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GEP, the French oil and gas suppliers' council, elected Dominique Michel as president of the organization. Michel, president of Doris Engineering, will take over from Jacques Bouvet, president of CETIM. Michel is well known for his expertise in offshore engineering, and has collaborated on many technological developments, such as a novel design of a concrete barrier to protect the Ekofisk Tank for Phillips Petroleum, the design of the Hibernia platform for Mobil Canada, the Troll Olje concrete semi-submersible for Norsk Hydro, and more recently, the new port of Monaco and its floating breakwater.
Oilfield corrosion experts Duoline Technologies announced the appointment of Dwane McQuitty to technical product representative. McQuitty has over 22 years of experience in the natural gas compressor business.
CDS Oil & Gas Group plc, a UK-based oil and gas exploration company, appointed Guillermo Francisco Peroni Casal Ribeiro as a director. During his more than 35 years of legal practice, Peroni has been the honorary counsel to the British embassy in Paraguay. He is currently chairman of La Ley Paraguaya S.A., president of the Paraguayan Argentina Chamber of Commerce and president of the Paraguay-Venezuelan Chamber of Commerce.
Luke R. Corbett, chairman and CEO of Kerr-McGee Corp., received Offshore Energy Center's premier recognition: the 2004 Ocean Star Pinnacle Award. The award honors a leader in the offshore oil and gas industry who makes major contributions to the industry. Corbett is the fifth recipient. He began his career as a geophysicist in 1970. In 1995, he was named Kerr-McGee's president and COO, and was elected chairman and CEO in 1997.
Jim Breihan was named president of Grant Prideco's Tubular Technology and Services division. Breihan previously was VP of engineering, for the company's Drilling Products and Services division, directing R&D activities. Prior to joining Grant Prideco in 1991, he was director of engineering for Atlas Bradford. Sidney Smith, Jr., was named VP, sales and marketing, for the Tubular Technology and Services division. Also, Steve Berkman was promoted to marketing manager for ReedHycalog, the drill bit business unit of Grant Prideco, Inc. He has more than 22 years of oil and gas industry engineering and sales experience. Berkman replaces Greg Petterson, who became regional manager in Calgary, Alberta.
Hub City Iron Works, Inc., appointed Keith R. Rouly as sales manager. Rouly has more than 30 years of sales, management and market development experience with oilfield equipment, and will market the company's line of threading and tubular machining and fabrication services. Previously, he was division manager for Tuboscope's drill pipe services in Broussard.
Richard J. Sharples has been named executive director of the Center for Liquefied Natural Gas. CLNG is committed to the expansion and diversification of natural gas supplies. Its goals are to enhance public education and LNG acceptance, and promote efficient regulation and safe, secure operations. Sharples was senior VP with Anadarko from 2001 to 2004.
Hercules Offshore LLC, a jack-up drilling and liftboat contractor in the Gulf of Mexico, announced that Randall D. Stilley was named as the company's CEO. Stilley joins Hercules with 28 years of experience in the oil service industry. Most recently, he was CEO and president of Seitel, Inc., a Houston-based seismic data and geophysical services company. Stilley also worked for 21 years on three continents for Halliburton.
Lindsay Link was appointed general manager of BJ Process and Pipeline Services. In his new role, he oversees all aspects of operations, marketing and financial management of the division globally. Link has more than 20 years of oilfield services industry experience in engineering, technical operations and management. Previously, he served as country manager, Norway, for BJ Services' Well Services Division in Stavanger.
Mark McNeill was appointed president of Master Flo. He has been with the company since 1979, first as international sales manager, Indonesia, and then VP of marketing, responsible for all sales and marketing of the company. Chad Dannish was appointed VP of operations/ general manager. He has over 17 years of service with an international wellhead manufacturer, most recently as general manager. Mike Henderson was named VP of operations, Asia Pacific. He has been with Master Flo since 1994 as corporate regional manager, Asia Pacific.
Doug Keller has been promoted to regional sales manager, Gulf Coast, for Knight, a privately held rental tool business in the oil and gas industry. Keller has worked as business development manager for the last six years, but has been associated with Knight for the last 15 years. He has more than 33 years of oil and gas industry experience.
Aimee Coates has joined Sonsub's regional sales team in Houston. She has been in the oil and gas industry for 11 years and in sales for five, holding a variety of positions including mechanical engineer, applications engineer and division manager.
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Internationally known wildcatter Halbouty dies
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 Michel T. Halbouty, pioneering geoscientist and wildcatter, died November 6, 2004, at the age of 95. During his colorful and outspoken career, Halbouty authored four books on petroleum engineering and petroleum geology, and some 370 articles, including many that appeared in this magazine. A strong advocate for US energy independence, he accurately predicted the oil embargo and supply disruptions of the early 1970s.
He was born to Lebanese immigrant parents in Beaumont, Texas, in 1909, a few years after Spindletop. His first job in the petroleum business was hauling water to the oil fields for 50 cents a day. He received a bachelor's degree in geology from Texas A&M University in 1930, followed by a master's degree, before going to work for oilman Miles Frank Yount. In 1937 he moved to Houston to work with Glenn McCarthy, a Texas wildcatter, and then went into the oil exploration business for himself.
During World War II, he was an infantry officer, and after the war, became chief of the petroleum production section of the Army-Navy Petroleum Board.
Over his career, he discovered the South Boling field in Wharton County, the northeast and northwest extensions of the South Liberty field in Liberty County, the West Saratoga field in Hardin County and the Pheasant field in Matagorda County, among others. Halbouty went broke more than once, but always found ways to recoup his fortune.
He was recognized by scientific and engineering societies worldwide, receiving awards such as the Sidney Powers Medal of the AAPG and the Anthony Lucas Medal of the SPE. He was named Distinguished Scientist of the Year by the Texas Academy of Sciences and elected to the National Academy of Engineering. He served as president of AAPG, was a founding member of the American Institute of Professional Geologists and a trustee of the Geological Society of America. For his alma mater, Texas A&M University, he endowed two chairs and created several student scholarships, establishing the “Michel T. Halbouty Fellowship in Geology and Petroleum Engineering,” which has been maintained for 54 years.
 Dale P. Jones, retired vice chairman of Halliburton Co., died November 6, 2004, following a home accident. Jones was named president of Halliburton Co. in 1989 and vice chairman in 1995, and retired from the company in 1998. He was a member of the board of directors of Noble Energy Inc. and Telsco Industries. He served on Baylor University's board of regents for almost 10 years, retiring in May.
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