Acclaim Energy Trust, Calgary, (Toronto: AE-UN) has appointed Daryl Gilbert and Murray Frame to its board. Gilbert is the former president and chief executive officer of Gilbert Laustsen Jung Associates Ltd., while Frame is chairman and CEO of Canoil Inc.

Admiral Bay Resources Inc., Toronto, (Toronto Venture: ADB) has appointed Logan Magruder to its board. Magruder is senior vice president of Berry Petroleum.

James R. Larson, senior vice president, finance, and chief financial officer, plans to retire from Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Houston (NYSE:APC).

Karl F. Kurz, vice president, marketing, has been named senior vice president, marketing, and general manager, U.S. onshore. Michael O. Bridges, currently general manager, Canada, and president, Anadarko Canada Corp., has been promoted to vice president, Canada. He will continue as president of Anadarko Canada.

Angle Energy Inc., Calgary, has named Greg Chury, vice president, land; Oppe Cosijn, vice president, exploration; Ken Wing, manager, production and operations; and Anthony Graup, manager, geophysics. Chury was a consultant for Angle. Cosijn was with True Energy, Argonauts Group and Calpine Canada/Encal Energy.

Apollo Resources International Inc., Dallas, (OTCBB: AOOR) has appointed Heino Ahrens vice president of international business development. Ahrens was with a Swiss partnership focused on developing oil and gas ventures between Russia and China.

Avalon Energy Corp., Bellingham, Wash., (OTCBB: AVLN) has named Robert Klein president and chief executive. Klein was a director.

BPZ Energy Inc., Houston, (OTCBB: BPZI) has named Frederic Briens chief operating officer, Randall D. Keys chief financial officer and Edward G. Caminos corporate controller. In addition, Manolo Zuniga, president, has assumed the additional title of chief executive officer. The former CEO, Tom Kelly, will remain on the board.

Briens held positions with Chevron (NYSE: CVX), Conoco and Schlumberger. Keys was CFO of Transmeridian Exploration Inc. (Amex: TMY). Caminos was with Duke Energy, where he managed accounting and financial reporting activities.

Barnabus Energy Ltd., Calgary, (OTCBB: BBSE) has appointed Tedman M. Williams to its board. Williams was a consulting chief financial officer of BOTB Corp., a private Canadian holding company.

Baytex Energy Trust, Calgary, (Toronto: BTE.UN) has appointed R.E.T. (Rusty) Goepel as a director. Goepel is senior vice president of Raymond James Ltd.

Black Dragon Resource Cos. Inc., Austin, Texas, (Pink Sheets: BDGR) has appointed Walter E. Watts director of engineering. Watts was vice president of engineering and division manager for an independent oil company.

Patrick A. Kelleher has resigned as president, chief executive officer and a director of Blue Ridge Energy Inc., Houston (OTCBB: BREY). Kelleher will remain with the company as vice president, geology.

Morris Hewitt has been named president and CEO of the company. Hewitt was with Halliburton Energy Services Co.

Burlington Resources Inc., Houston, (NYSE: BR) has appointed Steven J. Shapiro executive vice president of finance and corporate development. Shapiro is currently executive vice president and chief financial officer.

Joseph P. McCoy, vice president and controller, has been named senior vice president and CFO.

CanArgo Energy Corp., Guernsey, Channel Islands, U.K., (Amex: CNR) has appointed Richard Battey chief financial officer. Battey is a director of Schroders (C.I.) Ltd.

Vincent McDonnell, former CFO, has been appointed chief operating officer.

Chesapeake Energy Corp., Oklahoma City, (NYSE: CHK) has named Jeffrey L. Mobley vice president, investor relations and research. Mobley was vice president of equity research with Raymond James & Associates.

Continental Energy Corp., Dallas, (OTCBB: CPPXF) has appointed David Tai Wai Yu to its board. Yu has worked with Rothschild & Sons, Shearson American Express and Citibank.

Daleco Resources Corp., West Chester, Pa., (OTCBB: DLOV) reports that H. Paul Pryor has resigned from the board.

Dejour Enterprises Ltd., Vancouver, (Toronto Venture: DJE) has named R. Marc Bustin to the board. Bustin is a professor of petroleum and coal geology in the department of earth sciences at the University of British Columbia, president of RMB Earth Science Consultants and a principal of CBM Solutions Ltd.

Drilcorp Energy Ltd., Calgary, (Toronto Venture: DCL) has terminated Charles Cook, president and chief executive officer, and Art McMullen, vice president of engineering and operations.

Endev Energy Inc., Calgary, (Toronto: ENE) has appointed Terry D. Johnson vice president, land. Johnson was with a large Canadian oil and gas company for 14 years.

Endeavour International Corp., Houston, (Amex: END) has named Clint D. Smith vice president of operations. Smith was manager of North Sea and European well operations and drilling for ConocoPhillips UK Ltd.

Also, Endeavour has appointed David J. Griffiths vice president of business development, The Netherlands. Griffiths was vice president of contract and global sales for PGS Exploration UK.

