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Michele McNichol has been named CEO for Wood Group Mustang to succeed Steve Knowles, who retired from Wood Group April 1, 2015. Dave Stewart has been tapped as CEO of Wood Group PSN. Bob MacDonald has become CEO of Wood Group Kenny to replace Steve Wayman, who is taking on the role of Wood Group’s head of strategy and development.

DrillingInfo selected Jairo Romero as chief revenue officer and executive vice president.

Holland Services has chosen Jean Ann Lundeen and Keith Morris to jointly lead the opening and management of the company’s new Oklahoma City, Okla., office.

Comstock Resources Inc. has tapped Mack D. Good as COO.

Roderick A. Larson has become president and COO of Oceaneering International Inc.

Industrial Scientific hired Steve Piotraczk as vice president of Americas sales.

Chris LoPriore has been selected as vice president of global commercial development for Compressor Products International.

First Reserve has appointed Alex T. Krueger as co-CEO and president.

Staci Groce has become head of global mobility solutions for Air Energi. The company also appointed Ford Garrard as vice president for Africa.

The Petrobras board of directors approved the election of Aldemir Bendine as its CEO. The board also elected Ivan de Souza Monteiro as chief financial and investor relations officer; Solange da Silva Guedes as E&P director; Jorge Celestino Ramos as downstream director; Hugo Repsold Júnior as gas and power director; and Roberto Moro as engineering, technology and procurement director.

HOLT CAT named Bert Fulgium senior vice president of product support for its machine division. He replaces Ron Craft, who recently announced his retirement.

Jim Fraser and Rob Boersma have joined Strategic Marine as business development managers.

Transocean Ltd. president and CEO Steven Newman has stepped down. Company chairman Ian Strachan will fill in during the interim.

Javier Suarez has taken on the role of vice president Americas for the marine group of Voith Turbo’s power, oil and gas division.

Eni tapped Marco Bardazzi to be the new director of external communication.

Colin Black has joined ACE Winches as chief commercial officer.

2H Offshore, an Acteon company, promoted Phil Ward to the position of director in its Aberdeen office. Mirage Machines, also an Acteon company, appointed Adam Polisena as general manager.

CEO and director Garth Johnson and COO Drew Cadenhead have resigned from their positions at TAG Oil Ltd.

Citadel Energy Services has added to its team with the appointment of Adam Powell as manager of technical operations and Elizabeth Powell as manager of logistics and planning.

Anadarko Petroleum Corp. elected Mark C. McKinley to serve as an independent director of the company and appointed him to the board’s audit committee. Board member Charles W. Goodyear will retire at the close of Anadarko’s annual stockholder meeting in May.

Murphy Oil Corp. named Laura A. Sugg to the board of directors.

Lilis Energy has appointed Ronald D. Ormand to its board of directors.

Mark Reese has taken on the role of chairman of the board of directors of ES Platform Holdings Inc., the parent company of Express Energy Services.

The board of directors of Reliance Industries Ltd. appointed Shri Maheswar Sahu as an independent director.

Fotech Solutions has named Douglas Sedge to its board of directors as chairman.

Companies

Element Materials Technology has opened a new materials testing and failure analysis facility in Hengelo, Netherlands. The new laboratory strengthens Element’s materials testing and product qualification testing capabilities and expands the company’s capacity, particularly within mechanical testing and failure analysis in metal and polymer applications. The new facility increases the number of tests available and reduces turnaround times by 20%, a press release said.

Blank Rome LLP has expanded with an office in downtown Pittsburgh anchored by five partners. The office will strengthen the firm’s presence in Pennsylvania; create a natural connection for the firm’s energy practice and clients in its Houston, Philadelphia and New York offices; and increase Blank Rome’s ability to meet local demand for its legal services.

BMT Asia Pacific, a subsidiary of BMT Group, has opened its first environmental testing facility in Jakarta, Indonesia. The new laboratory is certified to ISO17025 by Komite Akreditasi Nasional, Indonesia’s national accreditation body, and provides technical testing services for BMT’s environmental assessment and other offerings including statutory compliance, environmental impact assessments and decommissioning studies.

Seanic Ocean Systems Inc. is constructing a new facility in Houston to provide extensive space for manufacturing of subsea hardware and tooling, equipment storage and client collaboration. The new campus is slated for occupancy in late summer and will be home to an in-ground test tank large enough for onsite system integration testing of ROV tooling and other related hardware.

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