Superior Energy Says Hello to VP of Well Control Engineering

- Superior Energy Says Hello to VP of Well Control Engineering

Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Superior Energy Services

Wild Well Control, a Superior Energy Services company, has named Kerry Girlinghouse Vice President of Well Control Engineering.

Girlinghouse has been with Wild Well Control since 2004. In his most recent position he served as a Senior Technical Advisor within the engineering division. Based in Houston, Girlinghouse will lead the engineering division, increasing his role in global well control and prevention and response services.

"Kerry has been an integral part of the success of Wild Well Control and the engineering services division. In his new role, Kerry will continue to build the engineering services we offer and maintain our commitment to fully supporting our client’s needs," said Freddy Gebhardt, President, Wild Well Control.

Girlinghouse graduated from Southeastern Louisiana State University in 1980 with a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, International Association of Drilling Contractors and American Association of Drilling Engineers.

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Coastal Says Hello to Non-Executive Director

- Coastal Says Hello to Non-Executive Director

Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Coastal Energy Co.

Coastal announced the appointment of Andrew Cochran as Non-Executive Director of the Company effective from Thursday, July 21, 2011.

Randy Bartley, President & CEO of Coastal commented, "We are pleased to have Mr. Cochran join our Board of Directors. His extensive experience in the international energy industry will be a great asset as Coastal continues to grow as a company."

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Lee C. Moore Says Hello to New VP

- Lee C. Moore Says Hello to New VP

Friday, July 22, 2011
Woolslayer Cos. Inc.

Lee C. Moore, A Woolslayer Company, announced that Melissa Herring will join the LCM management team as Vice President – Production and Procurement effective July 18, 2011.

"Melissa Herring will be a very positive addition to our management team," said Tom Wingerter, CEO. "She brings a solid reputation for managing people, growing strategically and developing company processes in the oil and gas services sector."

Herring has spent more than 30 years in the onshore and offshore drilling contractor industry. She has traveled extensively around the world in her previous roles in procurement, quality and software implementations.

A graduate of The University of Oklahoma, Herring returns to her hometown of Tulsa having worked in Houston since 2000. While in Houston, she served in procurement management roles and on the executive teams for Atwood Oceanics, Inc., Premier Drilling, Inc. and Parker Drilling Company.

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Hornbeck Offshore Says Hello to New Board Members

- Hornbeck Offshore Says Hello to New Board Members

Monday, June 27, 201
Hornbeck Offshore Services Inc.

Hornbeck Offshore announced that John T. Rynd and Kevin O. Meyers, Ph.D. have been appointed to its Board of Directors (the "Board"), effective June 23, 2011. Mr. Rynd and Dr. Meyers were appointed to fill the vacancies created by a prior resignation and the Board's decision to increase the number of its directors from seven to eight members. In addition, at the Company's Annual Meeting on June 23, 2011, the shareholders reelected Todd M. Hornbeck and Patricia B. Melcher to the Board.

Todd Hornbeck, President and CEO, commented, "We are very pleased that Mr. Rynd and Dr. Meyers have joined our board. We will greatly benefit from the collective wealth of executive management experience, leadership skills and industry insight that they bring to the Company. As an active chief executive officer of a publicly traded drilling and marine services company with a major presence in the Gulf of Mexico, Mr. Rynd has a deep understanding of the unique challenges currently facing our Company and the rest of the offshore energy industry in our core geographic market. Dr. Meyers brings to the Board significant major oil company executive experience and critical insights into the issues facing the global oil and gas industry from the perspective of one of our customers."

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Kodiak Says Hello to New Board Members

- Kodiak Says Hello to New Board Members

Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Kodiak O&G Corp.

Kodiak has approved the appointment of three of its executives to new positions with the Company. Effective immediately, James P. Henderson, currently Chief Financial Officer, will serve as Executive Vice-President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer, Russ D. Cunningham, currently Vice-President of Exploration, will serve as Executive Vice-President, Exploration, and Russell A. Branting, currently Vice-President of Engineering, will serve as Executive Vice-President, Operations.

The Board also announced that James Catlin, the Company's Chief Operating Officer, has informed the Company that for personal reasons, effective December 31, 2011, he intends to step down from that position. Mr. Catlin has agreed to begin a new role at Kodiak as Executive Vice-President of Business Development. The Board also appointed the Company's President and CEO Lynn A. Peterson to serve as Chairman of the Board, effective immediately. Mr. Catlin will remain a Director of the Company.

Mr. Henderson most recently joined Kodiak in April 2010 as Chief Financial Officer and has over 20 years of oil and gas industry financial and reporting experience, the majority of which was spent with public companies. He will remain the Company's principal financial officer.

Mr. Cunningham joined Kodiak in September 2004 as Northern Rockies Exploration Manager and has over 30 years of experience in oil and gas exploration, primarily in the Rocky Mountain Region and the Mid-Continent Region.

Dr. Branting joined the Company in June 2007 as Kodiak's Operations Manager. He has more than 20 years of Rockies oil and gas experience, with extensive experience in the Williston and Green River Basins.

"We are pleased to name Russ, Russell and Jimmy as executive officers of Kodiak," said Mr. Peterson. "Each has shown tremendous dedication to the Company in their geologic, engineering and operations and financial and capital markets functions. Their diligent work is evidenced by Kodiak's continued success in the Williston Basin. These gentlemen are instrumental in our efforts to improve field-level efficiencies and financial reporting functions. We appreciate Jim's leadership as COO and Chairman over the years, and we look forward to his contributions in his new role. While Jim's new position is intended to lessen the extraordinary time commitment that his prior position demanded, the Company will continue to have the benefit of his experience and strategic vision."

