PEOPLE

Robert Douglas Lawler has assumed responsibilities as CEO at Chesapeake Energy Corp., where he also will serve as a member of the board of directors.

MDU Resources Group appointed Dennis L. Haider as executive vice president of business development.

Earl Collins (left) has taken the reins as president of the oil and gas segment at Willbros Group Inc.

Greene’s Energy Group selected Shawn Ellis (left) as director of sales of North America and Juan Gonzalez Jr. (right) as western regional manager for the company’s testing and services business unit.

Peter Roberts, an international energy lawyer, joined the London office of Andrews Kurth LLP as a partner.

Concho Resources selected Will Giraud as senior vice president and chief commercial officer and Travis Counts as vice president and general counsel.

The Energy Industries Council named the Right Honorable the Lord Howell of Guildford (left) as president.

Aker Solutions appointed Bob Shaw (right) as vice president of subsea greenfield projects.

Far East Energy Corp. named Jennifer D. Whitley CFO.

Alain Sans Cartier joined the board of Questerre Energy Corp.

UTEC appointed Ian Pownall (right) as general manager of UTEC Survey JLT.

Andy Brown (left) joined BMT Scientific Marine Services as vice president of business development.

The Energistics board of directors elected Dean Forrester and Matthias Hartung to serve as members.

Sapphire Energy Inc. welcomed Dr. Matthew Croughan as CTO.

Tom Bower (right) joined Viking SeaTech as Gulf of Mexico managing director.

Gulfstream Services Inc. selected Robert Bates as vice president of global business development.

Senergy tapped Lesmana Djayapertapa (left) as senior computational fluid dynamics consultant.

Richard S. Langdon will serve as interim CEO at Gasco Energy Inc. following the resignation of W. King Grant.

National Ocean Industries Association named Megan Bel senior director of government and political affairs.

Wood Group PSN appointed David Kemp (right) as CFO.

Paradigm selected Arshad Matin (left) as president, CEO, and a member of the board of directors.

Edward C. Osterberg Jr. (right) joined Mayer Brown’s Houston office as a partner in the company’s tax transactions and consulting practice.

Edward Ferris has assumed responsibilities as vice president of human resources for ValvTechnologies Inc.

Hardide Coatings tapped Dan Wilson (left) as its North American business development manager.

Jonathan Cooper joined Faroe Petroleum as CFO.

Gulfstream Services Inc. promoted Billy Marcel to manager of global operations of the company’s decommissioning services division.

DOF Subsea UK appointed Giovanni Corbetta (right) as managing director.

Harkand welcomed Kevin Gorman (left) as vice president of human resources, Colin Forbes (top right) as group general counsel, and John Ewen (lower right) as general manager for Harkand ISS.

Edward Duarte joined the training and support department at TotaLand and Technologies.

COMPANIES

Element Materials Technology is relocating its testing laboratory to a new 5.3-acre site in Houston’s Energy Corridor.

GE opened a new customer solutions center at GE Measurement & Control’s inspection technologies site in Lewiston, Pa. The company also expanded GE Oil & Gas Asia Pacific’s Batam manufacturing facility in Jakarta, Indonesia, constructing a high bay for a new line of subsea wellhead equipment.

Fabricom Offshore Services relocated from Riverside House to larger facilities at Berry Street in Aberdeen, Scotland.

ADIL, an energy consultancy firm, opened a new office in London’s West End to accommodate continued growth.

Acteon opened a new service center at the Offshore Marine Center in the Tuas industrial area of Singapore.

Kongsberg Oil & Gas Technologies expanded its presence in Guildford, the UK, with the establishment of a new Europe, Africa, and Middle East headquarters.

Reflex Marine renovated a 19th century former schoolhouse in Truro, Cornwall, to a new office to support continued growth. Intertek expanded its operations to include a new Malaysian regional center to better serve the region’s E&P sector.

Unimin Corp. opened a proppant distribution terminal in Lubbock, Texas, to serve operators in the North Permian basin and northern sections of the Cline shale.

Petrobras announced plans to build a center of excellence for the shipbuilding industry in Brazil.

EPC Offshore invested in a new facility in Aberdeen, Scotland, which will allow the company to expand its service offering and recruit more staff members.

Swift Worldwide Resources expanded its presence to Pittsburgh, Pa., with the opening of a new office.