PEOPLE

Jan Arve Haugan resigned as president and CEO of Kværner and will start his new role as CEO of the newly established oil company Aker Energy. Idar Eikrem, executive vice president and CFO, was named interim CEO.

Gastar Exploration Inc.’s President and CEO J. Russell Porter is leaving the company. The board of directors appointed chairman Jerry Schuyler interim CEO.

Jeffrey Hildebrand, founder of Hilcorp Energy Corp., stepped down as CEO and will continue to serve as executive chairman. Greg Lalicker was named as his successor.

PentaNova Energy Corp. elected Dr. Ralph Gillcrist CEO, president and board member. In addition, Rafael Orunesu was appointed vice president of business development and country manager of Argentina, and Alan Aitchison was named COO.

Drew Lafleur was promoted to CTO for Technical Toolboxes.

Nathan Brown was appointed president and director of TC PipeLines GP Inc., succeeding Brandon Anderson who will be resigning in May to focus on other responsibilities with TransCanada Corp. In addition, William Morris was promoted to vice president, principal financial officer and treasurer of the General Partner (TransCanada).

After 35 years of service, Exxon Mobil Gas & Power Marketing Co.’s President Rob Franklin retired in March. His successor is Peter Clarke.

Apache Corp. named W. Mark Meyer senior vice president of energy technology strategies and David Pursell senior vice president of planning and energy fundamentals.

Lee Hullman of Shale Support Holdings LLC was appointed vice president of business development.

Caterpillar Inc.’s board of directors appointed Tony Fassino vice president of the Building Construction Products division, succeeding Ken Hoefling, who resigned to pursue other opportunities.

Samuel A. Mills joined W. R. Grace & Co. as vice president of integrated supply chain.

Aquaterra Energy welcomed Christian Berven as business development director.

Rory R. Sabino was named vice president of investor relations for Continental Resources Inc.

Gavin Sherwood was promoted to base manager of SIMMONS EDECO’s Denmark operations.

Jeff Shaw joined HalenHardy LLC as vice president of sales and a partner.

David Decuir of Danos was promoted to technical solutions manager.

Salah Farid Tantawy joined Xodus Group as general manager of the company’s new Egypt office.

J2 Subsea, an Acteon company, welcomed Christian Blinkenberg as general manager of its Aberdeen operations.

Alexis Houdusse joined Global Tubing LLC as a sales representative of Europe, the Middle East and Africa for Coiled Line Pipe.

Kamarudin bin Baba of Tap Oil Ltd. joined the company as nonexecutive director.

Sembcorp Marine Ltd.’s board of directors appointed Gina Lee-Wan to the company’s special committee and Eric Ang Teik Lim to the audit committee. In addition, Bob Tan Beng Hai stepped down from the audit committee and joined the special committee.

Beach Energy Ltd. appointed Joycelyn Morton independent nonexecutive director and chair of the company’s audit committee.

Graham Martin was elected nonexecutive chairman of United Oil & Gas Plc’s board of directors.

Craig L. Martin and Brian K. Ferraioli joined Team Inc.’s board of directors.

Jones Energy Inc. elected John Lovoi, Paul B. Loyd Jr. and Scott McCarty to its board of directors. In addition, Robb L. Voyles stepped down as a director.

NGL Energy Holdings LLC, a general partner of NGL Energy Partners LP, appointed L. John Schaufele IV to the company’s board of directors, replacing Patrick G. Wade as a director.

Douglas L. Foshee and M. Elise “Lisa” Hyland were elected to Marathon Oil Corp.’s board of directors. Energen Corp. appointed Vincent Intrieri and Jonathan Cohen to its board of directors.

COMPANIES

WorleyParsons opened an office in Ludwigshafen, Germany.

Gardner Denver Petroleum & Industrial Pumps is opening a Dubai facility, which is expected to be completed by June.

Total closed its acquisition of Maersk Oil for about $4.95 billon in Total shares, making the company the second largest operator in the North Sea with an output of 500,000 boe/d by 2020.

SOCAR Energy Ukraine Ltd. has joined the PetroBLOQ consortium, Petroteq Energy Inc.’s subsidiary and developer of a blockchain-based oil and gas supply chain management platform. SOCAR has become the second major oil company (the other being PEMEX) to join the PetroBLOQ consortium.

Oil States International Inc. acquired Falcon Flowback Services LLC for $85 million.

Paragon Offshore Ltd. signed a purchase agreement to be acquired by Borr Drilling Ltd. for $232.5 million. The transaction was expected to close March 26.

Silver Run Acquisition Corp. II completed its merger with Alta Mesa Holdings LP and Kingfisher Midsteam LLC, renaming the company Alta Mesa Resources Inc.

Petrogress Int’l LLC, a Petrogress Inc. subsidiary, has entered into an agreement with Nigeria’s A&E Petroleum Co. Ltd. to jointly form and operate a corporation to be named P&A Nigeria Oil Co. Ltd.

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