Energy Partners Ltd., New Orleans, (NYSE: EPL) has appointed Phillip A. Gobe president in addition to his current role as chief operating officer. Norman C. Francis and William R. Herrin have been elected to the board. Francis is president of Xavier University, while Herrin was vice president and general manager, Gulf of Mexico production business unit, for Chevron U.S.A. Production Co.

ERHC Energy Inc., Houston, (OTCBB: ERHE) has appointed Howard F. Jeter and Andrew C. Uzoigwe non-executive directors.

Jeter is executive vice president of GoodWorks International, while Uzoigwe was group executive director of E&P for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corp.

Dan Hodges has resigned as president of Fidelis Energy Inc., Tuscon, Ariz., (OTCBB: FDEI) to pursue other interests. William Marshall has been named president. He has more than 15 years of venture-capital experience in private and public companies.

Separately, Brian Wildes has joined the company as an operations and engineering consultant. He was an oil and gas tax specialist for Deloitte, Haskins, and Sells and involved in oil and gas exploration in Oklahoma and Texas.

Friendly Energy Corp., Carson City, Nev., (Pink Sheets: FDEG) has appointed Tim DeHerrera vice president. DeHerrera is on the board of several companies.

Gastar Exploration Ltd., Houston, (Toronto: YGA) has named Michael Gerlich chief financial officer. Gerlich was senior vice president, accounting and finance, for Calpine Natural Gas LP, formerly known as Sheridan Energy Inc.

Gemini Energy Corp., Vancouver, (Toronto: GNI) has elected Lorne Hanson to the board. Hanson is a geophysicist with more than 40 years of experience.

Ray Deere has been appointed a director. Deere is a senior geologist with Devon Canada Corp. Gordon Nielsen has been elected president and chief executive officer.

Hoodoo Hydrocarbons Ltd., Calgary, (Toronto Venture: HOO) has appointed Jay Simmons as a director. Simmons is president and a director of ENTx Capital.

International PetroReal Oil Corp., Vancouver, (Toronto Venture: IOC) reports that Frank Jacobs is no longer an officer of the company. The board's special committee is continuing its review of all documentation, disclosures, management and relationships relating to the company's investment in Black Swan Petroleum Pty Ltd.

K2 Energy Corp., Calgary, (Toronto: KTO) has appointed D.M. (Bud) McDonald president and chief executive officer. McDonald owns and operates two private companies involved in the oil and gas industry.

Keeper Resources Inc., Calgary, (Toronto Venture: KEE) has elected John McLeod to its board. McLeod has more than 30 years experience in domestic and international oil and gas.

Methane Energy Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Torrent Energy Corp., Vancouver, (OTCBB: TREN) has appointed Alan Niem to its geological team. Niem is professor emeritus in the geoscience department at Oregon State University.

John D. Carlson has been appointed chief operating officer. Carlson is a professional engineer.

Newfield Exploration Co., Houston, (NYSE: NFX) has appointed Pamela J. Gardner and Juanita F. Romans to its board.

Gardner is president of business operations of Houston McLane Co., owner of the Houston Astros baseball club, while Romans is senior vice president of Memorial Hermann Healthcare System and chief executive officer of Memorial Hermann Hospital.

Richard Thomson has resigned as chairman of Nexen Inc., Calgary (NYSE: NXY). Thomson will remain a member of the board. Francis Saville has been appointed chairman. Saville is a counsel with Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP.

Northern Sun Exploration Co. Inc., Vancouver, (Toronto Venture: NSE) has appointed Harvey Brooks audit committee chairman. Until his retirement in 2000, Brooks was senior vice president and general manager, United States division, for National Bank.

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Los Angeles, (NYSE: OXY) has named Jim A. Leonard vice president and controller. Leonard was Oxy senior assistant controller and was senior vice president, finance, for its oil and gas division.

The company has also named former U.S. energy secretary Spencer Abraham to its board.

Paradigm Oil & Gas Inc., Calgary, (OTCBB: POGI) has appointed Don Copeland to its board. Copeland is chairman of OilExco.

Patch International Inc., Calgary, (OTCBB: PAII) has appointed Khaled Echikh to its board and director of North African affairs. Echikh was an independent consultant in Algeria, Libya, England and France for Soco International, Sipetrol, Saga/Norsk Hydro and other companies.

Cedric Sirven, vice president and chief operating officer of Pebercan Inc., Montreal, (Toronto: PBC) has resigned.

Pengrowth Corp., Calgary, (Toronto: PGH) has appointed James J. Emme executive vice president as well as the vice president of Pengrowth Management Ltd. Emme was vice president, exploration and business development, for Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

Also, Pengrowth, administrator of Pengrowth Energy Trust, has appointed A. Terence Poole and Kirby L. Hedrick to the board. Poole is executive vice president, corporate strategy and development, of Nova Chemicals Corp. Hedrick was executive vice president, upstream, of Phillips Petroleum.

PetroKazakhstan Inc., Calgary, (Toronto: PKZ) has appointed Graeme G. Phipps executive vice president, corporate development, and a director, and he will be named president and chief executive Sept. 16. Phipps has held management positions with Petro-Canada, Nexen and Esso Resources.

