PIPELINE & GAS JOURNAL - Key Persons
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- New Chair of Section of Environment, Energy and Resources
Shell Vice President Ajay Shah leads a global team responsible for gas market development from the regasification terminal through to the local downstream market. He has worked in Shell's gas and power division for over half his career and was part of the team responsible for the start-up of Hazira,..
Al Walker, former chairman, president and CEO of Anadarko Petroleum, has been named to the board of directors at Enable Midstream Partners, a joint venture between CenterPoint and OGE Energy. Robert Gwin, a former president of Anadarko, also has been appointed to the board. Walker was CEO of Anadark..
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- Named President / COO at Laney Directional Drilling
Alan Snider, a veteran of more than 26 years in designing and managing complex horizontal directional drilling and Direct Pipe® projects for pipeline crossings, has been named President and Chief Operating Officer at Laney Directional Drilling. As President and Chief Operating Officer, Snider is r..
Albert Johnson was named executive vice president of Business Development at Dallas-based JupiterMLP.
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- NACE International 's 2016 President
NACE International's 2016 President Alexander I. "Sandy" Williamson is on a mission and its core tenets can be found in his organization's newly released Impact study, a groundbreaking document that provides economic information designed to stress the return on investment for taking corrosion preven..
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- Independent Member of the Board of Directors and Audit
Plains All American Pipeline appointed Alexandra Pruner as an independent member of the Board of Directors and Audit Committee of PAA GP Holdings. Previously, she served as a partner and chief financial officer of Perella Weinberg Partners, a global independent advisory firm...
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- Chairman of APGA
- Senior Vice President and COO at Memphis Light Gas & Water
Occidental Petroleum Corporation announced the election of former Schlumberger Ltd. CEO Andrew Gould to its board of directors. His industry experience over more than four decades includes titles as chairman and CEO of Schlumberger from 2003 to 2011 and nonexecutive chairman of BG Group from 2012 to 2016. He also currently serves as a director at Saudi Aramco and BJ Services.
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- Vice President of Sharp Energy
Andrew R. Hesson was promoted to vice president of Sharp Energy, the mid-Atlantic propane distribution business unit...
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- Publisher
- Senior Vice President
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- Colonial Pipeline 's Vice President of Operations Services
Angela Kolar, Colonial Pipeline's vice president of Operations Services, has been selected to chair the Pipeline Safety Management System (SMS) Industry team. The team represents oil and gas industry pipeline operators and trade associations in their efforts to improve safety performance. Members in..
Anthony McMullan has been hired by Burns & McDonnell to support a variety of pipeline projects out of the Atlanta office. He has a decade of engineering and project management experience, and will be involved with transmission pipelines, distribution, in-line inspection upgrades, as well as other na..
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- President of the International Pipe Line
Atul Punj is president of the International Pipe Line & Offshore Contractors Association (IPLOCA), headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. He is also chairman of Punj Lloyd, a diversified conglomerate providing engineering and construction services in energy and infrastructure, with interests in the d..
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- Enlink Midstream 's Executive Chairman
- EnLink Midstream Chairman and CEO
Enlink Midstream's executive chairman, Barry E. Davis, who led the company as CEO from its founding in 2014 to 2018, has reassumed the role of CEO, replacing Michael J. Garberding. Davis will continue to serve as chairman. Dallas-based Enlink also appointed former American Airlines Chairman and CEO ..
EnLink Midstream Chairman and CEO Barry E. Davis will retire from EnLink, the company he led the founding of, after more than 25 years of leadership, the company announced in a statement.
The Southern Gas Association (SGA) announced today that William N. Cantrell will retire as Chief Executive Officer and that the Board of Directors has named Suzanne Ogle to succeed him in the role.
Bill Cantrell's father was an accountant by profession and a craftsman at heart, and some of Cantrell's favorite memories are of helping him make furniture, cabinets and other improvements to their Tampa, Fla., home. He credits this early enjoyment of building and "making things work" as a factor i..
Bill Walsh rejoined EN Engineering as chief metallurgist after serving as program leader at ArcelorMittal Global R&D. Walsh, whose research gas focused on advancing steel development for pipeline and energy applications, holds a Ph.D. in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from Northwestern Universit..
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- Chief Executive Officer of the Denver
Brent Vyvial has been named as principal and lead of consulting and engineering services company Stress Engineering Services' midstream practice.
NextDecade Corporation named Brent Wahl as senior vice president, Finance. In this role, Mr. Wahl will be responsible for leading the financing needs of the Rio Grande LNG project in the Port of Brownsville, Texas - part of the company's efforts to provide the largest LNG export solution linking Per..
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- Joins Gulf Publishing Company As Group Publisher for Pipelines and Infrastructure Group
Brian Nessen, an experienced business-to-business media and trade show executive, has joined Gulf Publishing Company as Group Publisher. Nessen will manage a group that includes Pipeline & Gas Journal, Underground Construction, Underground Construction Technology conference and exhibition, and the P..
