On the Move (Week of Oct. 4, 2021)

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PEOPLE

Orbital Energy Group Inc. has named La Doris (Dot) Harris chief diversity officer and CEO for its subsidiary, Orbital Solar Services.

GD Energy Products has appointed Larry Kerr CEO.

Vysus Group has appointed Geoff Morrison CFO.

Opportune LLP has named Randy L. Hill partner.

Coterra Energy Inc. has selected Scott C. Schroeder as executive vice president and CFO, Stephen P. Bell as executive vice president of business development, Francis B. Barron as senior vice president and general counsel, Christopher H. Clason as senior vice president and chief human resources officer, Steven W. Lindeman as senior vice president of production and operations, Phil L. Stalnaker as senior vice president of Marcellus business unit, Michael D. DeShazer as vice president of business units, and Kevin W. Smith as vice president and CTO. Read more here.

NOV Inc. has named Christy H. Novak vice president, corporate controller and chief accounting officer. She will succeed Scott K. Duff when he retires, effective Nov. 1, 2021. Read more here.

Chevron Corp. has named Marissa Badenhorst vice president of HSE. She will succeed James David (Dave) Payne, who plans to retire next year. The company also mourned the loss of former Texaco CEO and chairman Alfred C. DeCrane, Jr., who passed away at age 90 on Sept. 22, 2021. Read more here.

OMV Group has appointed Peter Pirkner senior vice president of human resources.

Technip Energies has appointed Colette Cohen to its board of directors.

COMPANIES

Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. and Climarex Energy Co. have completed the all-stock merger of equals forming one of the largest U.S. shale companies with the moniker Coterra Energy Inc. The combined production base, as of second-quarter 2021, was approximately 605,000 boe/d. Read more here.

Gardner Denver High Pressure Solutions was renamed GD Energy Products to better reflect its commitment to the upstream oil and gas market. As a standalone business, GD Energy Products will focus its efforts on serving its customers in the upstream oilfield service sector while continuing to deliver highly engineered and customer-driven solutions.

CGG S.A. has completed the sale of CGG’s GeoSoftware business Topicus.com Inc. and Vela Software for the total cash consideration of $95 million. The transaction was effective Oct. 1, 2021.

James Fisher has rebranded its French subsidiary Mojo Maritime as James Fisher Renouvelables, which sees consolidation of the group’s capabilities into a comprehensive renewables service provision. The company will focus on providing specialist solutions throughout the project development life cycle, including site preparation, UXO/EOD mitigation, piling noise attenuation, cable termination, testing and HV commissioning management, subsea and blade operations and maintenance, and digital solutions focused on increasing availability and safety through curation of accurate as-built record.

IHI Power Services Corp. has opened its remote operating center. The center, based at the company’s headquarters in Aliso Viejo, Calif., extends its operations and maintenance service capabilities to further support the renewable power generation sector. The center provides IPSC clients with a remote operation, monitoring and start/stop control of existing simple cycle gas turbine peaking projects.