has been named to the board of Iona Energy as an independent director.

Energen has elected William G. Hargett and Alan A. Kleier to its board of directors.

Catherine Hughes has resigned from her position as member of the board of directors of Statoil ASA.

Companies

Intertek has opened an upgraded, newly expanded center of excellence for corrosion testing services. The site now covers 2,500 sq m (27,000 sq ft) and is one of the world’s largest independent laboratories dedicated to corrosion testing. The facility has been granted accreditation for two tests under the UKAS ISO 17025:2005 standard.

Halliburton opened its new Indonesian headquarters in Jakarta. The 27,000-sq-m (290,625-sq-ft) facility serves as the company’s headquarters for all of its business lines in Indonesia and includes offices, a warehouse, and maintenance and training facilities. The additional synergies from the facility include enhanced integrated services, equipment maintenance, job preparation, and execution and high service quality.

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