Vol. 234 No. 12
Chad Deaton has been elected to Marathon Oil Corporation’s board of directors, effective Jan. 1. Deaton previously served as executive chairman of the board of Baker Hughes from January 2012, until his retirement on Apr. 25, 2013. Prior to that, he served as chairman, president and CEO of the company from 2004 until January 2012. Before joining Baker Hughes, Deaton was president and CEO of Hanover Compressor Company from 2002 through October 2004. Deaton was a senior advisor to Schlumberger Oilfield Services from 1999 to September 2001, and was an executive V.P. of that company from 1998 to 1999.
Total has appointed Arnaud Breuillac as its president of E&P, effective Jan. 1. He will report to Yves Louis Darricarrère, Upstream president and member of Total’s executive committee. Effective Oct. 1, 2014, Breuillac will join Total’s executive committee. Between 2004 and 2006, Breuillac served as V.P., Iran, in the Middle East Division. In 2006, he was appointed to E&P’s management committee as senior V.P., Continental Europe and Central Asia. In July 2010, he was appointed senior V.P., Middle East, in E&P. In 2011, he was appointed to Total’s management committee.
Lafayette, La.-based lease acquisition and land management software company iLandMan appointed Steve Vitale to the national sales team as Western Region sales executive. Most recently, Vitale consulted for startup company Fortech Energy.
BP has appointed Richard Herbert as its new head of exploration. Herbert will succeed Mike Daly, who has chosen to retire from BP at the end of 2013, after a 28-year career with the company, eight of which were while leading BP’s exploration arm. Herbert rejoins BP from Talisman Energy, where he has held the position of executive V.P. of exploration since 2009. Before joining Talisman, Herbert spent six years with TNK-BP in Russia, serving first as V.P. of exploration, and then executive V.P. of technology. Prior to TNK-BP, Herbert had a 19-year career with BP. He joined BP as COO, Exploration at the end of October, and will be based in London.
Parker Drilling has announced that Robert “Bobby” L. Parker, Jr., will retire as an employee of the company, effective Dec. 31. Parker will continue to serve as chairman of the company’s board of directors until the annual meeting of stockholders, to be held in 2014. At that time, Gary G. Rich, the company’s CEO, will be nominated to serve in that role, and Parker will be nominated to stand for re-election to the board for an additional three-year term. Parker has served as president and CEO of Parker Drilling for 18 years. The company announced the recent appointment of Peter C. Wallace to the company’s board of directors. Wallace most recently served as president and CEO of Robbins & Myers, Inc., when the company was acquired by NOV.
As part of Bibby Offshore’s recent expansion, Andrew Duncan will relocate to Houston, from his existing position of business and commercial director at the company’s Aberdeen headquarters, to be president and managing director of Bibby Subsea. Errol Campbell has been recruited into the role of ROV operations manager.
Statoil has appointed Øystein Michelsen as Tanzania country manager in its Development and Production International, Sub-Saharan Africa (DPI SAF) business area. Michelsen will assume his new responsibilities on Jan. 1. Elsewhere within Statoil, Børge Brende resigned as a member of the board of directors in Statoil, as he was recently appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Norwegian government.
The Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) has elected Mike Watford as chairman and Mark Miller as vice chairman for the 2013-2015 term, effective Nov. 7, 2013. Since 1999, Watford has been the chairman, president and CEO of Ultra Petroleum.
SBM Offshore has confirmed that Bruno Chabas, CEO, has temporarily taken over the role of COO, following the dismissal of former COO Jean-Philippe Laures. The company has made no further comments regarding the circumstances leading up to the dismissal.
Earlier this fall, the Houston-based Offshore Energy Center inducted four new Offshore Pioneers into its Hall of Fame. The new inductees and their career affiliations include Mark Childers (Humble Oil and Refining Co., ODECO, Diamond Offshore, DI Industries, Oceaneering and Atwood Oceanics); Hugh Elkins (S&R Tool and Supply Co., Hydril and National Oilwell Varco); Alvaro Teixeira (Petrobras and Brazilian Institute of Oil, Gas and Biofuels); and Bruce Watkins (deceased, Shell Oil Co., Regan Forge and Engineering/Regan Offshore, Hughes Offshore and Dril-Quip).
FMC Technologies has announced that its president, Robert L. Potter, retired on Nov. 30. John T. Gremp, chairman and CEO of FMC Technologies, will assume the role of president, in addition to his current responsibilities. Potter had served as president of FMC Technologies since 2012.
Ensco has announced that chairman, president and CEO Dan Rabun will retire. Rabun will continue to serve in his current role as chairman, president and CEO, until the board of directors has completed the succession process, and a new CEO has been appointed. To assist with the new transition, Rabun will remain chairman through at least the 2014 annual general meeting.
National Oilwell Varco Chairman and CEO Merrill A. “Pete” Miller, Jr., intends to step down from his positions contemporaneous with the completion of the plan to spin off to NOV shareholders its Distribution Business. Miller will become the executive chairman of that publicly traded distribution company. Clay Williams has been appointed to the board, and is slated to succeed Miller as the company’s chairman and CEO.
Lundin Petroleum has appointed Paul Atkinson as general manager for Malaysia, and managing director for its Southeast Asia business. Atkinson joins Lundin Petroleum from Talisman Energy, where he has held various senior managerial positions since 2001.
T.D. Williamson announced that Chad C. Fletcher has joined the executive management team as V.P. of operations for the Western Hemisphere. Most recently, he was V.P. of marketing and global business solutions for Dresser-Rand.
U. S. Steel Tubular Products, Inc., has named Bruce H. Vincent, president and director of Swift Energy Company, as the recipient of its Chief Roughneck Award for 2013. The announcement was made last month at the 84th annual meeting of the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA). U. S. Steel Senior V.P. of Tubular Operations David Britten said that Vincent “has served this industry for many years. He has created a culture at Swift Energy Company, based on values that are the foundation of American business success. His enthusiasm and integrity inspire those around him in their pursuit of excellence.” Vincent joined Swift Energy Company in 1990 and has been president since November 2004, as well as a board member since 2005, serving on the executive committee. Active in numerous industry and trade organizations, Vincent is a former IPAA chairman.
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