Akastor ASA has selected Kristian Røkke as CEO.

Murat Özgül has been appointed CEO of Genel Energy.

Devon Energy Corp. elected Dave Hager president and CEO.

QinetiQ appointed Jamie Pollard CEO of OptaSense.

MDU Resources Group Inc. named Martin A. Fritz president and CEO of WBI Holdings Inc., the company’s pipeline and energy services business.

Penn Virginia Corp.’s H. Baird Whitehead plans to retire as president and CEO but will continue to serve in these roles until a successor is named.

Robert W. Ovitz was promoted to COO at Rex Energy Corp.

CEO Robert “Bob” Vilyus elected to retire from Greene’s Energy Group LLC and the board of directors in September. Effective immediately, Frank Mathews assumes the role of president and COO and will be added to the board of directors.

American Sands Energy Corp. named Glenn McGinnis COO.

Senex selected Graham Yerbury as CFO.

Select Energy Services LLC appointed Gary Gillette as senior vice president and CFO.

Omnitek Engineering Corp. selected Richard L. Miller as CFO, succeeding Alicia Rolfe, who elected to retire.

Prosafe Management AS appointed Stig H. Christiansen CFO.

Khaled Kacem has been appointed BG Egypt’s president.

Gerard de Reuver has elected to step down as president of DSM Dyneema. He will be succeeded by Golnar Motahari Pour.

The minister of the Ministry of Mines, Industry and Energy of Equatorial Guinea appointed Jose Manuel Abaga Mba as his chief of staff. Mercedes Eworo Milam has been named director of petroleum economics. The director of industry will be Cesar Augusto Hinestrosa Gomez. Jose Luis Elema Borengue is now director of quarries and retains his role as director of mines. Oscar Vicente Garcia Berniko is the new director of national content. GEPetrol named Antonio Engonga Oburu general director. Also promoted were Vicente Abeso Mbuy as deputy general director and Gabriel Mbaga Nchama as second director.

Steven Langlinais joined Knight Oil Tools as vice president of HSEQ.

TruStar Energy selected Steve Phillips as senior vice president of sales and marketing. The company also promoted Scott Edelbach to general manager of construction and service operations.

Bill Abriel has been named SEG president-elect for 2015 to 2016.

Lantana Energy Advisors selected Patrick M. McKinney as managing director.

Swift Worldwide Resources hired Michael Sanches as global sales manager.

BMT Cordah named Andrew Glass managing director.

Dr. Carl Hahn has been named director of international sales operations for Pentair’s Flow & Filtration Solutions segment.

Henkels & McCoy Inc. appointed Ron Scott to director of gas and industrial services.

Anish Bhutani joined Solomon Associates as an E&P analyst.

Seatronics Ltd. appointed Joanne Keilloh as its HSEQ coordinator in Aberdeen, Scotland.

CGG GeoSoftware added Rick Mollison to its PowerLog software development team.

IMES Group selected Colin Cunningham to head up the new marine safety systems business as operations director.

Murphy Oil Corp. named Kelly L. Whitley vice president of investor relations and communications, assuming the role previously held by Barry Jeffery, who has taken a new role as vice president of insurance, security and risk.

MAST appointed Tony Armour client development and marketing director.

UTEC Survey, an Acteon company, named Cory Goodyear general manager in Houston, and UTEC NCS Survey in Aberdeen promoted Simon Goldsworthy to sales and marketing manager for its Europe and Africa region.

Pirjo Jantunen has been elected chair of the World Energy Council Future Energy Leaders.

Niyazi Kacira, Didier Pomerleau, Mehmet F. Taner, Jeffrey S. Ackert and Raymond Savoie were elected directors of Altai Resources Inc.

John G. Sznewajs has been elected to CMS Energy’s board of directors.

Newfield Exploration Co. selected Roger B. Plank and James Kent Wells to its board of directors.

Whiting Petroleum Corp. appointed Carin S. Knickel to its board of directors.

Petroleum Industry Data Exchange Inc. added Andrew Mercer and John Tombari to its board of directors. Gazprom elected Viktor Zubkov chairman and Alexey Miller deputy chairman of the board of directors.

Pioneer Natural Resources Co. appointed Mona K. Sutphen and Michael D. Wortley to its board of directors.

COMPANIES

Total started up its lubricants oilblending plant in Singapore, with the goal of accelerating growth in Asia.

Hoover Container Solutions opened its new service facility in Brazil. The wash line facility allows Hoover to provide expanded cleaning services while handling all intermediate bulk containers, ISO tanks and offshore equipment.

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