Centurion Terminals LLC named Tom Ramsey CEO.

Kevin Gallagher, currently CEO of Clough Ltd., was appointed new managing director and CEO of Santos Ltd.

Ziebel named Francis Neill CEO.

Warren Resources selected James A. Watt as president and CEO. The company also appointed Brian Gelman interim CFO and announced the departure of Stewart P. Skelly as vice president and CFO.

ACE Winches appointed Richard Wilson COO, replacing Graham Thomson, who decided to step down to spend more quality time with his family and focus on personal business initiatives. In addition, Hayley Yule was recently named marketing and communications director.

Asset Risk Management (ARM) has hired three senior executives and promoted another: Michael Christopher as CFO and chief investment officer; Shannon Flowers as senior vice president, head of crude marketing, North America; and Bruce Bianchini as senior vice president, origination. ARM also promoted Stephanie Barker to senior vice president, origination.

Lloyd’s Register appointed Mary Waldner group CFO.

Lauren Engineers & Constructors Inc. promoted Randy Lipps to president (in addition to his current role as COO), Tom Modisett to CFO and secretary/ treasurer, and Cody Bryant to senior vice president.

Benjamin Atkins joined NextDecade LLC as CFO.

PA Resources CFO Tomas Hedström resigned, effective at year-end 2015, to take up a position at another company. Urban Adolfson, head of group control and accounting, was appointed acting CFO, effective Dec. 1, 2015.

Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA’s CFO Svein Knudsen has tendered his resignation.

National Fuel Gas Co.’s (NFG) Anna Marie Cellino, president of National Fuel Gas Distribution Corp. (NFGD), the utility segment of NFG, has indicated her intention to retire, effective Feb. 1, 2016. She will be succeeded by Carl M. Carlotti, currently senior vice president of NFGD.

Paul Danos, executive vice president of Danos, has been chosen to serve on the National Ocean Industries Association’s board of directors.

MDU Resources Group Inc. selected Daniel S. Kuntz as general counsel and secretary, effective Jan. 9. He succeeds Paul K. Sandness, who is retiring Jan. 8.

Saudi Total selected Hisham Atalla as general manager.

Wood Group Mustang promoted Kent McAllister to president of its offshore business unit.

Michael Hall has been recruited to technical specialist within Honeywell Security & Fire to support further growth in the FAAST Aspirating Smoke Detection business.

Forum Subsea Rentals (FSR) promoted Nicki Nicholls to global business director and appointed Christian Blinkenberg global sales and marketing director of FSR’s Global Services Division.

Element Materials Technology named Marie Halliday global coatings specialist within the oil and gas sector.

Chevron Corp.’s Michael Wirth will become executive vice president for midstream and development, and Pierre Breber will become executive vice president, downstream and chemicals, effective Jan. 1.

Power Feed-Thru Systems and Connectors LLC appointed Gene Barnett vice president responsible for global manufacturing and operations and Thomas (Tommy) White vice president of global sales and marketing.

Antony Croston, a manager with Wood Group, has become one of the few members to achieve Fellow status by age 35 or under in the 160-year history of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.

Peterson appointed Chris Coull regional director.

Royal Dutch Shell Plc selected Maarten Wetselaar as integrated gas director, effective Jan. 1.

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management named Mike Celata regional director of the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf
region.

J. Mike Stice joined Mexico’s EIM Capital’s board of advisers.

Birgit Nørgaard of Kværner ASA resigned of her own volition from her position as nonexecutive director of the company, effective October 2015.

The World Energy Cities Partnership welcomed Mike Savage, mayor of Halifax, Canada, as its new president elect to its board of directors. Savage’s two-year term starts in January.

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.’s board of directors named Mitchell W. Ingram executive vice president, global LNG, effective Nov. 2, 2015.

Cimarex Energy Co.’s board of directors appointed Lisa A. Stewart independent director, effective Oct. 30, 2015.

Petrobras’ Clovis Torres Junior resigned in November 2015 for personal reasons from both his positions as a board member of Petrobras and as a chairman of Petrobras Distribuidora S.A.

Gastar Exploration Inc. named Jerry R. Schuyler chairman of the board of directors, replacing John M. Selser Sr. who resigned from the board to focus on other business interests.

COMPANIES

Absolute Noise Control expanded its Texas and Pennsylvania locations into Colorado in 2015.

Sembcorp Marine launched its new steel structure fabrication workshop in November 2015. The 120,000-sq-m (1.2-million-sq-ft) facility at Sembcorp Marine’s Tuas Boulevard Yard is the largest of its kind in Southeast Asia.

Fritz Industries Inc. opened its new Houston Technology Center Nov. 5, 2015. The 1,208-sq-m (13,000-sq-ft) Houston site will employ a staff of research scientists including skilled chemists and laboratory technicians in Houston’s Energy Corridor.

Gardner Denver’s Petroleum & Industrial Pumps Division opened a 6,503-sq-m (70,000-sq-ft) regional repair center in Odessa, Texas, in November 2015.