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Tue, Mar 16, 2010
David J. Klvac has been named CAO effective March 26.
Mon, Mar 15, 2010
ANGA president and CEO Regina Hopper says, “...ANGA is fortunate to have Jim’s leadership at this crucial time, as we work to ensure our country fully employs this clean, made-in-America energy source.”
Governor Pataki joins Jeffrey A. Chadwick and Arthur J. Pyron on the advisory board where they will help form strategic guidance for Mesa Energy to capitalize on the development of its Java Field prospect in western New York.
At Madison Williams, he covered companies ranging in market capitalization from $100 million to $30 billion.
Fri, Mar 12, 2010
Welder has been a board member since 1988.
West was Assistant Secretary of the Interior for policy, budget and administration in the Ronald Reagan presidential administration from 1981 to 1983.
Thu, Mar 11, 2010
Smith joined the company in 1978 and has been president since 2006 and CEO since 2008.
Wed, Mar 10, 2010
John O'Donnell has resigned from the board.
Platt joined Tidewater in 1996 as general manager of business activities in Brazil.
Prior to Tidewater, he was vice president, controller for Children’s Hospital in New Orleans.
Tue, Mar 9, 2010
Shea was previously with the general partner of Buckeye Partners as chairman from May 2004 to July 2007.
Steffen van Keppel and Tod Mitchell have both been named SVP, energy.
Grace was named president and COO in October, and prior to that that, he had more than 40 years of business experience holding, beginning with six years at Gulf Oil.
Mon, Mar 8, 2010
Gradeen is chief operating officer of Cirrus Energy.
Russell’s experience also includes seven years as an engineer at Halliburton.
Agosta joined Devon in 1997 and has held capacities with increasing responsibility.
Fri, Mar 5, 2010
Ruben Alba has 13 years experience managing operations groups with Halliburton and Superior Well.
Nelson previously was CFO and later CEO chief executive of Huntway Refining and interim CFO of Venoco.
Thu, Mar 4, 2010
Bitar has more than 30 years experience in the Middle East and North Africa region with Precision Drilling and other companies.
Myers was the founder and managing partner of Treaty Oak until his retirement in 2009.
Wed, Mar 3, 2010
CEO Sheldon Inwentash says, “We look forward to Jonathan's insight and management of our diverse array of projects and we see 2010 as a real opportunity for growth for the company."
Glen held the CFO position since December 2004, and prior to RGB, was finance manager with Rigblast.
BJ Crouse also joins from Ascend Geo as general manager, Middle East and Far East.
Tue, Mar 2, 2010
Svanevik was previously head of M&A of Norwegian oilfield services company Aker ASA.
Mon, Mar 1, 2010
Bracewell & Giuliani has named Mark Lewis and Kirk Morgan as partners in its energy practice.
Fri, Feb 26, 2010
Scoggins retired in 2004 after a 34-year career with Mobil and ExxonMobil and is now president of the Colorado School of Mines.
Houston says, “Randy has done a superb job transforming Rosetta into a top-performing company."
Chevron EVP Charles A. James intends to retire from the active practice of law and join the adjunct faculty of the law school at Arizona State University.
Wed, Feb 24, 2010
Xtreme Oil has named former DFW Oilfield Services CEO Belinda Powell land manager.
Oceaneering International has named M. Kevin McEvoy COO.
Northeast Natural has named former Energy Corporation of America director of land, east, Chris Mullen VP, land.
Tue, Feb 23, 2010
Joe Overcash has resigned from the board for personal reasons.
Mon, Feb 22, 2010
Roger Wurtele has been named CFO; Fred Schiemann has resigned and is now a consultant to the company.
Mesa Energy has named Kenneth T. Hern to its board.
Cabot CEO, chairman and president Dan Dinges says Walen "...has done a tremendous job in putting Cabot in the right spots..."
Fri, Feb 19, 2010
BPZ Resources has named James B. Taylor and Stephen C. Beasley to its board.
Husky Energy reports John C.S. Lau will retire as president and CEO to focus on new business for the company in the Asia-Pacific region.
Barclays Capita has named Robert J. Champion de Crespigny to the advisory panel of its natural resource investments business.
Lighthouse has named private E&P owner Glen Kennedy CEO.
Endeavour International EVP, business development and new ventures, Bruce H. Stover will retire to spend time with his family.
Thu, Feb 18, 2010
Ingrain has named Marcus Ganz COO and Gary Sinclair regional manager, Middle East and North Africa.
Transocean has named president and COO Steven L. Newman CEO, effective March 1.
Wed, Feb 17, 2010
Mesa Energy Holdings has named Fred B. Zaziski to the board.
