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March 13, 2017
Helmerich & Payne recently announced that Kevin G. Cramton and José R. Mas were appointed to the company’s board of directors effective March 1, 2017.
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March 09, 2017
The Energy Industries Council (EIC), the leading trade association for UK companies that supply goods and services to the energy industries worldwide, has announced the appointment of Petrofac’s Business Development Manager Tony Brady as the newest member of its board of directors.
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March 07, 2017
Weatherford International has announced that after a full and diligent search process, the board has appointed Mark A. McCollum as president and CEO, as well as a member of the board of directors, with an effective start date in late April 2017.
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February 28, 2017
Marathon Oil Corp announced Dane Whitehead has been appointed executive vice president and chief financial officer, with an anticipated effective date of March 6.
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February 28, 2017
Exxon Mobil is pinning its fortunes closer to home as new CEO Darren Woods veers from the oil titan’s longtime focus on Asian and African riches.
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February 27, 2017
TAM International, Inc., an independent oilfield services company providing inflatable and swellable packers to the oil and gas industry, announces that L. Bentley Sanford has moved into the position of chairman of the board and has appointed Michael Machowski as the new president of the company.
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February 24, 2017
Soma Oil & Gas has announced the resignation of Hassan Khaire, executive director for Africa, so he can accept the honor of serving his country of origin, Somalia, as its Prime Minister.
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February 22, 2017
Chevron Corp. appointed veteran Saudi Arabian executive Ahmad Awad al-Omar as president of its operations in Kuwait as the two neighboring countries prepare to resume production from shared fields with capacity of more than 500,000 bpd.
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February 20, 2017
NEL, the flow measurement R&D specialist, has appointed Dr. Bruno Pinguet as senior consultant.
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February 17, 2017
The Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) congratulated Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt on his confirmation as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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February 16, 2017
Wood Group has appointed Alan Johnstone as president of its Asset Life Cycle Solutions business in Europe.
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February 09, 2017
Oilfield Helping Hands (OHH), a nonprofit charitable organization comprised of volunteers devoted to providing financial assistance to oilfield workers in financial crisis, has been named the 2017 beneficiary of the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) Distinguished Achievement Awards Luncheon.
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February 06, 2017
Borets has named Obren Lekic as CEO of Borets U.S., located in Houston.
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January 17, 2017
BP boss Bob Dudley is not yet ready to boost spending despite the rebound in oil prices.
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January 17, 2017
Almost 1 Bbbl of oil held in inventories must be used up before global supply and demand are closer to balance, Dana Gas PJSJ CEO Patrick Allman-Ward said.
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January 09, 2017
After years of calling for it privately, Barnes Hauptfuhrer decided that early 2017 was finally time to go public with his desire to see a makeover of America’s hottest natural gas play.
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January 06, 2017
Williams Cos. CEO Alan Armstrong has something everybody wants, and he knows it. “It’s a gold mine,” he says. “It’s irreplaceable.”
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January 05, 2017
Expro launched four new business capabilities last year, including fully integrated well abandonment services encompassing; late-life reservoir management, permanent reservoir abandonment and post abandonment monitoring. To help manage these new business units, Expro, appointed Bill Inglis, senior project manager, well abandonment.
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January 04, 2017
The board of directors of Exxon Mobil Corporation has reached an agreement with Rex W. Tillerson, former chairman and CEO, to sever all ties with the company to comply with conflict-of-interest requirements associated with his nomination as secretary of state.
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