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- Chief Financial Officer ( CFO ) of Golar LNG Limited
Brian Tienzo will step down as chief financial officer (CFO) of Golar LNG Limited and take the position of CEO at Golar LNG Partners. Graham Robjohns will replace Tienzo as CFO.
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- Chevron Corporation 's Corporate Vice President of Strategic Planning
- Corporate Vice President of the Strategic Planning
Bruce Niemeyer has become Chevron Corporation's corporate vice president of the Strategic Planning, effective immediately. Niemeyer previously served as vice president of Chevron's Mid-Continent Business Unit. ..
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- Southern Gas Association Chair
Southern Gas Association Chair Caron Lawhorn is on a mission to give the natural gas industry a bigger voice in the national conversation on energy efficiency and sustainability.
JET Infrastructure, which owns and manages jet fuel pipelines and terminals across the United States, announced Chad Edinger has joined the company as general manager. He previously was vice president of Marketing and Business Development for NuStar Energy LP (formerly Kaneb Pipeline)...
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- Michels Welding Superintendent
Michels Welding Superintendent Charles "Buddy" Kervin was named Man of the Year by United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada. Kervin entered the pipeline industry in 1955 and has been a welder since 1962. He has been in..
President Donald Trump has chosen Cheryl LaFleur as Acting Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. "It is an honor to again be asked to serve as Acting Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and I thank President Trump for the opportunity," LaFleur said. "While I recogn..
Orion Energy Partners named Chris Leary as investment partner and head of its Houston office, where he is responsible for originating, evaluating, structuring and monitoring industry investments. Ethan Shoemaker and Rui Viana also were named investment partners and will serve in Orion's New York office.
Christine A. Roy, a partner in Rutter & Roy LLP, has been asked to serve on the International Right of Way Association's (IRWA) International Ethics Committee. The mission of the IRWA Ethics Committee is to promote and enforce the highest ethical and professional standards of the IRWA. Members revi..
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- Vice President of Chevron 's Midstream
Colin E. Parfitt, vice president of Chevron's Midstream operations, joined Noble Midstream's board of directors as chairman. Also joining the board were Alana K. Knowles, vice president of Chevron Downstream & Chemicals and Midstream; Andrei F.B. Behdjet, general counsel of Chevron Downstream & Chemicals and Midstream; and Steven W. Green, president of Chevron North America Exploration and Production. Fielder, who was named a director in August, along with Noble Midstream's three independent directors, will remain on the board. Leaving the board immediately were Kenneth M. Fisher, executive vice president and CFO; Thomas H. Walker, senior vice president of Noble Energy U.S. Onshore; Rachel G. Clingman, senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary, and Brent Smolik.
Columbus McKinnon appointed Appal Chintapalli to the position of vice president, Engineered Products. He succeeds John Stewart, who retired after 39 years with the Company. P&GJ..
Craig Adams retired as president and CEO of PECO and was succeeded by Mike Innocenzo, who had been PECO senior vice president and chief operating officer. Innocenzo also assumed Adams' role as executive vice president of Exelon Corporation.
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- Position of Chief Operating Officer at Enable Midstream
Craig Harris assumed the position of chief operating officer at Enable Midstream. Harris, who served as Enable's chief commercial officer since 2016, has 30-plus years of industry experience that includes leadership roles in engineering, operations, commerci..
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- Independent Member of Its Board of Directors
- President and CEO of Castleton Resources
Laredo Petroleum appointed Craig Jarchow as an independent member of its board of directors. Jarchow is president and CEO of Castleton Resources.
AltaGas has named D. James Harbilas to the position of executive vice president and chief financial officer. He replaces Tim Watson, who left the company...
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- President
- Energy Secretary
- New U.S. Energy Secretary
- President of Sempra Infrastructure
New U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette slammed New York state regulators for blocking pipelines that would bring natural gas from Appalachia to New England but did not specify whether the Trump administration could do anything to push the projects forward.
Dan Brouillette, President Donald Trump's pick to succeed Rick Perry as energy secretary was confirmed by the Senate on Monday.
Boston-based construction firm BOND announced the promotion of Dan Foppiano to vice president of the Civil and Utility Division of the company's New York City office. ..
joined Freese and Nichols as an Oil & Gas Group manager and practice leader. Based in the firm's Dallas office, McKenzie has spent almost four decades in the industry and has led projects in Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and the Louisiana Gulf Coast...
Dan Tipton has joined G2 Integrated Solutions ("G2-IS") as its Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing. In this role, Tipton will be responsible for all corporate sales and marketing related functions, and will play a key role in driving national sales strategies to generate demand for, and achiev..
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- Twin Eagle 's Chief Operating Officer
Darin Hittle is the new president and CEO of rights-of-way and land management company Contract Land Staff. Hittle has over a decade a decade of senior management and business development experience, primarily recently in leadership roles at the Wood Group and LW Survey Co. ..
