PEOPLE

Weatherford appointed Mark A. McCollum president and CEO.

EQT Corp. named Steven Schlotterbeck CEO, taking over for David Porges who retired from the position, staying on as executive chairman of EQT’s board of directors for one year.

Ikon Science appointed Mark Bashforth CEO and member of the board of directors. Former CEO and company founder Martyn Millwood Hargrave became executive chairman following the retirement of Peter Dolan, previously nonexecutive chairman.

Petroplan Group selected Rory Ferguson as CEO.

Borets named Obren Lekic CEO of Borets U.S.

US Well Services LLC appointed Joel Broussard CEO and Nathan Houston COO.

Aberdeen Harbour Board has announced the planned retirement of CEO Colin Parker, who will step down at year-end 2017.

M² Subsea named Stuart Bannerman CFO.

Marathon Oil Corp. selected Dane Whitehead as executive vice president and CFO.

TAM International Inc. moved L. Bentley Sanford into the position of chairman of the board and appointed Michael Machowski company president.

Hoover Ferguson Group named Troy L. Carson CFO.

Frank’s International N.V.’s Jeffrey Bird, executive vice president and CFO, left the company on March 1 for a position with another company.

Foothills Exploration Inc. selected Christopher Jarvis as executive vice president of finance for the company and vice president of risk management for Foothills Petroleum Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary. Kevin Sylla has been appointed director and CEO of Foothills Petroleum Inc., which oversees the company’s regional operations.

LocusView named Joseph Kaczmarski vice president of operations.

ENODO Global selected Luis Soto as its vice president of operations, Latin America and the Caribbean.

The board of directors of Targa Resources Corp. appointed Robert Muraro executive vice president—commercial.

Flotek Industries Inc. named Matt Marietta senior vice president of corporate development and investor relations.

Alliant has added Jan Nowak to its team as first vice president.

Dr. Toshiyuki Shigemi was appointed executive vice president and executive director of ClassNK. Yasushi Nakamura stepped down as senior executive vice president and was appointed an adviser to the society.

CORTEC selected Scott Gooding as director of international business development.

David Mair joined Ashtead Technology as business development director.

OEM Group has welcomed Mike Macleod as its new finance director.

The KROHNE Group appointed Dr. Attila Bilgic managing director of Ludwig KROHNE GmbH & Co KG.

Cairn named Eric Hathon director of exploration.

Global Maritime Consultancy & Engineering appointed Espen Thomassen regional manager for the Americas.

EM&I named Mario Paris regional general manager for South America.

HB Rentals appointed two senior managers to its Aberdeenshire office. Dave Mair joined as sales and business development manager and Thomas Smith joined as operations manager.

ABN AMRO named Richard de Keijzer managing director for ABN AMRO Commercial Finance in the U.K.

Polarcus Ltd. appointed Nicholas Smith a new director.

CMS Energy’s Jean-Francois (JF) Brossoit, vice president of transformation and shared services, was named senior vice president of transformation and shared services.

Richard A. Jackson has been appoin-ted vice president, investor relations, for Occidental Petroleum Corp.

The board of directors of Sembcorp Marine Ltd. appointed Chay Suet Yee a joint company secretary.

Jarle Tautra has been appointed chairman of the board of Optime Subsea AS.

EXCO Resources Inc. announced the resignation of Wilbur L. Ross from the company’s board of directors and the appointment of Anthony R. Horton and Stephen J. Toy to the board.

COMPANIES

Occidental Petroleum Corp. will relocate its investor relations office from New York to its Houston headquarters.

Global Tubing LLC opened a new service center in Grand Prairie, Alberta, Canada. The new center is located near the Montney, Duvernay and Cardium shale basins.

Saudi KAD changed its brand name to ARKAD.

Borets purchased a new operations facility in Midland, Texas. The 11.2- acre site provides more than 5,388 sq m (58,000 sq ft) of manufacturing and service capabilities, along with about 929 sq m (10,000 sq ft) of office space.

Well Control School announced an alliance with Drilbert Engineering to provide advanced technical drilling operational training for the oil and gas industry. Drilling supervision and trouble‐free drilling courses are the main stay for the courses delivered through this alliance.

VAM USA opened a new VAM Field Service office in Odessa, Texas, bringing the number of service locations in Texas to three.

Frac Shack International acquired the Mobile Elevating Platform division of Rigless Rentals Inc. These units will be rebranded “The Wellevator.”

DESMI has established a new 3,000- sq-m (32,292-sq-ft) production facility in Hyderabad, India.

Catapult Environmental Inc. has signed a partnership agreement with Crew Energy Inc. to design and build a water management facility in northeast British Columbia.

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