Wells Fargo & Co., San Francisco, (NYSE: WFC) has named Kyle Hranicky head of the Wells Fargo Energy Group. Hranicky has worked for more than a decade at Wells Fargo, and will lead an energy finance team of more than 60 members with offices in Houston, Dallas, and Denver. Hranicky was loan syndication regional manager for the company's specialized financial services since 2000, and managed a team of originations and structuring professionals covering Wells Fargo's Energy Group, and the Texas offices for commercial banking, the corporate group, and the Wells Fargo HSBC Trade Bank.