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February 06, 2024
Armel has extensive experience in the oil and gas industry, having spent the first part of his career with Total (now “Total Energies”) before joining Perenco in 2011. His latest position within Perenco has been General Manager of Perenco Cameroon, prior to which he served as the Group’s Drilling Manager.
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January 24, 2024
Offshore Energies UK (OEUK) CEO, David Whitehouse, will chair the conference and executive committee for SPE Offshore Europe 2025 (OE25) being held at P&J Live, Aberdeen from 2-5 September 2025.
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January 17, 2024
Auchincloss  — who had been serving as interim CEO — faces significant challenges as he seeks to move the company on from the scandal that brought down Bernard Looney, while also getting investors to support the long-term strategy laid out by his predecessor.
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January 14, 2024
During his 16 years at bp, Stephen Riney also served as the global head of mergers and acquisitions and held several management positions in treasury and within the upstream segment
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January 11, 2024
Desmarest was Chief Executive Officer of what was then called Total SA from 1995 to 2010, and again for a short period in 2014. Under his supervision, Total bought other companies to become one of the world’s biggest publicly traded oil companies.
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January 05, 2024
Bruce oversaw the UK company’s initial public offering in 2022, and last year took a final investment decision to proceed with Britain’s Rosebank field.
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January 02, 2024
Richard P. Dealy, previously the company’s President and Chief Operating Officer (COO), brings more than 30 years of industry experience in roles spanning nearly all operations and business functions at Pioneer and its predecessor company.
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December 21, 2023
John Wood Group Plc has enhanced its executive leadership by welcoming Marla Storm as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) and Michael Rasmuson as Group General Counsel.
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December 15, 2023
Chevron Corp. CFO Pierre Breber criticized employees for failing to deliver on several key performance metrics in 2023, a year in which Chevron's shares tumbled 16%, a steeper drop than its industry peers.
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December 14, 2023
Prior to his work at IEF, Mason Hamilton was a senior advisor in the Office of Oil and Natural Gas at the U.S. Department of Energy. Hamilton also previously was a lead petroleum market analyst for the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
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December 08, 2023
BiSN has opened a new manufacturing facility in Perth, Western Australia to better serve operators in the region. The facility will increase the operational capacity for BiSN in the Asia-Pacific region, creating several local jobs.
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December 01, 2023
It’s not certain that Dunn would use proceeds from an acquisition to ratchet up his political donations. But close observers of Texas politics say they expect his giving could increase if he sells his company.
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November 30, 2023
Andy was most recently Chief Executive of the UK’s North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA), where he played a pivotal role in conceiving and delivering on a fresh vision for the UK Continental Shelf.
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November 14, 2023
Edward Cross, Kansas Independent Oil & Gas Association’s President, has been chosen as a 2023 Top Lobbyist by the National Institute for Lobbying & Ethics (NILE).
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November 12, 2023
Prior to the private sector, Ms. Powell McCormick served for over a dozen years in senior roles in the United States Government, including as Assistant to the President for Presidential Personnel, Assistant Secretary of State and Undersecretary for Public Affairs and Public Diplomacy, and Deputy National Security Advisor.
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November 03, 2023
In Venezuela, the company will expand works, including new drilling, after the Biden administration temporarily lifted a four-year ban on the country’s oil industry.
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October 31, 2023
Laura Daniel-Davis' promotion comes after two previously failed nominations over what Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) considered “playing partisan politics” regarding U.S. energy security.
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October 31, 2023
Exxon Mobil Corp. named Bart Cahir as Senior Vice President of its shale division, replacing David Scott, who was arrested in Texas earlier this month and accused of sexual assault.
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October 29, 2023
According to people who have worked with Murray Auchincloss directly, both within bp and externally, the interim CEO’s character stands in contrast to his gregarious predecessor.
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October 18, 2023
Rune Christian Godejord and Trevor Ogilvie have more than 30 years’ experience in the energy industry between them, including in subsea oil and gas and topside controls across multiple regions.
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October 12, 2023
Under Mr. Al-Naimi’s leadership, Aramco is reinventing upstream by making exploration, drilling and production more fit-for-purpose for tomorrow’s world—smarter, safer, more efficient, and more sustainable while increasing the maximum sustainable capacity from 12 MMbopd to 13 MMbopd by 2027.
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