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Polarcus Ltd. named Duncan Eley CEO.

Denbury Resources Inc. CEO Phil Rykhoek will retire June 30, and the company’s board of directors intends to elect Christian S. Kendall as CEO as of that date.

Alvin Sim joined CMR Group as the new CEO for CMR Far East.

Stuart Cameron has taken on the role of CEO at UTEC.

Shuji Mori was named CEO of Yokogawa Corp. of America.

KrisEnergy Ltd.’s Kelvin Tang has been promoted to COO and will remain as president of the company’s Cambodia operations. Sally Ting will succeed Tang and become general counsel for the KrisEnergy Group. Chrystle Kuek will take over the role of joint company secretary with Jennifer Lee.

Michael Hansen was named executive vice president and chief commercial officer.

Global Maritime appointed Egil Kvannli CFO.

Tap Oil Ltd. selected Pantaporn Panyarporn as alternate director to Frank Sakda Sreesangkom.

Kline named Mark Chodnowsky vice president of its Management Consulting division.

Global Maritime appointed Hannah Crutchley its new group HSEQ manager, based in Perth.

Ardyne made two new appointments to its technical support division. Duncan Livingstone and David Stewart will be working out of Ardyne’s offices in Aberdeen and Stavanger, and will be part of a team of field engineers servicing the company’s international operations as well as an R&D team.

Ramboll Environ named Michael Bittner a principal based in the firm’s Boston office.

RigNet Inc. selected Trent J. Jabbia as vice president of North American sales.

HIMA Paul Hildebrandt GmbH appointed Nico Ramstetter sales director for Europe and Africa. Ramstetter succeeds Friedhelm Best, who has relocated to Singapore to drive HIMA’s Asia-Pacific business.

Marathon Petroleum Corp. selected Rodney P. Nichols as executive vice president, human resources, health and administrative services.

The Energy Industries Council appointed Petrofac’s Tony Brady to its board of directors.

Subsea UK added three members to its board: Nicky Etherson, Zander Bruce and Phil Simons.

Nonexecutive director Howard Dawson will assume the role of chairman of Entek Energy Ltd.’s board of directors.

Jens Lassen and Donald Anderson have joined OSM Maritime Group as members of its board.

KrisEnergy Ltd.’s executive directors, Richard Lorentz and Chris Gibson-Robinson, will step down from its board of directors.

Horizon Oil appointed Greg Bittar nonexecutive director for the company’s board of directors.

Susan Helms has joined Concho Resources Inc.’s board of directors.

Enview added Terrance “Terry” McGill to the company’s board of advisers.

Marty Schweers has been selected to chair the board of directors of the Rice Global Engineering & Construction Forum.

Spencer D. Armour III has been appointed to Viper Energy Partners LP’s board of directors.

COMPANIES

Schlumberger and Weatherford announced an agreement to create OneStim, a joint venture to deliver completions products and services for the development of unconventional resource plays in the U.S. and Canada land markets.

Catapult Environmental Inc. has signed a partnership agreement with Crew Energy Inc. to design and build a water management facility in northeast British Columbia. The facility will allow Catapult to treat flowback and produced water, and the treated water will be reused for oil and gas operations.

EPIC International Ltd. has set up a cylinder pressure testing center in Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, England.

Vryhof and its business unit, Deep Sea Mooring, have launched a new engineering unit to support the company’s global offshore oil and gas, renewables and aquaculture operations.

GE Oil & Gas opened a new facility in March in Takoradi Port, Ghana. The company has committed to deliver more than 45,000 training hours for Ghanaian personnel during the next five years.

Hempel inaugurated a new factory in March in Mina Abdullah in Kuwait.

Schlumberger opened its new Production Technologies Center of Excellence in Houston. The center is aimed at solving global challenges related to oil and gas production chemistry, particularly those encountered in deep water, heavy oil and other extreme environments. The center features nine laboratories that combine process systems, production software and advanced chemistry.

Bureau Veritas acquired Marine Assurance & Consulting in March.

GasLog Partners LP acquired GasLog Greece from GasLog Ltd. for $219 million.

Rockwater Energy Solutions Inc. and Crescent Companies LLC agreed to combine the two companies, creating a water management services company. The all-stock transaction is valued at $207 million to Crescent shareholders.

Aker Solutions agreed to buy oil services provider Reinertsen to build on its position as a maintenance and modifications supplier offshore Norway.

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