PEOPLE

Weatherford’s Bernard J. Duroc-Danner, chairman of the board, president and CEO, departed from the company Nov. 9. Krishna Shivram will lead as interim CEO and will continue as CFO until a new CFO is named. Robert Rayne, vice chairman of the board, will serve as chairman of the board.

EQT Corp. President Steven T. Schlotterbeck will succeed David L. Porges as CEO when Porges retires in first-quarter 2017. Porges will remain as chairman of the board for one year following his retirement.

Husky Energy’s President and CEO Asim Ghosh will be retiring Dec. 5 but will remain on the board of directors.

NetApp Inc. selected Bill Miller as CIO.

Sanchez Energy Corp. appointed Howard Thill executive vice president and CFO.

CAP Energy named Randy Yeager president.

Oilfield Helping Hands appointed Gregory Rachal president.

Tyler Farquharson, EXCO Resources Inc.’s current vice president of strategic planning, has become CFO and treasurer following the departure of Chris Peracchi. Farquharson will continue to serve as vice president of strategic planning and lead the investor relations function.

Bristow Group selected William “Bill” Collins as senior vice president global operations.

Dr. Berislav Gaso has been appointed MOL Group’s upstream executive vice president.

Sprayroq Inc. selected Jeremy Huckaby as the new director of business development.

Ken Sill and Greg Miller have joined the Equity Research Team of SunTrust Robinson Humphrey and will cover the oilfield services and equipment space out of Houston as well as U.S. communications and internet infrastructure out of New York, N.Y., respectively.

Ashtead Technology appointed Graeme Booth to its U.K. team as regional technical support leader.

Ricardo Johnson joined C.H. Fenstermaker & Associates LLC as survey and mapping coastal services director.

Global Maritime Consultancy & Engineering appointed Helge Flesland to lead its Mission Critical Systems Group in Norway.

Mark Hunt has been promoted to the newly created position of operations manager for SIMMONS EDECO’s European base of operations in Great Yarmouth, England.

Business Development Manager Kevin Keogh is to relocate from Paradigm Flow Services’ headquarters in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, to Houston, where he will head up the company’s business development activities.

Deloitte selected John England as a vice chairman of Deloitte LLP to lead its energy and resources industry practice in the U.S. and also appointed Scott Smith to lead its power and utilities sector. England and Smith succeed John McCue, who previously held both roles.

Chevron Corp. named Rhonda J. Morris corporate vice president of human resources.

Oil & Gas UK has appointed four new members to its board: Cory L. Loegering, Apache North Sea; Robin Allan, Premier Oil; Bill Dunnett, Repsol Sinopec Resources UK; and Peter Wilson, Rowan Companies.

The board of BP Plc appointed Nils Smedegaard Andersen as a nonexecutive director.

COMPANIES

GE and Baker Hughes announced that the companies have entered into an agreement to combine GE Oil & Gas and Baker Hughes.

Schlumberger opened a new reservoir and rock analysis laboratory in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Robert Gordon University, in conjunction with Merlin ERD Ltd., has developed a bespoke training course in extended-reach drilling for industry professionals.

Emuge Corp. opened a new technology center in West Boylston, Mass.

Geopro Technology Ltd. opened its newest office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The office will manage operations across the whole of Southeast Asia.

GE held the grand opening of its new Oil & Gas Technology Center Oct. 5 in Oklahoma City. The center will become a central hub for GE scientists and engineers to closely collaborate with the industry on digital and hardware solutions.

Flotek opened its new 50,400-sq ft Global Research & Innovation Center in Houston.

Catoosa Test Facility completed a $2.5 million expansion in July at its facility in Pawnee County, Okla., that will double borehole testing capacity for oilfield manufacturers in the R&D phase of new product development.

Ranger Energy Services LLC has acquired Bayou Workover Services LLC.

Bluware Inc., Hue AS and Headwave Inc. will join to form an organization of geoscience and engineering software.

Sentinel Peak Resources will buy Freeport-McMoRan Inc.’s onshore California oil and gas properties, paying up to $742 million for the assets.

RSP Permian Inc. said Oct. 13 it will acquire Silver Hill Energy Partners LLC for about $2.4 billion.

Woodside acquired 100% of the shares in ConocoPhillips Senegal B.V.

The Lyell Centre, a Scottish-based global research center for earth and marine science and technology based at Heriot-Watt University, has opened.

Drilinginfo has acquired GlobalView, a provider of analytics, risk management and data management solutions.

Dräger has debuted its first North American mobile showroom filled with products. The trailer acts as a traveling oil and gas tradeshow along the Gulf of Mexico coastline.

ProSep has signed a distribution agreement with Puffer-Sweiven to expand ProSep’s offerings beyond the upstream oil and gas market.

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