PEOPLE

SandRidge Energy named Duane Grubert executive vice president of investor relations and strategy.

Burkhard Zoller was appointed CFO of Evonik Corp.

Mitch Henley joined Solar Jack LLC as vice president of sales.

Penn Virginia Corp. promoted John

A. Brooks to executive vice president and COO.

Canada Energy Partners named Danny Lee CFO.

Jerrad Blanchard became CFO of Bengal Energy Ltd.

Rosetta Resources Inc. promoted J. Chad Driskill to senior vice president of marketing and business development and Don O. McCormack to senior vice president, treasurer, and chief accounting officer. Dan Calnan, Larry Jernigan, and Mark D. Petrichuk were made officers of the company, and Antoinette D. Green became vice president of investor relations and planning and an officer of the company.

Omega Completion Technology appointed Callum Morrison senior project engineer and John McCoubrey business development manager.

Robert Williams took over the role of CEO and director of the corporation for Redline Communications.

Gulfport Energy Corp. named J. Ross Kirtley COO for its Ohio activities, Robert A. Jones vice president of drilling for its Ohio activities, Mark R. Malone vice president of operations for its Ohio activities, and Ty Peck managing director of midstream operations.

Wood Group PSN appointed Mitch Fralick and John Glithero co-presidents of the company’s Americas business.

LoneStar Geophysical Canada welcomed Edward Loven as CEO to the seismic data acquisition team.

Jon M. Huntsman Jr. joined Chevron Corp.’s board of directors.

Andrew Love retired as chairman and director of the board of Roc Oil Co. Ltd. Mike Harding has been appointed chairman of the board.

Conductor Installation Services appointed Paul G. Adams regional technical sales manager for the Americas region.

Geotrace promoted Greg McCracken to CFO.

Frederick Dwyer retired from his role as controller of EV Energy Partners LP and vice president and chief accounting officer of EnerVest Ltd.

Statoil appointed Arne Sigve Nylund executive vice president for development and production in Norway.

Moss Daemi took on the role of director of the Middle East, India, and North Africa division for DNV GL Oil & Gas.

Stuart Cameron became UK managing director for Maersk Training; David Bowyer (right) joined the company as head of training and education. Bernard van Leggelo took on the new position of group executive managing director at SBM Offshore.

Pulse Structural Monitoring appointed Eivind Vethe as business development manager in Norway.

Bruce Wilner, program manager for Meggitt Sensing Systems, received the Sound and Vibration Exchange Lifetime Innovation Award.

Robb Voyles became executive vice president and general counsel of Halliburton after the retirement of Bert Cornelison.

EPI Group Ltd. named Mark Foster business development manager.

MDU Resources Group Inc. selected Nathan W. Ring as vice president, controller, and chief accounting officer of the corporation.

Talisman Energy appointed two new members to its board of directors: Samuel Merksamer and Jonathan Christodoro.

Chris Anderson has taken on the role of executive vice president for ARKeX’s multiclient division.

Benthic selected Wade Boudreaux as vice president of development.

Vinson & Elkins LLP made Katy Gottsponer a partner in the company’s energy transactions/projects practice.

COMPANIES

Fugro opened a new office in Maputo, Mozambique, and established an operational center and laboratory in Pemba, Mozambique. The laboratory

is the only internationally accredited laboratory in Mozambique, according to a company press release.

Hoover Container Solutions announced the grand opening of its new distribution and service center in Scott, La. The center is located on nine acres and has 2,323 sq m (25,000 sq ft) of warehouse space and 280 sq m (3,000 sq ft) of office space. The site will handle operations such as tank wash, recertification, reconditioning, and transportation of intermediate bulk containers as well as selling and renting an inventory of products. ABS has broken ground on an office for offshore services in Houston, according to a company press release. The office will move engineering, project management, technology, and business management into a common facility. The facility is scheduled to open in 1Q 2014.

GE announced that its first-ever global research center dedicated to oil and gas technology will be built on a site in downtown Oklahoma City. The center will focus on mid- to late-stage technologies developed in GE’s global research labs, including production systems, well construction, water use optimization, COsolutions, and energy systems. Construction on the facility will begin in the spring of 2014 and is expected to be completed in 2015.