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James Hackett, the former chief executive of Anadarko Petroleum Corp. who retired to attend Harvard Divinity School, is back to running an oil company.
Hunting is pleased to announce the promotion of Arthur James (Jim) Johnson as CEO with effect from Sept. 1, 2017. Jim will succeed Dennis Proctor, who will retire as CEO and as a director of Hunting on the same date.
API applauded the Senate’s action today to confirm Rob Powelson and Neil Chatterjee to be commissioners at FERC – restoring a quorum at the agency.
If an oil trader so good that he was known as “God” can’t win in today’s markets, it’s hard to imagine who can.
API welcomed the administration’s nominations of Richard Glick to be a commissioner and Kevin McIntyre to be the chairman of FERC and called on the Senate to promptly approve these nominations so that the agency can continue its work to approve important infrastructure projects across the country.
Former SPE President Nathan Meehan (2016), President of Gaffney, Cline & Associates, will deliver the keynote address at World Oil’s inaugural ShaleTechTM Permian conference in October.
LAGCOE is proud to announce LAGCOE Looey 2017, Mr. Don Briggs, Founding Member and President of the Louisiana Oil and Gas Association. LAGCOE Looey is an honorary position given to someone who has accomplished something great in the oil and gas industry.
Halliburton Company has announced the appointment of Christopher (Chris) Weber as executive V.P. and chief financial officer (CFO), effective June 22, 2017.
GE announced today that John Flannery, current president and CEO of GE Healthcare, has been named CEO of the company by the GE board of directors, effective Aug. 1, 2017, and chairman and CEO, effective Jan. 1, 2018. Jeff Immelt, chairman and CEO, will remain chairman of the board through his retirement from the company on Dec. 31, 2017.
Baker Hughes Incorporated and General Electric Company have announced the executive team that will lead Baker Hughes, a GE Company, upon closing of their proposed transaction to combine GE’s Oil & Gas business with Baker Hughes.
Swire Oilfield Services has today announced that Manfred Vonlanthen will succeed John Bruce (J.B) Rae-Smith as the company’s CEO.
The Newfoundland and Labrador Oil & Gas Industries Association (Noia) today announced this year’s Oil & Gas Conference morning keynote speakers as the Honorable Dwight Ball, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, the Honourable Siobhan Coady, provincial Minister of Natural Resources and the Honourable James Gordon Carr, federal Minister of Natural Resources.
Lori LeBlanc, executive director of the Gulf Economic Survival Team, issued the following statement today on the appointment of Louisiana Public Service Commissioner and former Louisiana Department of Natural Resources Secretary Scott Angelle to the post of director of the U.S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Safety, Energy and Environment (BSEE).
Halliburton Company (NYSE: HAL) today announced its board of directors has unanimously elected Jeff Miller, the Company’s president and a board member, to the position of president and CEO. Dave Lesar, who has led Halliburton as chairman and CEO since 2000, will continue serving the Company as executive chairman.
Desideramus Publishing recently published two new children’s books, authored by B. B. Denson. These books try to provide an understandable educational resource to children, regarding the benefits of hydrocarbon energy.
Borets, a global leader in the engineering, manufacturing, sales and service of electric submersible pump (ESP) systems, has named William P. Faubel as senior vice president-business development and sales of Borets U.S., located in Houston.
As President Donald Trump contemplates whether to make good on his campaign promise to yank the United States out of the Paris climate accord, an unlikely lobbying force is hoping to talk him out of it: oil and coal producers.
Delmar Systems, Inc. has announced two changes within the engineering group based in Delmar’s office in Houston, Texas.
Henry Pinkstone, Michael Chandra, AFGlobal Corporation; Rick Doll, MPD consultant; Wade Babcock, PE, Vince Tilley, Benjamin Choo, Murphy Oil
Wells drilled offshore Sabah, East Malaysia, using conventional open wellbore technology, have experienced well control events and significant NPT. Problems encountered included kicks, stuck pipe, and lost mud circulation.
Every great drilling engineer, at one time, most likely had a great mentor, who provided him or her with help and support when it was needed most.