People

Halker Consulting named Michael Scull senior facilities adviser for the San Juan Basin.

Bill Favenesi has been promoted to president of Compressor Products International.

Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA has appointed Bjarte H. Bruheim as CEO.

J-W Energy Co. promoted David A. Miller to the position of president. Richard T. Clement became president of J-W Midstream Co.

Golden Gate Capital tapped Jay Parkinson as an operating executive.

Dr. James Mataragio has been appointed to the post of director general of the Tanzania Petroleum Development Corp.

U.S. Energy Corp. chose David Veltri as president and COO.

David B. Cook succeeded Søren Gath Hansen as group executive vice president and CEO for E&P at DONG Energy. Hansen will continue in DONG Energy as head of the group’s HSEQ activities.

Ithaca Energy Inc. selected Roy Buchan as COO.

President and COO of HOLT CAT Allyn Archer has retired after 43 years with the company.

The Sparrows Group has added to its senior management team with the appointment of Mark Beveridge as European operations director and Martin Thomson as head of business acquisition and strategic development for Europe and Africa.

Scott Hazel took on the role of director of operations for water transfer at Pinnergy. Jody Morgan became director of operations for well testing.

Frank’s International N.V. appointed Gary Luquette as president and CEO to succeed D. Keith Mosing, who will serve as executive chairman of the board of directors.

Andy Trott has retired as president of Huber Engineered Materials, a division of J.M. Huber Corp. Chuck Herak has been selected to succeed Trott as president.

Express Energy Services hired Kyle Lorentzen as executive vice president and CFO.

CMS Energy named Annette Gardiner vice president of share services.

Erik Lagendijk has joined SBM Offshore as chief governance and compliance officer after the retirement of Sietze Hepkema.

Energy Navigator appointed Michael Jegen executive vice president.

Hesham El-Brollosy has taken on the role of Middle East vice president of business development for LUX Assure.

Deep Blue Engineering Ltd. has made Dieter Watelle design engineer.

Val Lerma, P.E., became engineering manager for InterAct, an Acteon company.

Craig Yelenick joined iSiS-Ex as a sales engineer.

Madhu Hariharan was appointed as an additional director of the London office of 2H Offshore, an Acteon company.

The Texas Alliance of Energy Producers has retained Jim Standley for its government relations program.

Warren Resources Inc. made Lance Peterson interim CEO and Dominick D’Alleva interim chairman of the board. They succeeded Philip A. Epstein, who resigned.

Torstein Sanness will retire as managing director of Lundin Norway AS and will assume the role of chairman in April. Kristin Færovik will take over the role.

Mark G. Papa stepped down from the board of directors of EOG Resources.

Apache Corp. tapped Peter A. Ragauss to its board of directors.

Alfredo E. Guzmán received the Michel T. Halbouty Outstanding Leadership Award from the American Association of Petroleum Geologists.

John Richels, president and CEO of Devon Energy Corp., announced his retirement effective July 31, 2015. The board of directors intends to elect Dave Hager to succeed Richels.

Companies

Halliburton opened a new base at Regency Park, South Australia, to serve customers working in the Cooper Basin. The facility will provide management, engineering and operations support for multiple company departments across Australasia. A fully equipped mechanical workshop is installed at the site to provide comprehensive maintenance support for South Australian-based equipment. The new facility also has warehousing to supply products, materials and parts to the company’s operations. Other functions include logistics for the Cooper Basin and interstate sites, multiple procurement functions, a training facility and quality assurance functions.

QIC Inc. has established offices in Kuala Lampur and Labuan, Malaysia. The company will focus initially on providing quality assurance/quality control inspections on drilling and completion equipment in the Asia-Pacific region. QIC expects to double its operation by the end of 2016.

Peak Well Systems commissioned two new ISO test facilities, in Perth, Western Australia, and Aberdeen, to provide a controlled environment in which to test downhole plug systems under extreme conditions for prolonged periods of time. Both sites have refrigeration capabilities for rapid temperature cycling to simulate the most hostile thermal conditions.

Altaaqa Global CAT Rental Power broke ground at the site of its new headquarters at the Dubai World Central located on a 40,000-sq-m (431,000-sq-ft) plot of land. The facility will house the head office, asset monitoring and control center, a training center, an equipment servicing center and recreational areas.

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