PEOPLE

Oil States International Inc. appointed Bradley Dodson president and CEO of the accommodations business upon completion of its planned spin-off.

Calfrac Well Services Ltd. welcomed Michael J. McNulty as CFO.

Duma Energy Corp. named Pasquale

V. Scaturro CEO and Charles F. Dommer president and COO of the company.

Omega Completion Technology promoted John Donachie to the role of managing director.

Sami Iskander has taken over the role of COO of BG Group plc.

Pellerin Energy Group named Cheri Baddock head of marketing for the company as well as making her an account manager within Pellerin Water Solutions for the greater Houston region.

Mark Bullmore joined ROMAR International as operations manager. The company appointed Zander Duncan workshop supervisor.

Magda Manosalva took over the position of CFO for Ecopetrol.

Roger Keyte was promoted to senior advisor to the CEO of FairfieldNodal, and Morgan Gilmore moved up to sales manager for the data licensing division.

Crane Worldwide Logistics welcomed Cedrick Young as global director of trade compliance and promoted Harry Gerritsen to customs and compliance director of Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

Centrifuges Un-Limited appointed Davie Thomson operations manager.

Eve Sprunt was honored as the 2013 recipient of the Society of Women Engineer’s top award, the Achievement Award.

Robert L. Parker Jr. retired from Parker Drilling after more than 40 years of service. He will continue to serve as chairman of the board of directors.

Statoil appointed ?ystein Michelsen Tanzania country manager in Development and Production International, Sub-Saharan Africa.

Paul Atkinson joined Lundin Petroleum as general manager for Malaysia and managing director for the company’s Southeast Asia business.

Concho Resources Inc. promoted Joe Wright and Will Giraud each to the position of executive vice president of the company and Steve Guthrie to senior vice president of business operations and engineering. Clay Bateman became vice president of the company’s Texas business.

CONSOL Energy announced the retirement of Randy Albert from his position as COO of the gas division after 34 years with the company.

Clarence P. Cazalot Jr. was appointed to the board of directors of Spectra Energy Corp.

Simon James became the operations director of DeepOcean UK. Consumers Energy selected Ronn Rasmussen as vice president of strategy and research; Patty Poppe as vice president of customer experience, rates, and regulation; Garrick Rochow as vice president of customer operations and quality; Mary Palkovich as vice president of energy delivery; Rich Ford as vice president of transmission; and Guy Packard as vice president of generation operations.

Chris McPherson has taken on the role of director of sales for the Americas at ExproSoft AS.

Willbros Group Inc. appointed Dan Hubbard vice president of Tulsa operations for gas processing.

Transocean Ltd. named Lars Sj?bring senior vice president and general counsel.

John Ebert moved up to the position of vice president of finance and business development for Saratoga Resources Inc.

ABS named Dr. Richard Korpus chief scientist of computational fluid dynamics.

COMPANIES

GE Oil & Gas celebrated the grand opening of its newly expanded Batam Island subsea manufacturing facility in Jakarta, Indonesia. The facility’s new high bay workshop will allow the company to begin manufacturing its first vertical subsea production trees in the Asia-Pacific region and increase local content in Indonesia.

Schlumberger opened the Schlumberger Reservoir Laboratory in Brisbane, Australia. The 929-sq-m (10,000-sq-ft) facility offers a comprehensive set of rock mechanical evaluation services including tight rock analysis, field core handling, model calibration, and interpretation. The new laboratory is part of a global network of Schlumberger Reservoir Laboratories that focus on reservoir rock and fluid analyses.

Legacy Measurement Solutions Inc. announced the opening of its newest facility in Brookfield Township, Ohio. The new manufacturing plant encompasses approximately 6,782 sq m (73,000 sq ft) and is part of a series of manufacturing expansions the company is undergoing to assist its customer base in the Marcellus and Utica shale plays.

HCL Technologies formally announced the opening of its Michigan Technology Development Center in Jackson, Mich. HCL will provide IT services to Consumers Energy, the principal subsidiary of CMS Energy, at this facility. The center will also serve as HCL’s center of excellence for application- and infrastructure-related operations, working with the HCL Global Learning & Development academy to provide training and development for next-generation IT technologies for its Michigan-based employees.

Safetec, part of the ABS Group, opened a new competence center in Bergen, Norway, to provide education and training to organizations in the onshore and offshore markets. The center will provide clients with training in risk management, safety, and emergency management. Training methods will include a combination of scenario-based training, role play, skills training, workshops, and lectures.