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- Colonial Pipeline As Vice President and General Counsel
David Gray has joined Colonial Pipeline as vice president and general counsel. He brings 25 years of legal experience to his new role at Colonial. Most recently, Gray was senior vice president for the midstream business of EQT Corp., with responsibility for business development, asset optimization a..
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- Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Halliburton Company
David Lang joined King & Spalding as a partner with the Corporate, Finance and Investments practice group in the Houston office. Lang, who previously served as global head of Baker McKenzie's LNG practice, will focus on energy infrastructure development, acquisition and disposition, with particular ..
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- Senior Vice President of Planning and Energy Fundamentals at Apache Corporation
David Pursell has been named senior vice president of Planning and Energy Fundamentals at Apache Corporation.
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- Vice President - Senior Consultant With EN Engineering
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- Boss of Electricity Firm TransAlta Corp
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- Chief Human Resources Officer
- Senior Vice President
Debra L. Reed - CEO, Chairman, President
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- Senior Executive Vice President of Exelon Corporation
Denis O'Brien, senior executive vice president of Exelon Corporation and CEO of Exelon Utilities, and the PECO Board of Directors, today announced that Craig Adams will retire as President and CEO of PECO, effective March 30, 2018. Adams will be succeeded by Mike Innocenzo, presently PECO Senior Vic..
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- Appointed President of Equitrans Midstream Corporation
- People / News
Diana M. Charletta has been appointed president of Equitrans Midstream Corporation (ETRN) and president of the general partner of EQM Midstream Partners, the Pittsburgh-based company's publicly traded subsidiary. Charletta will retain her current position of chief operating officer for both ETRN and..
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- Chairman of the American Gas Association
- Incoming INGAA Chairwoman
Diane Leopold became chair of the American Gas Association just in time for an unprecedented economic shutdown in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The executive vice president and co-chief operating officer of Dominion Energy, talked to P&GJ about the challenges and opportunities facing the natural gas industry.
Incoming INGAA chairwoman, Diane Leopold, says natural gas pipeline construction projects will help America's economy for decades to come.
Douglas Lee Arrick is the recipient of the 2018 Laurance S. Reid Award, which was presented at the recent 93rd annual the International School of Hydrocarbon Measurement at the Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City.
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- Vice President of Research, Commercialization
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- Senior Vice President, Generation and Chief
Edward D. Halpin, Senior Vice President, Generation and Chief Nuclear Officer of Pacific Gas and Electric Company, and a 35-year veteran of the energy industry, has announced his retirement, effective December 31, 2017. "Ed has done an outstanding job leading our nuclear and power generation operat..
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- CEO of Darby Equipment Company, Passed Away Feb. 10 in Tulsa, OK
Erica Bowyer-Grason has joined Burns & McDonnell in the Northeast as a project manager. In this role, she will lead environmental permitting projects - specifically within the natural gas and energy industries - from the firm's new location in Pennsylvania. "Erica brings to the team a valuable pers..
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- RigNet As Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Errol Olivier joined RigNet as senior vice president and chief operating officer, with responsibility for all customer-facing functions, including Sales, Sales Engineering, Service Delivery, Bids and Proposals, and the company's Global Network Operations Centers.
Civil engineer Firat Sever has been tabbed to head the expanding Pipeline Division at QuakeWrap.
The Williams Companies, Inc. today announced that Frank J. Ferazzi has been named senior vice president over the company's Atlantic-Gulf operating area, succeeding Rory Miller, who has announced his retirement. Ferazzi has served as vice president and general manager, Eastern Interstates, including..
Garcia Rosa García was appointed as new chairwoman of Madrid-based liquids distribution and storage logistics provider Exolum, succeeding José Luis López de Silanes, who served as chairman for 16 years and will now become honorary chairman. She brings three..
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- Chairman and CEO of Marathon Petroleum Corporation
PipeLine Machinery International (PLM) announced the retirement of Gerald "Gerry" Grothe, who sold and rented heavy equipment primarily to the pipeline industry for more than 40 years. Grothe began his career with Fabick Tractor in 1975, when the Alaska pipeline was under construction. ..
Glaeser Scott Glaeser has joined Burns & McDonnell, where he will start up and lead a pipeline integrity practice within the Transmission & Distribution (T&D) Group. Over a career spanning nearly 35 years, Glaeser has served in a number of officer roles ..
Glen Ragland joined management and technology consulting Capco as a Partner in its Houston office, focusing on digital transformation, market growth and alliance partnerships. P&GJ..
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- Chairman of the American Public Gas Association
Greg Henderson has been selected as the 2017-18 chairman of the American Public Gas Association (APGA).
Greg Henderson is the 2017-18 chairman of the American Public Gas Association (APGA). APGA is the national trade association for publicly owned natural gas utilities that are owned and operated by government entities rather than stockholders. There are over 1,000 public gas utilities in the United S..
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- Continental Resources Founder and CEO
Continental Resources founder and CEO Harold Hamm will become executive chairman of the company. William Berry has been appointed CEO and President Jack Stark will assume the additional role of chief operating officer. ..
