PEOPLE

Mike Sommers has been appointed president and CEO of the American Petroleum Institute, succeeding Jack Gerard.

Petroplan Group, an oil, gas and energy recruitment company, has named Philippa Barnes CEO.

Øyvind Mikaelsen has been appointed CEO of DeepOcean.

Lilis Energy Inc. has appointed Ronald D. Ormand CEO and chairman of the board. In addition, James W. Denny III has been named executive vice president of production and operations, and Michael G. Long has been appointed a member of the board.

James Crowley has been appointed COO of State Gas Ltd.

BCCK Holding Co., a provider of engineering, procurement, fabrication and field construction services, has named Kevin J. Blount COO.

Maersk Drilling has appointed Morten Kelstrup chief commercial and innovation officer.

Wellsite Fishing and Rental Services LLC has named Ryan Henderson executive vice president.

Apache Corp. has named Ben C. Rodgers vice president of treasury.

Xodus Group has appointed Simon Allison operations director for the Asia-Pacific region.

David Sterna has been appointed vice president of marketing and commercial for Advantage Oil & Gas Ltd.

OEM HTL Group has named Bob Fogerty group technical director.

Sun Coast Resources Inc., a wholesale petroleum marketer, has appointed Michael Alanis assistant director of emergency response.

Beach Energy’s Cathy Oster has resigned as company secretary, and Sheree Ford has been appointed company secretary and general counsel on an interim basis pending finalization of an executive search process.

Tendeka has appointed Paul Guilfoyle sales engineer for Canada.

Philippe Salle of CGG has been elected as chairman of the board of directors.

The Petroleum Equipment & Services Association has announced its 2018-2021 board of directors: Chuck Chauviere, Baker Hughes, a GE company; Galen Cobb, Halliburton; Dan Domeracki, Schlumberger; Kirk Shelton, NOV; Richard Alabaster and Mark Wolf, TechnipFMC; Roderick A. Larson, Oceaneering International Inc.; Paul Coppinger, Weir Oil & Gas; Kevin Crowley, Forged Products Inc.; Robert Drummond, Key Energy Services; Burk Ellison, DistributionNOW; Larry Kerr, Gardner Denver; Dave Warren, Energy Alloys; and Donald W. Young, Hoover Ferguson.

Damon Neaves has been appointed nonexecutive director of Tap Oil Ltd., and Blaine Ulmer has resigned as a director.

Encana has appointed Peter A. Dea, Fred J. Fowler, Howard J. Mayson, Lee A. McIntire, Margaret A. McKenzie, Suzanne P. Nimocks, Brian G. Shaw, Douglas J. Suttles, Bruce G. Waterman and Clayton H. Woitas to its board of directors.

Acoustic Data, a provider of wireless well technology, has appointed Mike Mannering as chairman of the board.

Kensuke Togawa and Hiroyuki Matsuyama have been appointed directors of AWE Ltd. In addition, independent nonexecutive directors David McEvoy and Karen Penrose have retired from the company’s board.

Oilfield Helping Hands has named William (Bill) Markus executive director.

Massterly, a company specializing in autonomous shipping, has appointed Tom Eystø managing director and Per Brinchmann from Wilhelmsen as chairman of the company’s board.

Diamondback Energy Inc.’s President and COO Michael L. Hollis has been appointed to the company’s board of directors. In addition, Melanie M. Trent was added to the board as an independent director.

Wang Dongjin has been appointed nonexecutive director and a member of the remuneration committee of CNOOC Ltd.

Tullow Oil Plc has named Dorothy Thompson independent nonexecutive director and chair-designate of the company.

Sembcorp Marine Ltd.’s board of directors has selected Patrick Daniel as an additional director as well as an additional member of the audit and executive resource and compensation committees. In addition, Lim Ah Doo and Ajaib Haridass have retired as nonexecutive and independent directors.

COMPANIES

Statoil ASA has changed its name to Equinor ASA.

McDermott International Inc. has completed its merger with CB&I. The newly combined company will retain the name McDermott and plans to search for a larger Houston headquarters, leaving CB&I’s home base in The Woodlands, Texas.

InterDam, a supplier of fire- and blast-resistant architectural products for refineries, oil and gas platforms and offshore wind platforms, has opened a new office in Houston.

Variable Bore Rams Inc. has opened a new facility in Kermit, Texas. The facility is 836 sq m (9,000 sq ft) and spans across five acres of land.

Offshore Technical Compliance (OTC), a provider of compliance-related services, has opened a new office and training facility in Houston. The 585-sq-m (6,300-sq-ft) space includes the OTC Solutions operations office and a training center for course offerings as well as regional and international sales operations for OTC and OTC Solutions.

ICR Integrity, a provider of integrated maintenance and integrity solutions, has opened new office and operational facilities in Houston.

RigNet Inc. has acquired Automation Communications Engineering Corp. and Safety Controls Inc.

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