Folks, facts, orgs

AAPG. Asset Guardian. Brüel & Kjær Vibro. CGI. CybeReady. DNV. Eliis. Enbridge. IOGP. IntelliShift. Norwegian Petroleum Directorate. Society of Petroleum Engineers. PIC Group. Petrofac. Rystad Energy. SCS Technologies. Society of Exploration Geophysicists. ARO Drilling. TGT Diagnostics. Tellurian. Valor. Velo3D. Workrise. RISIG. Williams.

Deborah Sacrey has been voted president-elect of AAPG for the 2023-24 term. Only 20% of AAPG’s 10,021 eligible voters cast their ballots.

Asset Guardian Solutions has appointed Claudine Beaver as senior account manager. She was previously with Codeweaver.

Merrill ‘Pete’ Miller has been named CEO and chairman of Levare, a rebrand of Borets International. He was previously with NOV.

Brüel & Kjær Vibro has named Ingo Anders as CEO. He hails from Atlas Copco.

Sophie Brochu has been appointed to the CGI board of directors. She was previously with Énergir.

CybeReady has appointed Dirk Rausse to regional sales director for the DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland).

Johan Knijp is the manager of DNV’s new Technology Centre located on its Groningen, NL Zernike campus. The ‘sustainable’ facility is equipped with the latest testing equipment to support DNV’s research into the decarbonization of energy systems.

Following Sebastien Lacaze’s precipitous departure from Eliis, co-founder Fabien Pauget has been named President. Benoît Matha is now CEO and François Lafferriere has been promoted to chief revenue officer.

The Enbridge board has appointed Patrick Murray, currently SVP and chief accounting officer, to succeed Vern Yu as EVP and CFO.

The IOGP standards committee has named Cecilie Haarseth of ExxonMobil as its new chair.

Fleet intelligence software house IntelliShift has appointed Jeff Cohen as chief revenue officer. He hails from Trackunit.

Stig-Morten Knutsen, a geologist with the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has been re-elected to the board of the UN expert group for resources (UNECE/EGRM).

In a separate announcement, the NPD has confirmed Torgeir Stordal’s appointment as Director General. He has been ‘acting’ DG since June 2022.

Following a four month global search, Simon Seaton has been taken on as CEO of the Society of Petroleum Engineers. He was previously with Sodexo’s Energy & Resources unit.

PIC Group, an international energy services provider, has appointed Felix Alejandro to VP global human resources. He joins from InVeris Training Solutions.

Tareq Kawash has been appointed group chief executive and executive director of Petrofac. He hails from McDermott.

Victor Ponsford tells us that he is leaving Rystad Energy to relocate to London where he will be fundraising for fleeing Afghans who previously worked for the British government and working on his own communications consultancy in the energy/climate space.

SCS Technologies has appointed Cody Johnson as president and CEO.

Sarah Hewitt is joining the Society of Exploration Geophysicists as MD of the SEG Foundation. She hails from the IPAA.

Valaris has announced that ARO Drilling, its 50/50 JV with Saudi Aramco, has appointed Mohamed Hegazi as CEO. He was previously CEO of TGT Diagnostics.

Speaking of whom, TGT Diagnostics has just signed an agreement to build a new technology hub in Abu Dhabi, ‘providing essential diagnostics to keep oil and gas wells safe, clean and productive’.

Tellurian has hired investment banker Simon Oxley as its new CFO.

Meredith Talley has joined Valor as director of oil and gas services. She was previously with Quinn Resources.

Alexander Varlahanov has been promoted to TCO at Velo3D.

Workrise (previously RigUp) has hired Ed Neumann as CFO and promoted Joshua Trott to chief revenue officer.

Deaths

The Rock imaging special interest group announced that RISIG co-founder, Dr Nick Coles died unexpectedly on Saturday 13 May at his home in Abu Dhabi. Read RISIG co-founder Ross Davidson’s memorial statement on the Rock imaging website.

Williams former chairman and CEO Joseph Williams died April 27, 2023 aged 89. He was the son of David Williams, one of the original co-founders of Williams. Read his obituary on the Williams corporate website.

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