PEOPLE

KBR named Andrew Summers group president of the its infrastructure, government, and power business group.

Glen Jewell (left) and Hanh Ha (right) will serve as directors of Acteon company 2H Offshore Inc.’s London office.

Clean Harbors Inc. appointed Laura Schwinn as president of oil and gas field services.

SPEX Group named Nadir Mahjoub as COO.

BG Group appointed Lim Haw-Kuang as a nonexecutive director.

Rangeford Resources Inc. appointed Michael Farmer, Mark Teinert, Jim R. Iman, and Gary A. Giles to the company’s board of directors.

IHRDC named Charles Brankman (left) director of instructional programs.

Energistics elected Segun Oyebanji to its board of directors.

The Lewa-Nikkiso Group announced that Dr. Martin Fiedler (top left), Naota Shikano (lower left), and Stefan Glasmeyer (right) have assumed responsibilities leading the company’s pump and system division.

EXCO Resources Inc. appointed Harold L. Hickey, who will continue to serve as COO, as president following the retirement of Stephen F. Smith as president and CFO. Additionally, the company selected Mark Mulhern to serve as CFO.

CompactGTL named Tony Hayward nonexecutive chairman.

Louisiana Gulf Coast Oil Exposition named Kirby Arceneaux (left) 2013 chairman. Steve Maley (upper right) will serve as chairman-elect, and Kenneth Crouch (lower right)will serve as treasurer.

Gerald Donnelly, PE, was promoted to executive vice president at STV, where he will continue to lead STV Energy Services.

Great American Group Inc. appointed Robert Callaway as vice president, head of oil and gas.

ExxonMobil named T.R. Walters as president of ExxonMobil Production Co. and R.S. Franklin as president of ExxonMobil Gas and Power Marketing Co.

Enerplus Corp. announced that Gordon J. Kerr will be retiring as president and CEO in June 2013. The company’s board of directors selected Ian C. Dundas to succeed Kerr in these two roles.

HB Rentals promoted John Nagel (right) to vice president of product development.

FairfieldNodal welcomed Randy Johns as director of new ventures.

Sandra Hall (left) joined IMV Projects, a Wood Group Mustang company, as vice president of business development and strategy. The European chapter of the Intervention and Coiled Tubing Association appointed Michael Taggart (left) as chairman and Kelly Murray (right) as vice chairman.

Mark Coetzee joined Swift Worldwide Resources as managing director of the company’s North American operations.

Geotrace has tapped Phil Beale (right) as reservoir services manager overseeing Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.

Carla M. DiCicco joined Steptoe & Johnson PLLC’s energy law team and will practice out of the firm’s office in Canonsburg, Pa. In addition, Sujey Kallumadanda joined the firm’s international energy practice in Houston.

AGR selected David Grant as senior subsea manager of the company’s new subsea project management division. The company also named Age Landro as executive vice president of petroleum services and David Hine as executive vice president of enhanced drilling services.

COMPANIES

Santrol, a Fairmount Minerals company, opened the Santrol Technology Center in Sugar Land. The new facility is geared toward proppant research and development.

Greene’s Energy Group opened two new facilities in Alice and Pleasanton, Texas, to better serve Central and South Texas oil and gas companies, especially those operating in the Eagle Ford shale.

Unimin Corp. expanded to Navarre, Ohio, with the opening of a new proppant distribution terminal to serve operations in the Utica shale.

Bayou Wasco Insulation LLC is collaborating with The Dow Chemical Co. to open a new facility in New Iberia, La., geared toward offshore flow assurance systems.

The Center for Sustainable Shale Development opened in Pittsburgh, Pa., to serve the Appalachian basin’s shale gas industry with a third-party certification process for safe and environmentally responsible development. The center is the result of collaboration from environmental organizations, philanthropic foundations, and energy companies.

Hydro Group Plc expanded to Singapore with the opening of a new office to support the company’s presence in Southeast Asia.

Theon Ltd. opened a new office in London, which will undertake onshore, topsides, and subsea projects and provide field development and engineering services for the oil and gas industry.

Expro opened a new well intervention facility in Aberdeen, Scotland, during a ceremony attended by Dr. Vince Cable, Scotland’s secretary of state for business.

The Ferguson Group announced the relocation of its Asia-Pacific operations to a new facility in Loyang, Singapore, which will focus on providing offshore and refrigeration containers as well as accommodation and workspace modules.