• Sam Laidlaw has been named to the newly created position of executive vice president of business development for ChevronTexaco Corp. Laidlaw was chief executive of Enterprise Oil Plc. • David J. Broshko has been named vice president of finance and chief financial officer of Acclaim Energy Trust. Broshko was CFO of a Canadian intermediate oil and gas producer. • Allen Hagerman has been named chief financial officer of Canadian Oil Sands Trust, Calgary, subsidiary Canadian Oil Sands Ltd. Hagerman was previously with Fording Canadian Coal Trust. • Scott Sarjeant has joined the board of Cathedral Energy Services Ltd., Calgary. He is president and chief executive officer of Premiax Financial Corp. • Sig Cornelius, vice president of upstream business development for ConocoPhillips, is replacing Jim McColgin as president of the Lower 48 and Latin America. McColgin will become vice president of exploration and business development. • John S. Kowal was named vice president of finance and chief financial officer of Deer Creek Energy Ltd., Calgary. Kowal was most recently treasurer of Canadian Hunter Exploration Ltd. • Richard J. Burgess has joined the board of Gasco Energy, Denver. Burgess was president and chief executive officer of CMS Nomeco Oil & Gas Co. and has served on the boards of Seagull Energy, Sydney Oil Co. and Command Petroleum. • David K. Lifschultz has been named chief executive officer of Genoil Inc., Calgary. • Terry Schmidtke was appointed chief operating officer of Hawker Resources Inc. Schmidtke was a senior executive with EnCana Resources. Barry Herring was appointed chief financial officer. He was previously with UMC Resources, Ocean Energy, Calpine Canada and Southward Energy Ltd. • Scott A. Griffiths has been named executive vice president and chief operating officer of Spinnaker Exploration Co., Houston. He previously was senior vice president of worldwide exploration for Ocean Energy and vice president of domestic exploration for Seagull Energy Corp. • Karl Arleth has been named president and chief executive officer of Teton Petroleum Co., New York City. • Ken S. Woolner was named chairman of Veteran Resources Inc., Calgary. Prior, he was president and chief executive officer of Velvet Exploration Ltd. • Doug R. Fenton has joined the board of Blue Parrot Energy Inc., Calgary. Fenton was chief executive officer of Alberta Natural Gas and CEO of Alberta and Southern Gas. • Mollie B. Williford was appointed to the board of Oneok Inc., Tulsa. Williford is chairman of The Williford Cos. • John Burlington was appointed president and chief executive officer of Kicking Horse Resources Ltd., Calgary, replacing W.T. David Murray who will continue as chairman and secretary/treasurer. Burlington was with Rogers & Partners Securities, Yorkton Securities and Richardson Securities Inc., and president of Cannon Oil & Gas Ltd. -Crystal Cleveland
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