Patrick McCarthy is the new CEO of ProSep replacing Neil Poxon, who remains with the company until year-end 2015.

Goodrich Petroleum Corp. hired Joseph T. Leary as its interim CFO.

TAG Oil Ltd.’s COO Frank Jacobs resigned to pursue other opportunities.

Seven Lakes Technologies appointed four executives to its senior leadership team: Chief Revenue Officer Jim Schulte, CFO John Pitstick, Chief Marketing Officer Sowmya Murthy and CTO Bret Wiener.

PDC Energy Inc.’s CFO Gysle Shellum will retire from the company June 30, 2016.

Tethys Petroleum Ltd.’s CFO Denise Lay’s employment ended following the closure of the company’s Guernsey office. Lay was offered to continue as CFO but chose not to relocate.

Matt Kirk joined Wood Group Kenny as vice president of operations in Houston.

Penn Virginia Corp.’s President and CEO Baird Whitehead retired in October. Edward B. Cloues, II, chairman of the board, will assume the additional role of interim CEO.

The Energy Industries Council selected Chris Haynes as its new president.

Ryan Bowley will serve as the Petroleum Equipment & Services Association’s vice president of operations and external affairs.

Andrey Zakharov was elected director general of Gazprom Dobycha Krasnodar.

Chris Freeman joined io oil & gas consulting as director of field development. Robert Dickson was hired as director of field development project excellence. Graham Inman is the new operations director. Other hires include Tim Highfield as head of facilities, Julio Herbas as head of subsurface and Philip Howe as head of subsea.

Harkand appointed Doug Fieldgate Africa general manager.

Greene’s Energy Group LLC named Matt McIntosh key account manager to be based in Houston.

Bill Maddock was named director of the Subsea Systems Institute.

Spirax Sarco selected Shaun Lindley as vice president of sales for the U.S.

Borets appointed Nicholas P. Boyaci business development manager to be based in Tulsa, Okla.

Coy Wilcox was named director for the Petroleum Extension, a component of the Texas Extended Campus at The University of Texas at Austin.

Energean Oil & Gas named Dr. Medhat Tarakhan country general manager in Egypt.

E-Finity added Robert J. Pastorik Jr. to its team to further grow the company’s Capstone oil and gas business.

Emco Wheaton made two additions to the Americas sales team, with Holly Damude taking on the role of dry-break product specialist and Eric Rodriguez appointed as territory sales manager.

Petroplan appointed James Monaghan recruitment manager for its Houston office.

The 2015 to 2016 board members for The Lafayette Chapter of the American Association of Drilling Engineers are Alden Sonnier, Matt Hensgens, Taylor Brazzel, Jarrod Suire, Sharon Moore, Al Wambsgans, Derrick Daigle, Lindsay Longman, Rick Voth, Jay Gallet, Rick Farmer, Jaime Crosby, Jeffery Svendson, Kristy Bonner, Joe Bernard, Tim Mannon, Sid Breaux, Bryce Percle, Bruce Jordan, Doug Keller and Andre Arceneaux.

Marathon Oil Corp. selected Gaurdie E. Banister Jr. to join the company’s board of directors.

Chesapeake Energy Corp. appointed R. Brad Martin nonexecutive chairman of the board of directors. As part of the transition, Archie W. Dunham will remain a director and has been named chairman emeritus.

Eurasia Drilling Co. Ltd. named Murat Sampiev, Alexander Bogachev and Taleh Aleskerov directors to fill current vacancies on the board.

Breitling Energy Corp. appointed Cesar A. Baez to the board of directors.

Advantek Waste Management Services LLC appointed David Hayes to its board of directors.

Greg Morris joined the board of directors as Spencer Ogden’s global head of legal and compliance. John Glover joined the board as CFO.

Velocys Plc appointed Mark Chatterji nonexecutive director with immediate effect.

COMPANIES

INPEX Corp. opened its office in the Republic of Kazakhstan in Astana Oct. 1. Through this office INPEX will promote developing the giant offshore Kashagan oil field in the North Caspian Sea contract area.

IMI Critical Engineering, in conjunction with Al Najim Saudi International, opened a new repair center in Jubail, Saudi Arabia, in September.

Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc. opened its Houston office, which will provide its full range of structural and building technology services, with a special emphasis on risk assessment and design associated with blast, seismic, hurricane and other hazards for the petroleum industry.

Warren Resources Inc.’s corporate headquarters relocated to its preexisting Denver office. The company will close its New York City and Roswell, N.M., offices.

Modal Training Ltd.’s new $10.8 million center of excellence for the ports, energy and logistics sectors is on schedule for completion and full operation in September 2016.

DSL MENA expands operation capability with a new facility in Hamriyah, United Arab Emirates, with quayside access providing direct access to the Arabian Gulf.

Maersk Training, together with Oiltec Solutions and eDrilling, was scheduled to open its new training facility in November 2015 in Houston.