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Long-time executive Jerry D. Dumas, Sr., 82, passed away in December 2017. Throughout his career at Flotek Industries Inc., he was board chairman, CEO and president. In addition, William H. York was named Flotek’s chief administrative officer in January.

DEA Deutsche Erdoel AG appointed Maria Moraeus Hanssen CEO and chair of the board of management, succeeding Thomas Rappuhn.

Parsley Energy Inc. announced Bryan Sheffield will step down as CEO and become executive chairman in 2019. Matt Gallagher will be his successor.

Steve Paulsen was promoted to PG Flow Solutions’ CEO.

Christina Verchere resigned from BP Plc to become OMV Petrom’s CEO and executive board president, positions she will assume in May.

Lance Uggla was selected as chairman and CEO of IHS Markit when Jerre Stead announced his retirement in December 2017.

Akastor ASA has selected Karl Erik Kjelstad as CEO, succeeding Kristian Røkke, who will assume the position of chief investment officer at Aker ASA.

Gulfport Energy Corp. appointed Donnie Moore COO.

EOG Resources Inc. promoted Lloyd W. “Billy” Helms, Jr. to COO and Ezra Y. Yacob to executive vice president of E&P.

Éric Lachance was appointed senior vice president of corporate affairs and CFO of Énergir LP, succeeding retiree Pierre Despars.

PDC Energy Inc. appointed R. Scott Meyers CFO, and Christina M. Ibrahim was appointed board director.

Geoffrey Wagner has been selected as executive vice president and chief commercial officer of Helix Energy Solutions Group Inc.

David Cedro has joined Danos as vice president of finance and administration. In addition, James Callahan has been named vice president of project services.

Seadrill Ltd. selected Harald Thorstein as director of the company.

EM&I appointed Neil Woodcock regional general manager for the Europe Africa region.

Aminex named Brian Cassidy company secretary. Former company secretary Max Williams will continue in his role as director and CFO.

U.S. Silica Holdings Inc. promoted Billy Ray Smith to senior vice president and president of Oil & Gas Proppants, succeeding retiree Don D. Weinheimer.

KCA Deutag named Albert Allan senior vice president of its RDS business unit.

Stephen Bell of Opportune LLP has been promoted to managing director.

Omur Izgili was appointed country director for VIKING’s Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania and Lebanon sectors. He succeeded Yasin Kasa, who has been appointed senior commercial director for VIKING Asia.

Chris Ong Leng Yeow joined the board of directors as a nonexecutive director at KrisEnergy Ltd., replacing Michael Chia Hock Chye.

Senex Energy Ltd. appointed Andy Zhmurovsky nonexecutive director. Yanina Barila has resigned from the board of directors.

Subsea North East’s Bruce Heppenstall has been appointed regional chairman, succeeding Andrew Hodgson.

The Energy Industries Council appointed Louise Ledgard and Duncan Reed to its board of directors.

EnQuest Plc’s board of directors named Laurie Fitch nonexecutive director.

Subsea UK has named a new board for 2018-19: Bill Edgar, Neil Gordon, David Rennie, Bill Cattanach, Mark Richardson, David Sheret, Nicky Etherson, Zander Bruce, Geoff Lyons, Peter Blake, Tim Sheehan, Cameron Mitchell and Phil Simons.

COMPANIES

C-Innovation LLC has formed a turnkey subsea projects group in Houston.

Westerton, an Aberdeen offshore specialist of high-precision downhole tools, opened a Houston-based office and workshop in January.

Delmar Systems Pty Ltd. purchased a new storage facility in Western Australia.

Siemens opened a new digitalization and energy-focused MindSphere Application Center in Berlin.

TAM International opened a new manufacturing facility in Obninsk, Russia.

Dynacorp Energy Services and Energes Oilfield Solutions LLC have merged. The new company is named EnerCorp Sand Solutions.

America Inc., Horizon Marine Inc. and Woods Hole Group Inc. completed its merger in January. The new company retained the name Woods Hole Group Inc., specializing in offshore oceanography for the energy industry and providing environmental services.

Fairmount Santrol Holdings Inc. was sold to Unimin Corp. in a cash-andstock deal, which is expected to close by mid-2018.

Drillinginfo acquired Pattern Recognition Technologies, a provider of energy forecasts, in December 2017.

Oil States International Inc. acquired GEODynamics Inc. in January.

Stallion Oilfield Services Ltd. acquired Basin Wastewater Solutions LLC.

McDermott International Inc. and CB&I announced in December 2017 their transaction to create a fully vertically integrated onshore-offshore company. The transaction is expected to be completed in second-quarter 2018.

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