March 2011
News & Resources

People in industry

People in industry

People Vol. 232 No. 3

FMC Technologies Inc. has named John Gremp as President and CEO, succeeding Peter Kinnear. Gremp was also appointed to the company’s Board of Directors. Kinnear will continue in the role of Chairman of the Board until October 2011, at which time Gremp will assume the additional role of Chairman. Gremp was appointed President and COO of FMC Technologies in April 2010. He served previously as Executive VP of Energy Systems in 2007 and VP of Energy Production in 2004.

HB Rentals named Erica Toussaint as Human Resources Business Partner. Based in the company’s corporate office in Broussard, Louisiana, she will be responsible for HR strategy and guidance for internal client groups. Prior to joining HB Rentals, Toussaint served as HR Manager for The Shaw Group Inc.

Oceaneering International Inc. has named M. Kevin McEvoy as President and CEO, succeeding T. Jay Collins, who will retire. McEvoy has been with Oceaneering for 32 years, serving since February 2010 as Executive VP and COO. He started his offshore career as an officer in the US Navy, working in diving, salvage and submarine rescue.

Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. has appointed Steven W. Lindeman to the position of VP, Engineering and Technology. Lindeman, who began his career with Cabot as a Drilling Engineer in Meadville, Pennsylvania, in 1982, has served in various management positions in many company offices over the years, including Pampa and Midland, Texas, Indiana, Meadville and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, before moving to Houston in 1992, where he most recently served as Director of Engineering. The company also announced that Kevin G. Cunningham, General Counsel, has been given the additional title of VP.

Red Spider, the remote open-close technology specialists to the international oil and gas industry, has appointed David Allan as COO. He has worked for more than 17 years in the oil chemicals sector, most recently as Operations Manager at Intertek Testing Services. The company also announced that Per Arnfinn Monge has been appointed Sales and Well Services Engineer. Monge has more than 20 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, most recently as Senior Project Engineer with Wellbore.

Mainland Resources has appointed Michael J. Newport as CEO and Director. He has served Mainland since 2007 as President. Under  his leadership, the company discovered and developed Haynesville Shale gas in the East Holly Field in DeSoto Parish, Louisiana. Newport started his career with Amoco in its New Orleans office in 1979.

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