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- Penn Virginia 's Executive Chairman
Harry Quarls, Penn Virginia's executive chairman, retired from his position and also stepped down a director of the company. Additionally, Penn Virginia announced the expansion of its board from five to seven members and with the appointments of David Geenberg and Michael Hanna as new independent board members.
Heath Consultants Incorporated has announced its CEO, Graham Midgley, will retire at the end of November, 2016. Jeffrey M. Tuttle, currently General Manager for Greer Commission of Public Works and current Heath Board of Directors member, will succeed Midgley as Chief Executive Officer. Tuttle was..
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- Appointed Former Chesapeake Energy Executive
Hunton Andrews Kurth announced the expansion of its international oil and gas practice with the addition of David Pang as a partner in the law firm's Dubai office. Pang focuses on corporate transactions and commercial matters.
Pure Acquisition Corp., a special-purpose acquisition company focused on oil and gas exploration and production, announced that it has named Michael L. Hollis as president. Hollis most recently worked for Diamondback Energy, a Permian-focused oil and gas producer, where he served as president and chief operating officer.
Moscow-based steel pipe producer TMK has named Igor Korytko as CEO, replacing Alexander Shiryaev, who will continue to serve on its board of directors. Korytko previously served as TMK's vice president for Efficiency Management. P&GJ..
Energy consultancy Xodus Group appointed Ismael Ripoll as its new advanced analysis lead. Ripoll leads the team specializing in finite element analysis, covering areas including steel and flexible pipelines, pressure vessels and structures. ..
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- Enterprise Products Holdings Senior Vice President of Government Affairs and Public Relations
James A. Cisarik, Enterprise Products Holdings senior vice president of Government Affairs and Public Relations, has been elected chairman of the Texas Pipeline Association (TPA). The association made the announcement last Friday at its annual meeting, held at the Hilton Doubletree Hotel in downtown..
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- Senior Vice President of Transformation and Shared Services
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- Southern California Gas Co. Technician
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- Company 's First Vice President of Corporate
WFS Technologies named Jim Darroch as its chief technology officer. In his role, Darroch will drive product portfolio and software development strategy and expand the product engineering team to meet growing client demand for existing products. Prior to joining WFS, Darroch was part of Honeywell's ..
Former Quanta Services CEO Jim O'Neil has joined CUI Global's board of directors as vice-chairman and lead independent director, expanding the board to six members. P&GJ ..
Jim Tramuto joined Houston-based government relations and communications firm Strategic Public Affairs as a senior counselor. Prior to joining the firm, Tramuto held positions as vice president of Governmental and Regulatory Strategies at Southwestern Energy, president of TECO Gas Marketing and president and CEO of Polaris Pipeline.
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- Partner in Brunini, Grantham, Grower & Hewes
John E. Milner, partner in Brunini, Grantham, Grower & Hewes PLLC, has been named Chair of the American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Environment, Energy and Resources, the premier forum for lawyers practicing environmental, natural resources and energy law. The ceremony took place on August 13, ..
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- CEO
- President
- Vice President
John Hollowell retired as president and CEO of Shell Midstream. Kevin Nichols, vice president for Shell Pipeline Company, succeeded Hollowell.
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- Director of Commercial Services for the Enbridge
John Loiacono, director of commercial services for the Enbridge, has been elected chairman of the Texas Pipeline Association (TPA). The association made the announcement last Friday at its annual meeting, held at the Hilton DoubleTree Hotel in downtown Houston. He has Loiacono has 27 years of experi..
Edison Chouest Offshore affiliate C-Innovation has named John Michael Boquet as health, safety and environment (HSE) manager, with responsibility for upholding overall employee safety, company adherence to internal policies and processes, and regulatory compliance...
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- President and CEO of Nicor Gas
John O. Hudson III was promoted to president and CEO of Nicor Gas - the largest natural gas distribution company in Illinois - succeeding Melvin D. Williams, who retired. Most recently, Hudson was Southern Company Gas' chief external and public affairs officer. Prior to joining Southern Company Gas, he served as senior vice president of marketing and business development at Alabama Power, vice president of public relations and charitable giving at Alabama Power and chief executive of the Alabama Power Foundation.
Global Partners announced the appointment of Robert W. "Bob" Owens to the board of directors of its general partner, Global GP LLC. Owens was appointed CEO of Sunoco upon the company's sale to Energy Transfer Partners in 2012. He joined Sunoco in 1997 after serving in executive roles at Ultramar Diamond Shamrock Corporation, Amerada Hess and Mobil Oil.
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- Colonial Pipeline President and CEO
Colonial Pipeline President and CEO Joseph A. Blount Jr. has been appointed to the National Petroleum Council (NPC) Committee on U.S. Oil and Natural Gas Transportation Infrastructure. The NPC provides advice for the U.S. Secretary of Energy office. P&GJ ..
Roan Resources Director Joseph A. Mills has been appointed executive chairman of the board and will assume the duties of principal executive officer of the company following the resignation of Tony Maranto as chairman, CEO and president. Mills also serves as president and CEO of Samson Resources II...
