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Comstock Resources Inc. tapped LaRae L. Sanders as vice president of land.

Lloyd’s Register Energy has appointed Siri Revelsby senior vice president, consulting services.

Douglas Nester has become TransAtlantic Petroleum Ltd.’s vice president of Albania.

Barrick Gold Corp. made Shaun Usmar senior executive vice president and CFO designate. Usmar joined Barrick on Nov. 24, 2014, and will become CFO on Feb. 18, 2015. The company has appointed Sergio Fuentes as executive project director for Pascua-Lama.

Andrew Howell has been selected as CEO for KBC Advanced Technologies.

Manish Maheshwari has become CEO-E&P for Essar Oil Ltd.

Cubility has appointed Kai Preben Sæveland CFO.

Norwegian Energy Co. has promoted CFO Tommy Sundt to CEO.

Stacy Edghill has become business development lead at Petroplan’s Scotland office. Monika Pál has become Dubai office manager.

Richard Morningstar has been named the founding director of the Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Center. Daniel Poneman and Carlos Pascual have joined the board of directors.

The International Association of Drilling Contractors’ board of directors elected Ed S. Jacob III chairman.

LUX Assure made Scott Rankin technical expert for the company’s chemical monitoring technology CoMic.

Christopher S. Cooper has been chosen as senior vice president and COO of the general partner of Memorial Production Partners LP.

Cartasite brought on Tony Testolini as chief revenue officer.

Exova has appointed Rona Lorimer as general manager of its Salford laboratory.

Alex Harrison has assumed the role of group director, energy services for London Offshore Consultants (LOC). Adam Solomons has become managing director of LOC in Australia.

Applus RTD has named Phillip Morrison has its new regional director for the U.S.

Alloy Metals and Tubes International has hired Steve Martinez as warehouse operator and promoted Denna Gatewood to director of quality assurance.

Drilling Services of America has added Dwayne Doucet as HSE director and Todd Whitley as senior technical adviser.

Stephen D. Pryor has retired from his role as president of ExxonMobil Chemical Co. and vice president of Exxon Mobil Corp.

Ivanhoe Energy named Randolph Thornton to its board of directors.

William L. Transier has resigned from his position as president and CEO of Endeavour International. He will continue as chairman of the company’s board.

MDU Resources Group Inc. named Jason L. Vollmer treasurer and director of cash and risk management to replace Douglass A. Mahowald who is retiring after almost 33 years with the company.

Robert Cole has been appointed managing director for Beach Energy Ltd.

Bob Keiller, CEO of Wood Group, has been selected to join the Entrepreneurial Scotland Hall of Fame.

Kimberly C. Hosmer has joined IHS Inc. as senior vice president and chief marketing officer.

Lilis Energy selected G. Tyler Runnels to join its board of directors.

Mark Randolph has been appointed to the Fugro Chair in Geotechnics at the University of Western Australia’s Centre for Offshore Foundation Systems.

Trevor Bourne has joined the board of directors of Senex Energy Ltd.

Colin Beckett has been named an independent nonexecutive director on the board of Beach Energy Ltd.

Patrick McCarthy has joined ProSep’s board of directors as a nonexecutive director.

Marcela E. Donadio has been elected to the Marathon Oil Corp. board of directors.

Gene Tilbrook has become an independent director for Woodside Petroleum Ltd.

Companies

Ferus Natural Gas Fuels Inc. announced the grand opening of the first merchant LNG facility in Canada. The facility, which became commercially operational in May 2014, is located in Elmworth, Alberta. The LNG plant produces LNG fuel for engines used in drilling rigs, pressure pumping services, water heating for well fracturing, and heavy-duty highway and off-road trucks. To support the LNG supply chain, Ferus also has designed and built specialized mobile storage and dispensing equipment. The facility can currently produce up to 189,000 l/d (50,000 gal/d) of LNG and has capacity to expand up to 946,000 l/d (250,000 gal/d).

Classification society ClassNK is expanding its Veracruz, Mexico, office to better support the growing offshore oil industry in the Gulf of Mexico. The expansion will increase the survey capabilities and management authority of the Veracruz office.

Applus RTD has opened up an office in Pittsburgh, Pa., to provide nondestructive testing (NDT) services in the Marcellus Formation. NDT services include radiography, ultrasonic testing and digital radiography testing, and additional support in geotechnical services including seismic refraction and ground penetrating radar for pipeline design and pipeline investigation studies will be provided as well.