Perella Weinberg Partners has named Michael J. Dickman partner in its corporate advisory group that covers the global energy sector.
New York-based investment bank Dahlman Rose & Co. LLC has named Darren Gacicia vice president, equity research, where he will focus on the oilfield services sector. He was vice president at Morgan Stanley where he worked on the oilfield services and shipping team.
Anadarko has promoted Al Walker to president. He remains COO.
Houston-based HighMount Exploration & Production LLC, a subsidiary of Loews Corp. New York, (NYSE: L), has been named Jason A. Garner chief operating officer, effective March 1. He was vice president, western division.
Tue, Feb 16, 2010
Petra Petroleum has named K. Peter Miller CFO.
ConocoPhillips Alaska president Jim Bowles has died following an avalanche while snow machining on Feb. 13 on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula. Fellow employee Alan Gage remains missing.
Fri, Feb 12, 2010
ConocoPhillips has named Robert A. Niblock to its board, raising the total board members to 14.
Enterra Energy has named three new management appointments in preparation for plan to convert to a E&P to be named Equal Energy Ltd.
Thu, Feb 11, 2010
RedHawk Energy Corp., has named Milton L. Scott non-executive chairman.
Wed, Feb 10, 2010
Madison Williams has named Michael Gantcher, former head of institutional equity sales at Oppenheimer, to head of equity and trading.
Tue, Feb 9, 2010
Multi-Chem has promoted Zubin Patel director, capex and flow assurance. He will continue to manage and maintain current business and customer relationships with the company.
McDermott Will & Emery has named Blake H. Winburne and three other Baker Botts lawyers to its energy and commodities advisory practice group in Houston.
Mon, Feb 8, 2010
Schlumberger has names Paal Kibsgaard COO.
Newfield has named president and CEO Lee K. Boothby to the position of chairman, effective May 7.
Fri, Feb 5, 2010
Richards Oil & Gas interim CEO Lonn Bate has resigned and the company is in default following a missed interest payment.
Wed, Feb 3, 2010
Northern Offshore, and international oilfield service company, has added Cecilie Fredriksen to its board.
Former ONGC chairman Subir Raha has died in New Delhi, India following a sickness.
Privately held, Charleston, W.Va.-based Northeast Natural Energy LLC, a portfolio company of private equity firm Metalmark Capital , has named B.J. Carney, vice president, geoscience. He was geoscience coordinator, Marcellus shale, at Chesapeake Energy Corp., Oklahoma City, (NYSE: CHK).
Tue, Feb 2, 2010
Aztec Oil will abolish the positions of CEO and chairman as president Waylan Johnson takes over Franklin Fisher Jr.'s duties.
Progress Energy CFO and former Price Waterhouse employee Mark Mulhern has joined the board of Exco.
Fri, Jan 29, 2010
Wedge Energy has named three new members to its board, three members retire.
Stetson has named Ahmed Said interim president and chief executive. He remains chairman.
Thu, Jan 28, 2010
Linn Energy has named Arden Walker SVP and COO.
Tue, Jan 26, 2010
Chief Oil & Gas has named Terry Bossert VP, government affairs.
Thu, Jan 21, 2010
Epsilon Energy reports John K. Wilson has resigned as a director to focus on his business Western Land Services Inc.
Apache Corp. names David French as VP, business development. He replaces John Christmann, who has been named VP, Permian region, based in Midland, Texas.
Wed, Jan 20, 2010
Canadian Superior appoints Paramount Resources president and COO James H.T. Riddell to its board.
Tudor Pickering has named former Deutsche Bank equity capital markets group member John G. Kennedy III managing director and head of capital markets.
Tue, Dec 8, 2009
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McDermott International's subsidiaries Babcock & Wilcox and J. Ray McDermott will take separate paths as publicly traded companies.
Thu, Dec 3, 2009
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As Macquarie Group proceeds toward a third-quarter close of its acquisition of Tristone Capital Global Inc., the Australian firm is already adding high-level personnel to its U.S. energy group.
Fri, May 8, 2009
Faust was previously director, business development, for Dallas-based Noble Royalties Inc.
API’s Girard: Climate and energy policy need to be intertwined
R. Lacy’s primary holdings are in Carthage Field in E.TX, with interests onshore Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Oklahoma, and looking for deals up to $200MM.
Simon to build asset acquisitions and divestiture advisory practice.
Don Wolf: "Logan's leadership ... will be missed at Quantum Resources and we wish him every success in his future endeavors.”
Cunningham looks to acquire long-lived conventional oil onshore Texas, the Midcontinent, Gulf Coast and other select U.S. basins.