Emerson announced two promotions within its Professional Tools business: Justin King has been named vice president of Engineering and Rob Trefz, vice president of Marketing. The moves mark the company's continuing commitment to creating synergies between the RIDGID and Greenlee brands. King has worked with Greenlee since 2007, most recently as director of Engineering and Innovation in its Professional Tools business. Trefz joined Emerson in 2004 and most recently held the position of vice president of Marketing for Greenlee.
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- Founder and Chairman of the Board of Houston - Based LNG Company NextDecade, Died May 9. She Was 58
Kathleen Eisbrenner, founder and chairman of the board of Houston-based LNG company NextDecade, died May 9. She was 58.
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- Executive Director for the Arkansas Petroleum Council
- People
Atmos Energy appointed Kevin Akers to serve as president and CEO and a member of its board of directors, effective Oct. 1. Akers, currently executive vice president, will succeed Mike Haefner, who is stepping down Sept. 30 to focus on a recent health issue and will retire Jan. 1 from the company an..
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- Group President of Sempra Energy
Kevin C. Sagara has been named group president of Sempra Energy, overseeing the company's California utilities, San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E) and Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas). Caroline A. Winn has been promoted to CEO of SDG&E from chief operating officer. Scott D. Drury, president of SDG&E, has been named CEO of SoCalGas, replacing Bret Lane, who has retired after 38 years with the company.
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- Chief Financial Officer
- Investor Relations Director
Kian Granmayeh has been promoted to chief financial officer from Investor Relations director at Tellurian. Former CFO Antoine Lafargue moved to senior vice president of LNG Marketing to advance commercialization of the Driftwood project. He replaces Amos Hochstein, who moved to executive vice presid..
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- Puget Sound Energy President & CEO
Puget Sound Energy President & CEO Kimberly Harris this year brings her unique combination of environmental sensibility and unabashed love for the energy industry to the international stage as chair of the American Gas Association as it celebrates its 100th year and hosts the World Gas Conference.
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- Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Southern Company Gas
GTI announced Kimberly S. Greene, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Southern Company Gas, was appointed to the GTI Board of Directors. GTI is a research, development and training organization that addresses global energy and environmental challenges through technology-based solutio..
Koch McElroy appointed Geoff Koch, P.E., as vice president of product development, with responsibility for the design, prototype build and testing of all new equipment, in addition to supporting pipe fusion products. Before joining McElroy, Koch spent nearl..
PTS hired Kyli Tamas as account recruitment manager for the Gulf Coast operation. Tamas has over 10 years' experience in the oil and gas industry. P&GJ..
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- Oil & Gas Group Manager and Practice Leader
- Vice President, Content
joined Freese and Nichols as an Oil & Gas Group manager and practice leader. Based in the firm's Dallas office, McKenzie has spent almost four decades in the industry and has led projects in Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and the Louisiana Gulf Coast...
• Lee manages all nine brands for Gulf Energy Information
Lori Traweek is in her 25th year at the American Gas Association (AGA), where she now serves as senior vice president and chief operating officer. Among her vast responsibilities in this role, she's responsible for making sure the association is ready and ab..
MacIntosh Michels Canada promoted Glenn MacIntosh to director of its Eastern Region. He will spearhead the company's continued growth in the Greater Toronto Area and beyond from a new office, located at 891 Rowntree Dairy Road, Woodbridge, Ontario. K..
Maggie O'Connell is the new director of Security, Reliability and Resilience at INGAA. Her a background is as a policy analyst and regulatory affairs specialist.
, commonly known as Rita, died Sept. 27 at age 80. Tubb spent 21 years on the staff at P&GJ in the roles of managing editor and executive editor before retiring in 2016. She previously was on the editorial staff of McGraw Hill, where she helped ..
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- Senior Corrosion Engineer
Mark Schiller was named president and chief executive officer of Lane Industries and its subsidiary The Lane Construction Corporation. He succeeds Robert E. Alger after 20 years of operational leadership at Lane, most recently as executive vice president and chief operating officer of Operations - C..
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- Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer of the American Petroleum Institute
Marty Durbin, executive vice president and chief strategy officer of the American Petroleum Institute (API), stepped down from the prominent oil industry group after 10 years. He said plans to continue in the policy and political realms. Brown Sam Brown, C..
• Proficient in content creation and management, specializing in digital platforms.
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- Vice President of Human Resources
Phoenix International Holdings announced Matthew Long has been promoted to corporate vice president, assuming responsibilities for companywide financial forecasting, reporting and budgeting while retaining current duties as corporate VP and general manager of Phoenix's Largo, Maryland, operations.
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- Its President and Chief Executive
U.S. LNG developer Tellurian said its president and chief executive, Meg Gentle, is leaving the company and will be succeeded by Octavio Simoes, previously executive vice president of LNG Marketing and Business Development.
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- Assistant Manager, Editorial Production
Melvin D. Williams, president of Nicor Gas, the largest natural gas distribution company in Illinois, ihas been named to the 2019 EMpower 100 Ethnic Minority Executives List. The annual list ranks the 100 most influential black, Asian and minority leaders in the world...
