PEOPLE

Ivan de Souza Monteiro has been appointed CEO and to the board of directors of Petrobras, following Pedro Parente’s resignation.

George Morrison has been promoted to Group CEO of Aquaterra Energy Group, and James Larnder has been promoted to managing director of the Aquaterra Energy business.

David Lamont has stepped down as CEO of Proserv as part of the company’s financial restructuring. David Currie will assume the role of CEO.

CEO Richard N. Azar II of Camber Energy (formerly Lucas Energy) has resigned but will remain on the board of directors. Louis G. Schott has been named interim CEO.

Walter Thain has joined Three60 Energy, a newly formed oilfield service company, as CEO of the North Sea.

Erroll A. Booker has been appointed CEO, CFO, president, director, secretary and treasurer of Century Petroleum Corp., following Mandla J. Gwadiso’s resignation in May. In addition, Dr. Cletus M. Ibeto has been appointed chairman of the board of directors.

Craig Bryksa has taken over as interim CEO and president of Crescent Point Energy Corp.

Transocean Ltd.’s John Stobart, executive vice president, COO and chief performance officer, is retiring. Keelan Adamson, senior vice president of operations, has assumed Stobart’s responsibilities.

Comet Ridge Ltd. has appointed Peter Harding-Smith CFO, succeeding Don Langdon.

James (Jim) Hodgson has been named High Arctic Energy Services Inc.’s CFO, and CEO J. Cameron Bailey has been appointed to the board of directors.

Acoustic Data has hired Gavin Lindsay as COO.

Lars Oestergaard has been appointed COO of Polarcus Ltd.

Ong Poh Kwee has ceased his appointment as COO of Sembcorp Marine Ltd.

Ultra Petroleum Corp. has named Jay Stratton COO.

Quorum Software has appointed Mike Lake president of the Entero MOSAIC division. In addition, Roy Queener has been named president of Quorum Canada, the company’s Canadian business unit, and Steve Robb has been named vice president of sales for Quorum Canada.

Frank E. Hopkins has retired as senior vice president of investor relations from Pioneer Natural Resources Co., and Neal H. Shah has assumed his responsibilities.

Offshore Technical Compliance (OTC) has promoted Nicole Hartzheim to director of business development for OTC and OTC Solution.

Frank Andersen was appointed general manager of Scandinavia for Pipetech.

Juliet Heading has joined Shoal Point Energy Ltd. as corporate communications manager.

Paul Tiszai has joined Trio- Vision LLC as West Coast regional sales manager.

Brad Watson and Barton Porter have been named Energy Industry Practice leaders for Chubb’s mid- and large market business lines, respectively.

Vallourec has appointed Rémi Dujon group general secretary and a member of the executive committee.

Tap Oil Ltd. has appointed Damon Neaves as chairman of the company.

The Fintech Open Source Foundation has named Brad Levy and Alejandra Villagra chair and vice chair, respectively, of the board of directors.

A. Bart Holaday has retired as a director of MDU Resources Group Inc.’s board.

Continental Resources Inc.’s board of directors has elected Shelly Lambertz as a Class II director, succeeding James L. Gallogly who retired.

Jens Peter Riber has joined technology firm Akselos as an adviser.

Anthony J. Best has been named chairman of Newpark Resources Inc.’s board, succeeding David C. Anderson who retired in May.

GeoPark Ltd. has appointed Constantine G. Papadimitriou as a board member.

Lilis Energy Inc. has appointed Nicholas Steinsberger and David M. Wood to its board of directors.

Daniella Dimitrov has been appointed to International Petroleum Corp.’s board of directors.

Anfield Energy Inc. has appointed Stephen S. Lunsford to its board of directors.

Simon Cheeseman and Claus Hjoerringgaard have joined the National Subsea Research Initiative’s board.

Zargon Oil & Gas Ltd. has appointed Craig H. Hansen, Kyle D. Kitagawa, Geoffrey C. Merritt, Jim Peplinski, Ron Wigham and Grant A. Zawalsky as directors.

COMPANIES

Talos Energy Inc. has merged with Stone Energy Corp. The newly combined company will operate under the name Talos Energy Inc.

BP’s regional office for the San Juan Basin will relocate in October to downtown Durango, Colo.

Fairmount Santrol and Unimin Corp. completed their merger June 1, and the combined company has been named Covia Holdings Corp.

EV Energy Partners LP has completed its financial restructuring and emerged from Chapter 11 as a new corporation under the name Harvest Oil & Gas Corp.

Terradon Corp. has opened a new location in Clarksburg, W. Va.

Proserv has opened a new 6,039-sq-m (65,000-sq-ft) purposebuilt center of excellence in Great Yarmouth, England.

Vermilion Energy Inc. has acquired Spartan Energy Corp. for a total consideration of $1.4 billion.