PEOPLE

Energy XXI Gulf Coast Inc. appointed Douglas E. Brooks CEO and president. The board increased its size from six to seven directors, with Brooks filling the newly created directorship.

Enphase Energy Inc. named Badri Kothandaraman COO.

NV5 Global Inc. appointed Ed Pasewicz CIO of the company.

VAALCO Energy Inc. selected Phil Patman Jr. as CFO.

Devon Energy Corp. elected Jeff Ritenour to the position of executive vice president and CFO.

Jonah Energy LLC named Patrick Welch vice president and CFO.

Botan Osman took over the reins as new managing director at Restrata.

TAM International Inc. announced the passing of retiree Edwin (Ed) O. Stewart, Jr. He joined TAM in 1988 as service manager and held various positions throughout his 21 years with the company, culminating his career there as manager of alliance development.

Paddy Hardey has been named general manager and senior vice president of commercial for the U.S. operation of M² Subsea.

The Open Geospatial Consortium named Dr. Luis Bermudez executive director of its Innovation Program.

Bureau Veritas announced the retirement of Bernard Anne from his position as executive vice president and managing director of the Marine Division. The marine and offshore activities have been merged to form the Marine & Offshore Division, of which Philippe Donche-Gay has been appointed executive vice president.

Sulzer appointed Steven Chesney sales director for the U.K. market.

Phaneendra Kondapi, a veteran engineering educator who helped develop the nation’s first subsea engineering program at the University of Houston, has been named founding director of engineering programs at the University of Houston at Katy.

PESA elected 13 industry leaders to its board of directors. Those appointed to the first term on the board are Chuck Chauviere, president of drilling for GE Oil & Gas; Kevin Crowley, president and CEO for Forged Products Inc.; and Charles Davison, president and CEO for Fairfield- Nodal. Members reappointed to the board include Burk Ellison, president of Supply Chain Services for DistributionNOW; Dan Domeracki, vice president, government, industry and global stewardship for Schlumberger; Dave Warren, president and CEO for Energy Alloys; Paul Coppinger, division president for Weir Oil & Gas; Galen Cobb, vice president of industry relations for Halliburton; Chris Cragg, executive vice president of operations for Oil States International; Robert Workman, president and CEO for DistributionNOW; Mark Wolf, vice president legal for Subsea Services and Surface Technologies at TechnipFMC; Bob Moran, vice president of government and external affairs at Halliburton; and Richard Alabaster, president of Surface Technologies at TechnipFMC.

National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners President Robert F. Powelson and its executive committee have established a new Presidential Natural Gas Access and Expansion Task Force. Pennsylvania Commissioner John Coleman and Mississippi Commissioner Brandon Presley have been appointed as co-chairs, with North Dakota Commissioner Julie Fedorchak serving as vice chair. The task force will be charged with developing best practices and recommendations regarding natural gas service for underserved and unserved areas of the country, including but not limited to rural communities.

EXCO Resources Inc. appointed Randall E. King to its board of directors.

Orwell Offshore Ltd. named Nigel Clark director of the company.

GATE Energy appointed Russ Ford and Robert “Rob” Rice to its board of directors.

Tang Kin Fei retired as non-executive and nonindependent director for Sembcorp Marine Ltd. Sembcorp’s board of directors appointed Neil McGregor as a nonindependent director of the company and Tan Seng Koon William as an independent director of the company.

COMPANIES

Newfield Exploration Co. has broken ground on a water recycling facility located in the STACK play in the Anadarko Basin (Kingfisher County, Okla.). The complex, named the Barton Water Recycle Facility, is expected to process about 30,000 bbl/d of water upon completion in third-quarter 2017.

Shell opened a new 52-acre custom- built technology center March 31 in Bangalore, India, expanding the company’s R&D activities in Asia.

Aqualis Offshore has opened an office in Taiwan to support local offshore wind and oil and gas developments.

Siemens opened the doors of a new service center in Geismar, La., devoted to serving the region’s oil and gas industry and related markets.

Tnemec Co. Inc. opened its new R&D facility March 30. This expansion of the company’s current manufacturing plant in North Kansas City, Mo., includes an upgrade that doubles the size of its previous R&D laboratory and office space while making improvements to its testing and ventilation equipment.

Yokogawa Meters & Instruments Corp. will change its name to Yokogawa Test & Measurement Corp. Oct. 1.

Mark Cavanagh, managing director of Crandale Consultants, acquired Oil Plus Ltd. from John Crane Inc. for an undisclosed value.

Chevron Corp. announced that its wholly owned subsidiaries have completed the sale of Chevron’s geothermal business in Indonesia to Star Energy Consortium.

Emerge Energy Services LP closed a transaction in April to acquire Osburn Materials for about $20 million.

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