Michael France was named a managing director at Intrepid Investment Management, which makes private investments across the energy sector. France will co-lead Intrepid's investing business Robert Cabes. P&GJ..
Michael Isper is the new director of Security, Reliability and Resilience at INGAA. He began his energy career in the environmental and hazmat compliance field while at a mid-sized utility in Ohio, and later in Virginia at Dominion Energy.
• Areas of responsibility: Content related to midstream oil and gas projects and related infrastructure, and local distribution companies
• Previously worked as regional editor at Houston Community Newspapers, editor at the Houston Post
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- GTI As the Senior Vice President
Michael Rutkowski joined GTI as the senior vice president, with a primary focus on unconventional supply, energy conversion and natural gas delivery. Previously, he spent nearly 15 years as a managing director in the energy practice of Navigant. P&GJ..
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- President
- Named President for 2017 ASGMT
Flow-Cal, Inc's President, Michael Squyres, has been appointed to serve as the President of the Board of Directors for the 2017 American School of Gas Measurement Technology (ASGMT), the largest gas measurement school in the United States devoted to natural gas and natural gas liquid measurement, pr..
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- New Vice President of Case Construction Equipment for North America
Michel Marchand is the new vice president of Case Construction Equipment for North America, replacing Scott Harris who took a similar role at Case IH.
Cheniere Energy appointed Michele A. Evans to its board of directors. She will be an independent director and serve on the Audit and the Governance and Nominating committees. Evans has more than 30 years of experience in the defense and aerospace industry and currently is executive vice president o..
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- President
- President - Elect
- Head of the Environmental Protection Agency
WASHINGTON (AP) - President-elect Donald Trump is expected to nominate Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, a source close to Pruitt said Wednesday. Environmental groups quickly denounced the choice. Pruitt, 48, has been a reliable booster of the..
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump has nominated energy lawyer Kevin McIntyre to chair the vacancy-plagued commission that oversees the nation's power grid and natural gas pipelines. Only one commissioner currently serves on the five-member Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, leaving it wit..
WASHINGTON (AP) - The head of the Environmental Protection Agency has named a slate of new members to federal science advisory boards, including several who work for chemical and fossil-fuel interests. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt announced his appointments Friday, after saying he would block sci..
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump is offering measured support for Scott Pruitt, the Environmental Protection Agency chief whose deregulatory efforts make him one of the most consequential Cabinet members. But Pruitt, who is at the center of swirling ethics questions over his travel spending ..
Neil Smith has been hired to develop CCI & Associates Engineering and EPC capabilities for specialized projects from the Houston office. He has 30 years' experience with horizontal directional drilling. P&GJ..
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- President Expects Hectic Year Battling Corrosion
The Northeast Gas Association announced that Charles C. Crews was named president and CEO of the association, succeeding Thomas M. Kiley, who served in that role for 36 years.
• Areas of responsibility: content related to midstream and upstream oil and gas operations and related infrastructure
• Previously worked as a freelance editor in both technical and non-technical fields
Pat Hickey has joined CECO Compressor Engineering (CECO) as a consultant in its the Training & Technical Services team. He brings more than 45 years in the natural gas industry specializing in software development, start-up and commissioning of new installations and troubleshooting existing control ..
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- New INGAA Foundation Chair
Well-known Houston business and community leader, Philip Burguières, passed away on the on the evening of June 30, 2016. Burguières began his career at Cameron Iron Works, Inc. in Houston, Texas. In 1981, he was named President and Chief Operating Officer and by 1986 he was one of the youngest Chie..
Pierce Norton's career had already spanned six different companies before he joined ONEOK in 2004, but he had effectively been working there all along. By the time he became president of its distribution companies, Tulsa-based ONEOK owned every natural gas system that Norton had operated since join..
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- Managing Director of the Burns & McDonnell Terminals
Randy Schmidt has been named Managing Director of the Burns & McDonnell Terminals and Pipelines group, replacing Ted Born, who is retiring. Schmidt's promotion was effective Jan. 1, 2017. Schmidt will be based in Houston, where he will lead a nationwide group of 140 engineering, procurement..
Kirby-Smith Machinery promoted Rebecca McNatt to director of construction technology. In this role, McNatt will be responsible for the growth and development of Komatsu Smart Construction and other equipment manufacturer technology programs offered through KSM. P&GJ..
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- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Exxon
- Exxon Mobil CEO
Rex Tillerson, chairman and chief executive officer of ExxonMobil will retire at the end of the year and be replaced by Darren Woods, currently president of ExxonMobil Corporation, effective Jan. 1. Tillerson was scheduled to retire in March 2017 when he reached 65, the company's mandatory retireme..
NEW YORK (AP) - President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday he has picked Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson to be secretary of state, calling the oil executive with close to ties to Russia one of the most accomplished "international dealmakers in the world." Tillerson's business relations with Russi..