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LNG Energy Says Hello to New Management

- LNG Energy Says Hello to New Management

Wednesday, June 08, 2011
LNG Energy Ltd.

LNG Energy announced the hiring of three key people to further support the Company's development projects in Poland and Papua New Guinea.

Dr. Weldon Beauchamp has been appointed as the Company's Vice President, Exploration. Weldon has over 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. He worked for Sun International for 10 years, as a production geologist and an exploration geologist in the U.S., North Sea/Europe, Africa, South America, and the Middle East. Additionally, he worked for ARCO as a senior geophysicist in the Middle East, Africa, and South America, most recently as the New Venture Manager for TransAtlantic Petroleum in Morocco, Turkey and Romania.

Weldon received a B.A. degree in geology from New England College, a M.S. degree in Geology from Oklahoma State University, and a Ph.D. in Geophysics from Cornell University. With a strong background in structural geology, remote sensing and geophysics, he is a member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, certified by the State of Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, American Geophysical Union, and Geological Society of America. He is an adjunct faculty member of the University of Texas at Dallas.

Trevor Tjostheim has been appointed as the Company's Vice President, Operations. Trevor has over 20 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. He worked for Petro-Canada for 9 years in various roles, the most recent specializing in design and program completion, workover and intervention operations in Syria. He has also held management roles for Daylight Energy and Codeco Energy Group providing project management and technical expertise for completion and workover projects in Canada, the USA and Papua New Guinea. Trevor received a Diploma in Petroleum Engineering from the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology and is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and the Association of Science and Engineering Technology Professionals of Alberta.

Ms. Jenni Lean has been appointed as the Company's Country Manager, Papua New Guinea. Jenni has over 15 years of experience in the oil and gas industry and was most recently the CEO of Rift Oil, PLC from 2004 to 2009, a publically listed company where she was instrumental in the discovery of two wildcat gas discoveries in western Papua New Guinea. Jenni has also worked in senior roles in Indo-Pacific Energy and Austral Pacific Energy and received both a B.Sc. degree and an MBA from the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.

"LNG is developing our portfolio of high impact projects and simultaneously adding commensurately skilled and experienced individuals to our team. We welcome Weldon, Trevor and Jenni," said President Dave Afseth. "All three individuals bring significant knowledge and skills that we need for our acreage in Poland and Papua New Guinea."

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Sevan Marine Says Hello to New CEO

Sevan Marine Says Hello to New CEO

Thursday, April 28, 2011
Sevan Marine ASA

Mr. Jan Erik Tveteraas will retire from the position as CEO of Sevan Marine ASA to take on the position as CEO of Sevan Drilling ASA. Mr. Tveteraas was a founding shareholder of Sevan Marine ASA and has been the CEO since the inception in 2001. He has been proposed by the nomination committee as a Board member of Sevan Marine.

Carl Lieungh has been appointed new CEO of Sevan Marine ASA following the general meeting in Sevan Marine.

Mr. Lieungh comes from the position as CEO for Norse Cutting & Abandonment AS (NCA) and has more than 25 years of experience from the oil and gas industry including management and development of enterprises, project management, marketing and international business development. Mr. Lieungh has held key positions within these areas as Senior Vice President for Business Development of the Oil, Gas and Marine Solutions Division in Siemens AG, President for Kvaerner Process System Group of companies and Managing Director of Hitec Framnes AS.

Mr. Lieungh holds a Master of Science from the Norwegian Institute of Technology and Master of Management from The Norwegian School of Management.

Chairman of the Board, Arne Smedal, commented, "We are very pleased to announce that Carl Lieungh has accepted the position as CEO in Sevan Marine ASA. Mr. Lieungh has extensive knowledge about international business and the offshore industry in general and we are convinced that Mr. Lieungh’s industrial experience will be valuable to Sevan Marine ASA. I want to thank Jan Erik Tveteraas for his valuable contribution to the commercialization of the Sevan technology, and wish him all success with his new role in Sevan Drilling ASA where Sevan Marine ASA remains a main shareholder."

KBR Says Hello to New Executive Appointments

KBR Says Hello to New Executive Appointments

Monday, April 18, 2011

KBR Inc.

KBR announced the executive appointments of Roy Oelking, Dennis Calton and John Rose within its leadership organization.

Roy Oelking has been appointed Group President, KBR Hydrocarbons responsible for the company's four hydrocarbon business units: Downstream, Gas Monetization, Oil & Gas, and Technology. Prior to being appointed as Group President, Oelking served as President, KBR Oil & Gas. He joined KBR in 2008 and previously served in various leadership capacities with Worley Parsons and J. Ray McDermott.

Dennis Calton has been appointed President, KBR Oil & Gas, responsible for the strategic growth of one of KBR's four Hydrocarbons business units. Prior to being appointed President, Oil & Gas, Calton served as Executive Vice President, KBR Operations. He joined KBR in 1975 and has served in many important capacities with wide-ranging experiences include working offshore, managing the company's Singapore office and overseeing KBR resource centers and project management oversight activities.

In anticipation of his retirement in June 2012, John Rose will assume the role of Executive Vice President, KBR Operations. In his new capacity, John will examine how KBR’s resource centers can more effectively serve KBR's business units in their pursuit and execution of work. Rose previously served as Group President, KBR Hydrocarbons. Rose, whose tenure with KBR spans more than 40 years, has served in various leadership positions within the company.

"Roy, Dennis and John have been instrumental to the success of KBR throughout their years of service," said William P. Utt, KBR Chairman, President and CEO. "I am confident that under their leadership and vision in these newly appointed roles, KBR's Hydrocarbons and Operations groups will continue expanding their global footprint and building upon KBR's current success."