Wed, Apr 1, 2009
Reid, Pickens and Podesta released a letter to Obama thanking him for his leadership to date on clean energy.
She was a managing director at Merrill Lynch and Petrie Parkman focused on oil and gas transactions.
Mon, Mar 30, 2009
Thomas L. Wingerter has been named chief executive of Woolslayer Cos. Inc., Tulsa.
Smith will run day-to-day operations and chart acquisition strategy for the company’s $1.2 billion projected acquisition budget.
Fri, Mar 13, 2009
Kayne Anderson Energy Funds and two executives from Zone Oil and Gas LLC have formed the Houston-based venture Zone Energy LLC.
Stanolind Oil and Gas LP has been formed with private-equity backing from Natural Gas Partners to acquire and exploit properties in the Permian Basin and Midcontinent, primarily.
The founder and chairman of Apache Corp., retired on Jan. 15 after five decades of building the company into one of the largest U.S. E&P independents.
Fri, Oct 24, 2008
The Houston oilman known for his extensive holdings of contemporary Asian and British art, died on Oct. 22.
The former chairman and chief executive officer of Chevron Corp. has died at the age of 84.
Mon, Sep 29, 2008
Barber discusses Ankor Energy's role in the GOM, as well as the Gulf's impact on U.S. energy.
Thu, Sep 25, 2008
In this audio interview, James Masters, associate of investment banking with Rodman Energy Group, talks about Cosco's transition to Rodman & Renshaw, as well as a recent horizontal underground drilling play that Rodman oversaw.
Mon, Sep 1, 2008
In this excerpt from his new book, a legendary oilman outlines how his team came back, in a big way.
Galt was the retired chairman and chief executive officer of Seagull Energy Corp.
Tim Parker, president and chief executive of HighMount Production & Exploration, talks about his company and its core assets as well as the challenges facing the E&P industry as a whole.
In this special supplement, we bring you an unparalleled set of land options and luxury, gated communities to consider as you think about acquiring a second home or establishing a retirement home for the future.
Tue, Aug 5, 2008
The legendary oil man began his first business in 1941.
Gene Ames shares about his oil-rich family history, politics and more.
NGAS Resources CFO Mike Windisch has helped lead the E&P’s staggering growth.
Once a month, OilandGasInvestor.com will pay tribute to one company for its spirit of citizenship. This month's energy citizenship highlight is StatoilHydro.
Texas billionaire T. Boone Pickens took his cause of severing the nation’s ties with foreign energy to Capitol Hill July 22. The Senate's response was receptive.
Listen to Pickens' speech
Marcela Donadio, oil and gas sector leader for Americas for Ernst & Young LLP, discusses the firm's first global E&P benchmark study.
Thu, Jul 10, 2008
Hart Energy Publishing Launches Best Energy Employers Survey; Invites Energy Companies Worldwide to Participate
Christopher A. Ryan talks about his experiences in the industry and working for Admiral Bay Resources Inc. president and chief executive Steven Tedesco.
When Barack Obama talks, people listen. But not everyone is as caught up in his orations for change as are his growing legions of supporters, especially not interest-holders in oil and gas assets fearful of a negative change in the tax regime should he be swept into the Oval Office.
At the Energy Capital Forum on June 10, the editor of The National Review shared his thoughts on the presidential candidates and more.
Sun, Jun 1, 2008
From the Barnett shale to the Lower Tertiary to the Caspian, Devon Energy Corp. finds plenty of reserves and production growth. But its CEO is watching Washington these days.
Thu, May 1, 2008
Sandy McCormick is back, this time as chairman of Rimrock Energy LLC.
Mon, Apr 21, 2008
Guggenheim Partners' Greg Robbins discusses mentors and energy finance.
IHS Energy's Pete Stark aims to provide oil and gas data for making good drilling decisions.
Fri, Mar 14, 2008
In the business for nearly 50 years, John Brock has built large E&P companies and legacy assets.
Thu, Mar 6, 2008
A native of Slidell, Louisiana, Melinda Faust entered business after graduating from the University of New Orleans with a bachelor’s degree in marketing. After working for an independent E&P company, she joined start-up DrillingInfo.com, which provides online oil and gas industry data, consulting and mapping.
Fri, Feb 1, 2008
A founding principal of GasRock Capital LLC, Lynn Bass found his way into energy finance after meeting industry leaders through an executive-search firm.
L. Frank Pitts has drilled more than 3,000 wells in North Texas.
Tue, Jan 1, 2008
A.V. Jones Jr. shares his view of the energy industry -- past, present and future.