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- Chief Executive Officer
- President
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- Contributing Editor, North America
• Researches, writes and reviews in-depth industry articles from a broad national perspective
• More than 40 years of experience working within and/or observing and interpreting the energy industry
• A graduate of the University of Southern California, with a master's degree from Northwestern University
Richard Wilson joins ICR Integrity in the newly created role of COO. He has 30 years of operational and commercial experience in the oil and gas industry, having led a major service contractor and oil company. For 12 years, he was director of operations at S..
Rick Perry, President-elect Donald Trump's choice for Energy secretary, has close ties to the Texas oil industry and has corporate roles in two petroleum companies pushing to get government approval for the proposed 1,200-mile crude oil pipeline that has stoked mass protests in North Dakota. Perry'..
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who famously forgot the Energy Department was one of the agencies he pledged to eliminate, is President-elect Donald Trump's choice to become energy secretary, two people with knowledge of the decision say. Perry is likely to shift the department away..
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- Senior Vice President of Crude Oil Commercial
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- EQT 's Chief Financial Officer
Robert J. McNally, EQT's chief financial officer, will become president and chief executive officer of EQT and join the Board of Directors. James E. Rohr will become chairman of the board.
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- Retired Vice Chairman of American Electric Power
Robert P. Powers, recently retired vice chairman of American Electric Power (AEP), has been named to ALLETE Inc.'s board of directors, effective Aug. 23, 2017. Powers' career in the energy industry spans 41 years through his retirement in August 2017. He most recently served as a senior adviser to ..
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- President of National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation
National Fuel Gas Company named Ronald C. Kraemer president of National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation, succeeding David P. Bauer who became president and chief executive officer of the company. Kraemer will continue in his role as president of Empire Pipeline, retaining responsibility for the company'..
Ruben E. Esquivel retired from Atmos Energy's Board of Directors. He joined the board in 2008 and served as chairman of its Work Session/Annual Meeting Committee since 2017. He served as president and CEO of the company in 1985 and vice chairman in 1994. P&GJ..
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- Construction MediCamp As Business Development Manager
Sam Sebo joined Construction MediCamp as business development manager. Sebo previously worked as a project developer at Allan Edwards, developing buoyancy products for pipeline construction. ..
Tanzania President Samia Suluhu Hassan named a new energy minister on Wednesday as part of a cabinet reshuffle, ahead of expected cabinet approval for a $42 billion LNG project.
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- President of NACE International
Samir Degan, president of NACE International for 2017, expects the global association to see yet another hectic year of change and "high-level discussions" focused on fighting corrosion during his tenure. "I think we at NACE are changing for the better," Degan said during an interview with P&GJ tha..
EnerMech has named Sandeep Sharma as chief financial officer. Sharma is former CFO of Stork and previously served as Finance director at Bombardier Transportation. He joins newly appointed CEO Chris Brown at EnerMech, which is gearing up for expansion following acquisition by The Carlyle Group.
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- United Piping, Inc. Co - Founder
Schoneberger Bob Schoneberger, United Piping, Inc. co-founder and pipeline advocate, died of a heart attack Nov. 11 at his northern Wisconsin hunting property. He was 60. Following years at Lakehead Pipeline, which is now Enbridge Energy, Schoneberger co..
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- Prochazka CenterPoint Energy President and CEO
Prochazka CenterPoint Energy President and CEO Scott M. Prochazka has been elected chair of the American Gas Association (AGA) Board of Directors for 2020. Prochazka, who joined CenterPoint in October 2001, has previously served as chief operating officer, ..
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- Tenaska Marketing Ventures As Director
Sean Churchill joined Tenaska Marketing Ventures as director of origination and will work out of the new Houston office. He has held natural gas trading and origination positions with EDF Trading, Sequent Energy Management and Calpine Energy Services. Churchill's experience includes electric generat..
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- Chief Executive of the Port of Corpus Christi
Sean Strawbridge, chief executive of the Port of Corpus Christi, the largest U.S. oil-export port by volume, resigned on Tuesday, the port operator said without providing any explanation.
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- Appointed Head of Department 106
Sergey Kupriyanov has been appointed Head of Department 106 - Press Secretary to Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee. Kupriyanov, who joined Gazprom in 2003, most recently served as deputy head of the department. He succeeds Alexander Bespalov, who retired. P&GJ ..
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- Western Land Services As President
Shawn Fields has joined Western Land Services as president in the company's Oklahoma City office. He moves to WLS from NextEra Energy Resources, where he was executive director of Upstream Development. P&GJ ..
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- Contributing Editor, Africa
U.S. LNG developer Tellurian said its president and chief executive, Meg Gentle, is leaving the company and will be succeeded by Octavio Simoes, previously executive vice president of LNG Marketing and Business Development.
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- Managing Director at HammerHead Trenchless
Smith Gabrielse Jeff Gabrielse has been named managing director at HammerHead Trenchless and assumed leadership of the Hammerhead brand within the newly formed Rehabilitation and Replacement (R&R) division of The T..
