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September 13, 2024
The Texas Alliance of Energy Producers (the Alliance) board of directors has appointed Karr Ingham as the organization’s new president, effective July 1, 2024.
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September 08, 2024
Slim has consistently ramped up his investments in Talos and US refiner PBF Energy Inc. over the past year in a sign that the 84-year-old billionaire sees plenty of upside in the oil and gas industry. In his native Mexico, Slim has partnered with Talos to explore one of the country’s most promising new discoveries in decades.
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August 30, 2024
Tim Duncan, who was also one of the company’s founders, stepped down on Thursday. Board member Joseph Mills will serve as interim CEO. Earlier this month, Carlos Slim, Latin America’s richest person, took advantage of the equity-market selloff to boost his stake in Houston-based Talos, which focuses on oil exploration and production in the Gulf of Mexico.
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August 27, 2024
Mexico’s President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum appointed energy economist Victor Rodriguez Padilla to lead state-owned oil driller and refiner Petroleos Mexicanos as her administration looks to revive the company’s flagging production and trim its nearly $100 billion debt burden.
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August 22, 2024
Enbridge Inc. Chief Executive Officer Greg Ebel has played a major role in the company’s transformation from an oil-focused pipeline operator into a sprawling enterprise with businesses touching all forms of energy. 
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August 22, 2024
Demand for natural gas will remain strong despite government and company efforts to zero out emissions by mid-century, according to Kevin Gallagher, the head of Santos Ltd.
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August 13, 2024
Before becoming interim president in 2023, Karr served as the Alliance’s executive vice president for five years. He will continue his work as the petroleum economist for the Alliance. Every month, he releases its Texas Petro Index (TPI), a measure of growth rates and cycles in the Texas upstream oil and gas economy, as well as the Alliance’s Texas Permian Basin Petroleum Index.
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August 07, 2024
CEO Alan Armstrong's comments came Tuesday as Vice President Kamala Harris tapped Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate in her presidential campaign bid against Donald Trump. Harris has a track record of opposition to offshore drilling and fracing, suggesting she’d be a fierce oil-industry antagonist if she were to win the White House in November.
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July 2024
Through its Integrated Solutions effort, Baker Hughes is looking at effective, holistic strategies for improving the performance of existing oil and gas production assets.
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July 24, 2024
Westerton Access, a global provider of specialist subsea inspection, maintenance and integrity services to the energy market, announced the appointment of James Griffin, who has joined the business in the role of Regional Manager, overseeing sales and operations for the company’s Europe and West Africa business unit.
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July 11, 2024
Catherine will leverage her financial acumen and strategic insight to lead Gulf’s commercial initiatives across media, events, and market intelligence. Her primary focus will be on accelerating revenue growth, refining sales strategies, and expanding market presence.
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July 09, 2024
Hamm Institute founder Harold Hamm called Dr. Ann Bluntzer an extraordinarily talented leader who will continue to build the Hamm Institute for American Energy as it tackles the world’s greatest energy challenges and works to secure America’s energy future.
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June 24, 2024
Goldman Sachs has appointed John Hess to its board of directors. This announcement comes as Goldman advises Hess' company on its $53 billion acquisition by Chevron.
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June 17, 2024
Sheffield hired Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP to lobby on “issues related to the FTC,” according to a recently filed disclosure report.
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June 04, 2024
The decisions made in Washington — “the capital of the energy world” — will have “massive impacts” and influence spending around the globe, Sawan said.
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May 28, 2024
The FTC was “straining” to find a reason to criticize Exxon’s deal for Pioneer, Sheffield’s lawyers wrote in the 23-page filing to the agency. Sheffield was examined under oath for four hours by the regulator on April 9 as part of its six-month investigation into the merger “but did not ask questions about his communications and gave him no opportunity to explain them,” according to the filing.
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May 24, 2024
Petrobras’s board of directors appointed Magda Chambriard as the state-controlled oil giant’s next chief executive officer, who enters the job with a clear mandate to ramp up investments in sectors including refining.
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May 20, 2024
Mauricio Morre joins ABS Group as Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer. Additionally Kamal Patel assumes the newly established, high-impact role of Vice President of Strategic Development for ABS Group.
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May 15, 2024
Prates’s dismissal was confirmed late Tuesday by people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified discussing private matters. Petrobras, as the company is commonly known, said in a statement late Tuesday that Prates is expected to officially resign at an upcoming board meeting.
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May 03, 2024
Pioneer and Sheffield rebutted the FTC’s claims, saying his efforts were an attempt to push back against the “predatory practices” of OPEC and Russia, which had flooded the market with oil on several occasions, including in 2020, to wipe out U.S. shale.
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April 19, 2024
The National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) Board of Directors has elected Jonathan Landes, President, Subsea of TechnipFMC, as the NOIA Chair for the 2024-2025 term. Joe Leimkuhler, Chief Operating Officer of Beacon Offshore Energy, was elected as the 2024-2025 Vice Chair. Jon and Joe were confirmed in their positions during the NOIA Board of Directors meeting Friday morning.
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