Joseph C. Giampetroni has joined Petroleum Development Corp., Bridgeport, W.Va., (Nasdaq: PETD) as vice president, finance and business development. Prior, Giampetroni was with JP Morgan Securities Inc. in corporate and investment banking.

Ralph J. Daigle has resigned as a director and vice chairman of PetroQuest Energy Inc., Lafayette, La. (Nasdaq: PQUE). Daigle will not compete with the company in certain areas of interest for one year and Daigle will negotiate for a consulting agreement regarding projects in certain geographical areas.

Range Resources Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, (NYSE: RRC) has appointed Kevin S. McCarthy and Jeffrey L. Ventura to its board. McCarthy is chairman, chief executive officer and president of Kayne Anderson MLP Investment Co. Ventura is Range's executive vice president and chief operating officer.

Reece Energy Exploration Corp., Medicine Hat, Alberta, (Toronto Venture: RXR) has appointed Ron Stuckert chief executive officer in place of Lorne Swalm, who will remain president and chairman.

Stuckert was a consultant to Ganze-Reece Operations Ltd., an oil and gas company in Medicine Hat that was recently acquired by Reece.

Russian Resources Group Inc., Newport Beach, Calif., (Pink Sheets: RRGI) has named Wayne P. Hall president and chief executive. Allen R. McGee has been named chief financial officer. Hall was senior advisor to Energy Partners Ltd. McGee was a director with Gulf Oil Corp. and a CFO for Pexco U.S.A.

Sequoia Oil & Gas Trust, Calgary, (Toronto: SQE.un) and Sequoia Oil & Gas Ltd. have named Paul Belliveau vice president, finance, and chief financial officer. Belliveau was chief financial officer of NAL Oil & Gas Trust and with Mobil Oil Corp. in a variety of positions in Canada, the U.S. and Indonesia.

Siberian Energy Group, New York, (OTCBB: SIBN) has named Tim Peara vice chairman. Previously, he ran the London office of EMFI, a specialist energy-finance arranger.

Sniper Enterprises Inc., Vancouver, (NEX: SNQ) has appointed Gilbert G. Talafuse to its board. Talafuse was recently involved in the exploration of the Puckett and Pelahatchie fields in Mississippi, and the Iowa Field in Louisiana.

Storm Cat Energy Corp., Calgary, (Toronto Venture: SME) has appointed Craig Steinke chairman. Steinke is a founding shareholder and consultant since 2004.

Swift Energy Co., Houston, (NYSE: SFY) has appointed Douglas J. Lanier and Bruce H. Vincent to the board. Deanna L. Cannon was also re-elected as a director. Lanier was vice president of ChevronTexaco Exploration & Production Co., Gulf of Mexico business unit. Vincent was named president of Swift in November 2004.

Larry Baillargeon has been named chief general counsel and Karen Bryant has been promoted to chief governance officer and secretary.

Donald L. Morgan has been named president of Swift Energy International Inc. Morgan will continue as the non-executive chairman of Swift Energy New Zealand Ltd. R. Alan Cunningham, president of SENZ, will become the principal executive officer in New Zealand.

Tandem Energy Holdings Inc., Midland, Texas, (Pink Sheets: TDYH) has appointed Michael G. Cunningham chief financial officer. Cunningham was controller of Clayton Williams Energy Inc.

Tanganyika Oil Company Ltd., Vancouver, (Toronto Venture: TYK) has appointed Gary S. Guidry president and chief executive officer, replacing Lukas H. Lundin, who will remain chairman. Guidry was president and CEO of Calpine Natural Gas Trust.

Tesco Corp., Calgary, has named Julio Quintana president and chief executive. Robert Tessari will become Tesco's vice chairman and chief technology officer.

Texen Holdings LLC, an entity controlled by D. Elroy Fimrite, president of Texen Oil and Gas Inc., Houston, (OTCBB: TXEO) has announced the resignations of Tatiana Golovina and Michael Sims as directors.

John T. Raymond has resigned as chief executive of Vulcan Energy Corp., which owns Plains Resources Inc., the general partner of Plains All American Pipeline LP, Houston (NYSE: PAA).

Raymond will continue as a non-exclusive consultant and as a member of the board of Vulcan Energy. The changes allow Raymond to devote more time to other opportunities in the energy industry.

Wescorp Energy Inc., Edmonton, Alberta, (OTCBB: WSCE) has appointed Steve Cowper vice president of new business development. Cowper is the former governor of Alaska and managing partner of Steve Cowper & Associates.

Westside Energy Corp., Houston, (OTCBB: WEGC) has appointed Sean Austin vice president and controller. Austin was vice president, finance and administration, exploration and production, for Amerada Hess.

Yoho Resources Inc., Calgary, has named Wendy Woolsey vice president, finance, and chief financial officer. Clark Drader has been named vice president, land. Woolsey was manager, finance, of Baytex Energy Trust. Drader was a senior consultant at Northrock Resources and a land manager at BP Canada Energy Co.

In addition, Warren Leyland, Kevin Fossenier and Troy Olson have joined the company's exploration group.

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