• Robert P. Strode has been appointed senior vice president, global exploration and new ventures, of Amerada Hess Corp., New York. Strode is succeeding Brian F. Maxted. Strode was senior vice president, U.S. E&P, and was responsible for Americas and West Africa development and production. • Charles H. Blake Jr. has been appointed president of F10 Oil & Gas Properties Inc., Willis, Texas. Blake has also been appointed to the board. Blake is a petrol-chemical engineer with more than 20 years experience in the oil and gas industry. • Thomas S. Liberatore has been appointed vice president, regional manager, eastern region, of Cabot Oil & Gas Corp., Houston. Liberatore was regional manager, east. • David B. Kilpatrick has been appointed to the board of Cheniere Energy Inc., Houston. Kilpatrick is president of Kilpatrick Energy Group. • Michael A. Thackray has been appointed to the board of Cypress Hills Resource Corp., Vancouver. Thackray is a senior partner in the law firm of Thackray Burgess, Calgary. • Geraldine Ferraro and Steven Webster have been elected independent directors of Goodrich Petroleum Corp., Houston. Ferraro is executive vice president and head of public affairs for Global Consulting Group, a New York investor-relations firm, and was a U.S. vice presidential candidate. Webster is managing director of Global Energy Partners, a Houston-based affiliate of Credit Suisse First Boston Corp. • J. Rene Rosales has been appointed president and chief executive officer of Highview Resources Ltd., Calgary. Rosales has worked as an executive officer for public and private companies in western Canada. • Stephen W. McKessy has been appointed to the board of The Houston Exploration Co., Houston. McKessy is a retired partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he held various positions, including vice chairman. McKessy is a board member of KeySpan Energy Corp., Brooklyn. • Keith E. MacDonald has been appointed to the Kinloch Resources Inc., Calgary, board. He was chairman of Nu-Sky Energy Inc. • Mike Cochran, senior vice president of strategy and planning; Bruce Stover, senior vice president of worldwide business development; and Paul Taylor, vice president of investor relations are retiring from Anadarko Petroleum Corp. Bill Sullivan, executive vice president of E&P, and Rex Alman, senior vice president of Algeria, have resigned. • Clayton Woodrum has been appointed to the board of Arena Resources Inc., Tulsa, Okla. Since 1984, Woodrum was a partner of Woodrum, Kemendo & Cuit. • Scott Reeves has been appointed a director of Madison Energy Corp., Calgary. Reeves is a corporate securities lawyer with the Calgary office of Bennett Jones LLP. • A.R. "Bob" Kukla, vice president of global procurement, and L. Michael Mueller, vice president of development, have retired from Marathon Oil Corp., Houston. • John K. Wilson has been named to the board of MDU Resources Group Inc., Bismarck, N.D. Wilson is president of Durham Resources LLC and a director of Bridges Investment Fund. • Paul Wright has resigned as vice president, finance, and chief financial officer of Niko Resources Ltd., Calgary. • Brian Doherty has been appointed vice president, exploration, and Greg T. Busby has been appointed vice president, land, of Predator Exploration Ltd., Calgary. Doherty was with Apache Corp. • Mark Whitley has been appointed vice president, operations, of Quicksilver Resources Inc., Fort Worth, Texas. Whitley was with Mitchell Energy Co. LP for 20 years before its 2002 merger with Devon Energy. • Philip A. Rodd has been appointed vice president, exploration, of Redwood Energy Ltd., Calgary. Rodd was a senior geologist with a Calgary-based junior oil and gas company. • Ron Boone is resigning as executive vice president and chief operating officer of St. Mary Land & Exploration Co., Denver, but will remain a director. Doug York has been promoted to executive vice president and chief operating officer. York was vice president, manager of engineering and acquisitions. • Mark G. Papa has been appointed an independent member of the Williams Energy Partners LP, Tulsa, Okla., board. Papa is chairman and chief executive officer of EOG Resources Inc. • Susan F. Tierney has joined economic and strategy firm Analysis Group's Boston office as a managing principal. Tierney was senior vice president and chair of the management committee at Lexecon, an economics consulting firm, and assistant secretary for policy at the U.S. Department of Energy. • James "Jay" W. Swent has been appointed senior vice president and chief financial officer of Ensco International Inc., Dallas. Swent held financial executive positions at Memorex Corp. and Nortel Networks. • Mark McCollum has been appointed senior vice president and chief accounting officer, a newly created position, of Halliburton, Houston. McCollum was senior vice president and chief financial officer at Tenneco Automotive. • Thomas R. Wright Jr. has joined Groppe, Long & Littell as a senior analyst. Wright was an energy magazine publisher. Groppe, Long & Littell provides consulting services. • Larry S. Hershfield has been appointed chairman of Seitel Inc., Houston. He was chief executive officer of Ranch Capital LLC, a San Diego-based investment firm. Larry Lenig will continue as chief executive officer. • Dean E. Taylor has been appointed chairman of Tidewater Inc., New Orleans. Taylor will remain president and chief executive officer. • Trevor Turbidy has been appointed chief financial officer of Trico Marine Services Inc., Houston. Turbidy was with Credit Suisse First Boston as a director.