Velocys Plc named David Pummell CEO.

Beach Energy Ltd. appointed Matthew Kay CEO, effective July 17 or such earlier date as is available and mutually agreed.

Guardian Global Technologies Ltd.’s CEO Patrick (Paddy) Keenan took early retirement and resigned as a director and officer of the company. Keenan’s successor, Emyr-Wyn Francis, was previously the finance director and will assume the role of managing director.

Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA appointed Hege A. Veiseth CFO following the resignation of Svein Knudsen.

The board of SOCO International Plc announced the resignation of CFO Anya Weaving. Deputy CEO Roger Cagle will reassume the role and responsibilities of CFO.

Ithaca Energy Inc. appointed Dr. Richard Smith chief commercial officer.

Warren Resources Inc. named John R. Powers vice president, accounting.

MDU Resources Group Inc. selected Peggy A. Link as its CIO and Anne M. Jones as its vice president of human resources.

Lisa Mork Davis joined Industrial Scientific as director, advanced safety applications.

OFS Portal LLC welcomed Mimi Stansbury as the new vice president of controls and administration, replacing Randy Dutton, who retired in January after more than 14 years as the senior vice president of control and administration.

BMT Group (BMT) has announced an internal reorganization: Jan van Smirren, who will lead the Energy Partnership, will join BMT in its Houston office; Jeremy Berwick will take the lead for the Defense Partnership based in BMT’s Bath, U.K., office; Dr. Paul Wilkinson will take the lead for the Environment Partnership based in Brisbane, Australia; Denis Welch will take the lead for the Ports, Infrastructure & Resources Partnership based in Singapore; and David Bright will lead the Surveys, Ship Design & Vessel Performance Partnership.

Offshore Installation Services Ltd. named Colin Shellard managing director.

The board of directors of the Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Saudi Aramco) made the following appointments: Mohammed Y. Al Qahtani, senior vice president, upstream; Ahmad A. Al Sa’adi, senior vice president, technical services; and Muhammad M. Al Saggaf, senior vice president, operations and business services.

The International Association of Oil & Gas Producers appointed Gordon Ballard executive director, effective Jan. 15. He succeeds Michael Engell-Jensen, who retired.

Borets named David Langley North American HSE manager.

Emco Wheaton has boosted its European sales team with the additions of Olaf Stellberger as global Marine Loading Arms sales manager in Emco Wheaton’s Kirchhain, Germany, office and Stefan Dubbledeman joining the North and West Europe sales team as TODO sales manager.

IDC Energy Insights hired Kevin Prouty as vice president of research.

HTL, part of the HTL Group, appointed Ian Mander U.K. business manager.

Richard Edwards joined OPITO International’s Houston office to help drive the adoption of common global safety training standards across the Americas.

Danos hired Marc Distefano as fabrication operations manager of the Amelia facility, John Danos (no relation) as construction division general manager and Jack Roszelle as corporate quality director.

ACE Winches named Lisa McPherson human resources director.

Benthic selected Chris Braithwaite chairman of the board of directors. Russell Staley, who has served as Benthic’s interim chairman following the resignation of the late John Smith in August 2015, remains on the board as a director.

Tap Oil Ltd. appointed Tom Soulsby to the board of directors, with Chris Newton as his alternate.

Felix C. Spizale joined RedHawk Holdings Corp.’s board of directors.

Sembcorp Marine Ltd. selected Eric Ang Teik Lim, an independent director of the company, as a member of both the Executive Resource & Compensation Committee and Nominating Committee. Bob Tan Beng Hai, also an independent director of the company, was appointed a member of the Executive Committee.

Cameron Mitchell, technical disciplines assurance manager for Shell UK, and Mark Richardson, projects group manager for Apache North Sea, joined the board of Subsea UK.

COMPANIES

C&J Energy Services Casedhole Solutions opened its Giddings, Texas, facility to support regional pumping and acid services. The buildings were constructed on the eight-acre site at a cost of roughly $2.8 million and will serve as a regional office and maintenance hub for pumping and acid services. Onsite capabilities include a bulk acid plant as well as laboratory support for acid and stimulation services.

Wood Group is continuing to expand its automation and control business, establishing dedicated automation capabilities at Wood Group Mustang’s Kuala Lumpur office to serve the Asia-Pacific market.

Trelleborg Sealing Solutions has opened a climate-controlled swivelstack seal inspection facility for the validation of bespoke seals. The global facility is based in Barendrecht in the Netherlands and has been unveiled in a move to help ensure FPSO operators achieve the highest possible standards in seal quality.

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