PEOPLE

The Society of Petroleum Engineers appointed Helge Hove Haldorsen as 2015 president of the international professional society. Haldorsen, who is the vice president of strategy and portfolio for Statoil Development and Production North America, will take office as president Oct. 2, 2013.

Hydro Group Plc appointed Gabriel Tan as technical support supervisor.

Devin International, a subsidiary of Greene’s Energy Group, promoted Andrew Riojas to location supervisor at the company’s Lafayette, La., office. The company also named J.H. (Trey) Miller III US sales manager.

EC Harris welcomed John Lancaster and Matthew Wills as partners and regional service leads for the Asia-Pacific contract solutions team in Singapore.

Willbros Group Inc. promoted Mike Futch to senior vice president of regional and integrity construction.

Pulse Structural monitoring, an Acteon company, named Paul Chittenden business development manager for production riser and pipeline systems and Joseph Bramande business development manager for marine systems.

Mark Neinast joined Summit ESP as director of marketing.

BMT Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd., a subsidiary of BMT Group, named Andrew Bridson business development manager.

Wood Group Mustang welcomed Bob Lindsay as president of its offshore business unit and Dmitry Nefedov as the global HSE director.

RWE Dea UK appointed Hans-Joachim Polk as managing director.

CGG selected Catherine Leveau as senior vice president of investor relations. She succeeds Christophe Barnini, who was named senior vice president of group communications.

Precision Polymer Engineering has tapped Jamie Hill as regional OEM sales manager for the UK.

Samson Resources Corp. welcomed Richard Fraley as executive vice president and COO and Louis Jones as executive vice president of business development, new ventures, and portfolio management.

INOVA Geophysical promoted Dr. Arjun Selvakumar to vice president of digital sensors.

Petrotechnics appointed David Bleackley vice president of sales.

John Hedges joined Summit ESP as director of the southern US.

HB Rentals selected Peter Armstrong as vice president of business development. The company also named Brad Hirst sales and marketing manager and Mike Christie technical manager.

Seatronics do Brazil, an Acteon company, selected Thiago Montanari as sales manager.

SPEX Group appointed Sylvia Halkerston to its board of directors and named Carole Innes business communications manager and Jacqui Duncan HR manager.

John Sabia joined Holland Services as senior vice president of integrated asset management.

Tim Brown has assumed responsibilities as senior vice president of business development at UniversalPegasus International.

Fluid Imaging Technologies selected Stephen Bowen as director of sales for oil and gas markets.

SEMPCheck Services Inc. promoted Jim Steffler to COO and named Tad LeBlanc vice president of operations.

George Burn joined Vinson & Elkins in London as an international arbitration partner.

Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, Scotland, awarded Dr. Tony Hayward the honorary degree of doctor of technology.

Simon Lowth has assumed responsibilities as CFO and executive director of BG Group.

COMPANIES

Accelerated Companies LLC, a portfolio company of White Deer Energy LP, acquired DynaFlo Artificial Lift Systems and Five Star Equipment LLC.

Shell International E&P BV and Heriot-Watt University are jointly establishing the new Shell Centre for Exploration Geoscience at the university’s Edinburgh, Scotland, campus. Headed by Professor John Underhill, the center will be based within the university’s Institute of Petroleum Engineering and will establish a seismic interpretation and exploration geoscience research group.

Clariant expanded its operations in Latin America by opening a new R&D laboratory for catalysts for chemicals and oil and gas industries in Suzano, Brazil.

GE Oil & Gas will establish its new global headquarters in London, with Florence, Italy, remaining the global headquarters for GE Oil & Gas Turbo-machinery Products & Services. The new headquarters will be operational beginning in January 2014.

Qatar Petroleum and Texas A&M University at Qatar opened the Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center-Qatar in Doha, Qatar, as an extension of the base center located in College Station, Texas. The extension will offer the same academic programs and activities as the base center, with a mission of promoting safety in the global oil and gas industry.