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Vol. 229 No.8 |
Medco Energi US has appointed five new vice presidents as a part of a realignment of executive positions. The company promoted John Young to the newly created position of Senior VP of Exploration and Development. He has more than 25 years of engineering and management experience in the oil and gas industry, and previously served as the company’s Manager of Business Development. Daniel Frugé was named VP and CFO. Prior to his new position, he served as Executive VP and CFO for WHC Inc. Steve Goff was named VP of Petroleum Engineering. Goff has more than 30 years of experience in managing operations and engineering functions, having served previously as President for EPiC Energy Resources. Gary Johnson was appointed VP of Production Operations. He has over 34 years of experience in the industry, and comes to Medco from Eni Petroleum. Ted Russell was named VP of drilling and capital projects. He was previously Manager of Engineering and Operations.
3M Oil and Gas Business announced that Jennifer Farneti has joined CUNO Inc., a 3M company, as Scientific Application Support Specialist II for the CUNO laboratory located at the company’s Oil and Gas Customer Center in Houston. She was previously with Houghton International, where she served as a technical representative.
Spectra Energy announced that Greg Ebel, currently the company’s CFO, has been selected to succeed Fred Fowler as President and CEO upon Fowler’s retirement at the end of 2008. Ebel was also elected to the board of directors. Prior to his current role, Ebel served as President of Union Gas Ltd., Spectra’s Canadian natural gas distribution company.
Hercules Offshore Inc. appointed John T. Rynd as the company’s CEO and President. He has served as Executive VP and COO since July 2007. Rynd joined the company in September 2005, serving as Senior VP of Hercules Offshore and President of Hercules Drilling Co., LLC. Previously, he spent 15 years at Noble Drilling Services Inc. in a variety of management roles.
InterMoor Inc. named Lonnie Olds as Subsea Services Operations Manager in its Lafayette, La., office. With over 15 years of operations experience in the oil and gas industry, he joins InterMoor from Expro, where he was a cased-hole operations supervisor.
Marathon Oil Co. announced that Linda A. Capuano has joined the company as VP, Emerging Technology. Marathon’s Emerging Technology organization will provide an increased focus on alternative fuels, energy efficiency, carbon capture and sequestration. Capuano was previously Senior VP, Design and Engineering Services, at Solectron Corp. in Milpitas, Calif.
Continental Resources Inc. appointed Brian Engel as VP of Public Affairs for the Oklahoma-based oil and gas E&P company. He has over 13 years of experience in oil and gas public affairs, most recently serving for six years as Manager of Public Affairs for Devon Energy Corp.
Key Energy Services Inc. announced that Trey Wilson has been named Executive VP and COO. He served as general counsel since joining the company in 2005.
Tesco Corp. announced that Robert L. Kayl, the company’s VP and Controller since August 2007, has been named Senior VP and CFO. Prior to his current position, Kayl worked for one of the company’s subsidiaries as the VP, Tax and Treasury.
NGP Energy Capital Management announced that Dr. Anas F. Alhajji has joined the investment firm as Chief Economist. In this newly created role, he will lead the firm’s macro-analysis of the oil, natural gas and related markets. Alhajji is an academician, author, researcher and speaker with expertise in the fields of energy economics, macroeconomics and international economics. From 1996 to 2008 he served as a professor of Economics at the University of Oklahoma, the Colorado School of Mines and, most recently, Ohio Northern University. He is a noted author and a regular contributor to international publications and academic journals, including World Oil.
Knight Oil Tools President and CEO Mark Knight was named the Business Person of the Year by the Acadiana Business Hall of Fame selection committee. The award honors business people in the Acadiana region of Louisiana who have made significant business and civic contributions and who have demonstrated leadership, vision, ingenuity and innovation.
Reservoir services company Geotrace announced that Darko Tufekcic has joined the company as a Geoscientific Advisor, to promote the company’s reservoir services to oil companies in Eastern Europe. He has over 35 years of experience, first with Yugoslavia-based Ina and then as an independent consultant.
Paradigm announced that Gary V. Morris has been named CFO. With over 30 years in global finance in a variety of roles, he joins the company from Herodotus Energy LLC, a consulting company in which he served as partner. Prior to that, he served for many years with Halliburton in various positions within its Energy Services Group, and culminating as EVP and CFO for Halliburton.
Gulf Publishing Company announces new appointment
Maggie Seeliger has been named Vice President of Strategic Business Development effective June 30, 2008. The announcement was made by John D. “Rusty” Meador, President/CEO of Gulf Publishing Company.
Based in Houston, Ms. Seeliger will oversee and provide direction for the expansion of Gulf Publishing Company’s event business and also direct the company’s growth into new lines of business.
“Maggie Seeliger brings a wealth of both upstream and downstream experience to Gulf Publishing. Given her energy and enthusiasm, we look forward to tremendous growth in these key components of our business,” said Meador.
Ms. Seeliger has a strong background in the energy industry, having served most recently as Senior Manager of Marketing Communications for the engineering and construction firm KBR and in various marketing and PR roles for two software companies serving the industry-P2 Energy Solutions in Houston and SAP Arabia in Dubai.
Ms. Seeliger is active in various industry and community organizations. She is president-elect for the American Marketing Association Houston Chapter Board of Directors and is a member of Women’s Energy Network, Business Marketing Association, Young Professionals in Energy and the Junior League of Houston. She and her husband reside in Houston, Texas.
In memoriam
John McCaughey, journalist and long-time contributor to World Oil, died on Saturday, July 26. He was 61. McCaughey was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and moved to London as a young man to make his way in journalism. He worked for the Financial Times and was past Editor of The Energy Daily, among many other things. He was a great journalist who wrote with flair and humor, and who loved a well-turned phrase. He is the only man to have succeeded in getting a picture of the Irish poet William Butler Yeats into his Oil and Gas in the Capitals column, not to mention the word “dewlaps.”
He is survived by his wife, Michelle, four sisters who live in Ireland, and many, many friends. He will be dearly missed.
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