[Editor's note: A version of this story appears in the July 2020 edition of E&P. Subscribe to the magazine here.]  

PEOPLE

David C. Lawler, CEO of BPX Energy, has been appointed chairman and president of BP Amer­ica Inc. He will succeed Susan Dio, who will step down and retire after 36 years with the company.
 
Weatherford International Plc President and CEO Mark A. McCollum has left the company. The board of directors has initiated a search to identify a permanent re­placement for McCollum. In the in­terim, COO Karl Blanchard and CFO Christian Garcia will form the office of the chief executive, reporting directly to the board of directors and will oversee the day-to-day operations.
 

Steve Greenlee has retired as pres­ident of Exxon Mobil Upstream Business Development Co. He will be succeeded by Linda DuCharme, who will also retain her current po­sition as president of Exxon Mobil Upstream Integrated Solutions Co. Additionally, DuCharme has been elected as vice president of Exxon Mobil Corp.

Robert Trice, CEO of Hurricane Energy, has resigned. He will be succeeded by Beverley Smith, a non­executive director with Hurricane since late last year.

David (Dave) Cherechinsky has been named CEO of NOW Inc. He will succeed Dick Alario, who will contin­ue working alongside Cherechinsky for a brief transition period.

BP Southern Africa Ltd. has appointed Taelo Mo­japelo CEO. She will succeed Priscillah Mabe­lane, who has left the company to pursue another opportunity.

Beach Energy Ltd. has appointed Ian Grant CEO.

Acteon Group Ltd. has appointed Dr. Carl Trowell group CEO, succeed­ing Richard Higham.

Anthony Marino has stepped down as president, CEO and director of Vermilion Energy Inc., and Lorenzo Donadeo has been appointed executive chairman.

Dril-Quip Inc. has promoted Jeffrey J. Bird to president and COO and Raj Kumar to vice president and CFO.

Calvin Bancroft has been appointed COO of Excelerate Energy.

Infrastructure Networks Inc. (INET) has named Nick Anderson CFO. Greg Smith will move into a special advisory role to assist with the transition of duties.

Walter K. Compton, executive vice president and general counsel of Murphy Oil Corp., has retired from the company. He will be succeeded by E. Ted Botner, who currently serves as vice president of law and corporate secretary. In addition to assuming new responsibilities, Botner will continue his current duties under the new title of senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary.

Lem Smith has joined API as vice president of upstream policy.

Sparrows Group has promoted Adam Wood to senior vice president of the Americas region.

AccessESP has welcomed William Standifird as vice president of cus­tomer success.

Jon Lederman has taken on the newly created position of vice president of artificial intelligence at Rajant Corp.

Danos has named Renee Piper vice president of marketing, strategy and community affairs, and Nicole Williams has taken over the leadership of the marketing and communication department.

Kristine Wiley has been named director of the Hydrogen Technology Center at GTI.

Neptune Energy has appointed Mehdi Bouguetaia managing director of Algeria.

Jon Powell has joined Char­ter Dura-Bar as application engineer of oil and gas. Also, David Green has been promoted to regional sales manager of the South­west division.

Russell Holmes, former U.S. Coast Guard captain, has been named director of the Center for Offshore Safety (COS). He will succeed Char­lie Williams, who recently retired after leading the COS throughout its first decade.

Martin Gilbert has been named chair of the Oil and Gas Technology Centre (OGTC). He will succeed Archie Kennedy, who has served as vice chair and chair of the OGTC since its establishment in 2017.

Laredo Petroleum has appointed William (Bill) Albrecht independent chairman of the board, succeeding Laredo’s founder, Randy Foutch.

COMPANIES

Eni has announced overhaul of its corporate structure, creating a sepa­rate division called Energy Evolution focused on green energy.

Pure Acquisition Corp. has announced plans to merge with HighPeak Energy, which will continue operating as an independent oil and gas company. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2020.

ConocoPhillips Co. has completed the sale of its northern Australian business to partner Santos Ltd.

Prius Intelli, a new company formed by aerial imagery pioneers Hunter Herren and Josh Vinyard, provides clear and detailed surface imagery to oil and gas companies for planning infrastructure.

TDI-Brooks International Inc. has entered into an agreement to acquire Gregg Drilling’s cone penetration test/ cone manufacturing capability in Na­cogdoches, Texas.

Connector Subsea Solutions has acquired Isotek Oil and Gas Ltd.

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