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- President of Spire Storage
Smith Scott Smith has been named president of Spire Storage and Spire STL Pipeline. In this role, he leads the company's operations and commercialization of natural gas storage facilities in Wyoming and pipelines serving Spire Missouri East and other midwe..
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- Contributing Editor, Washington
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- International Sales Director With Responsibility for Europe
Romet Limited promoted Steven F. Ditcham to international sales director with responsibility for Europe, Asia and the Middle East. He holds a mechanical engineering degree from Aston University and has worked for both Schlumberger and Sensus. ..
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- EQT Corporation President
EQT Corporation President Steven T. Schlotterbeck will succeed David L. Porges as CEO when Porges retires in the first quarter of 2017, following the filing of the Company's 10-K. Porges will remain as Chairman of EQT's Board of Directors for one year after the retirement. A similar leadership trans..
Meritage Midstream announced that T. Jeffrey Layne has joined the company as chief operating officer and Matthew DeNezza has joined as chief operating officer. DeNezza also serves as chief financial officer. They joined the Denver-based company as it prepared to commission its Steamboat Cryogenic Pr..
UGI Corporation has named Ted J. Jastrzebski to the position of chief financial officer.
(P&GJ) - Pipeline & Gas Journal is thrilled to announce the distinguished finalists for the midstream categories in the inaugural Gulf Energy Information Excellence Awards.
Timothy J. Harris joined Allegheny Technologies in the newly created position of senior vice president, chief digital and technology officer. P&GJ ..
Environment and natural resources lawyer Tom Jensen has joined Perkins Coie in Washington. He previously served as majority counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and as associate director for Natural Resources at the White House Council on Environmental Quality. P&GJ..
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- President of the Natural Gas Pipelines Group for Kinder Morgan
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- U.S. Deputy Interior Secretary
Tierra Energy of Calgary appointed Tony Berthelet as chief operating officer. Berthelet was the president and CEO of Strategic Oil and Gas Ltd...
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- Appointed Director of Strategic Planning
Tracy Gray has been appointed director of Strategic Planning, Mining and Engineering & Construction Projects for Sodexo's Energy & Resources Division. Gray joins the company with more than 20 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. Additionally, Simon Seaton was named by Sodexo as chief exe..
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- Vice President of Business Development
Prairie Field Services announced that Trent Bischoff has joined the company as vice president of Business Development in the Texas region, working out of its Orla, Texas, location. In his new role, Bischoff will be responsible expanding Prairie's business in the region. P&GJ..
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- President and CEO of WBI Holdings Inc
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- Executive Vice President, Strategic Planning and Corporate Affairs
Colonial Pipeline announced that Wes Dunbar has been named vice president of Operations, with responsibility for all Colonial Pipeline operations activity. Dunbar previously served as vice president, Natural Gas Pipelines Operations at ONEOK, where he was responsible for both interstate and intrastate pipeline operations.
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- Named President of Cameron LNG
Fairbanks spent over a decade at Hunt Oil Company, where he managed Hunt LNG Operating Company, the operator of Peru LNG, consisting of a 4.4 MTPA LNG liquefaction plant and a 400-km natural gas pipeline.
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- Rice University Professor
Rice University professor William Arnold gives his thoughts about the impact the Trump administration will have on pipeline construction projects.
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- Member of the Williams Elects New Chairman of the Board
- New Chairman of the Board
The Williams Companies, Inc. has elected Stephen W. Bergstrom Chairman of the Board, effective immediately. Bergstrom will replace Kathleen B. Cooper who will become Chair of the Board's Nominating and Governance Committee. Cooper has served on the Williams Board since 2006. Bergstrom joined the Wi..
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- Federal Judge As New Senior VP
The Williams Companies, Inc. has announced that United States Magistrate Judge T. Lane Wilson will become the company's senior vice president and general counsel, effective April 17, 2017. Wilson is succeeding Sarah Miller, who previously announced her resignation, and will report directly to Willia..
Williamson T.D. Williamson (TDW) Chairman Emeritus Richard B. "Dick" Williamson received the International Pipeline Conference Lifetime Achievement Award Sept. 30 during the International Pipeline Expo (IPC), held virtually from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. T..
T.D. Williamson, a Tulsa-based pipeline and services company, has announced the retirement of longtime board chairman and past president and CEO Richard (Dick) Williamson, who has assumed the position of chairman emeritus. He is succeeded by his brother Stephen Williamson, who has served on the boar..
T.D. Williamson (TDW) Chairman Emeritus Richard B. "Dick" Williamson received the International Pipeline Conference Lifetime Achievement Award Sept. 30 during the International Pipeline Expo (IPC), held virtually from Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Through Williamson's passion, TDW has become "synonymous with pipelines," IPC said. It credited Williamson with expanding the international presence of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), including co-founding its International Offshore Pipeline Forum (IOPL), serving as vice president of and helping to form ASME's International Petroleum Technology Institute. Williamson also worked to develop the first-ever ASME-sponsored India Oil & Gas Pipeline Conference.