Opportune LLP has acquired Eco Risk Markets LLC, an energy consulting firm focused on risk strategy and related valuation services.

Alan Allen has rejoined Opportune LLP as managing director in its process and technology practice.

Royal Bank of Canada has acquired the Athena Energy Group, a natural gas supplier in Quebec. The acquisition expands RBC Capital Markets’ existing business, which offers structured pricing for natural gas supply, from Ontario into Quebec.

Allegro Development Corp., a provider of energy trading and risk management (ETRM) software, has appointed Steven Ferrigno as managing director of Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA); and Mark Weaser as managing director of Asia-Pacific (APAC).

Qv21 Technologies LLC said April 1 that it has added Electronic On Board Recorder capability (EOBR) to its LogisticsFramework product suite. Qv21 now offers the ability to electronically comply with the US Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration regulations related to tracking truck drivers’ hours of service, mileage, and status.

Real-time asset intelligence company OptaSense today announces it is to protect a strategic asset under high threat of terrorism and theft in a new Middle East and North Africa contract, worth $6 million.

ABS Group has appointed Paul Little as president of EQECAT, its catastrophe modeling company. Little replaces Bill Keogh who has resigned from the company to pursue another opportunity in the insurance sector.

Students in universities around the US and globally have access to some of the most widely-used petroleum industry software thanks, in part, to donations by Petroleum Experts (Petex).

Telogis has launched introduces Telogis for Oil & Gas, a comprehensive cloud-based enterprise software suite targeting oil and gas companies.