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Simpson to resign as Chesapeake Energy director
May 6, 2013
Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE:CHK) has accepted the resignation of of director Louis A. Simpson. Thomas L. Ryan, president and CEO of Service Corp. International (NYSE:SCI), has been elected to fill the vacancy and has been appointed to the audit committee. |
Inocean names mobile offshore drilling VP
May 6, 2013
Oslo, Norway-based Inocean has appointed Leiken Dahl Aasbø as vice president of mobile offshore drilling. |
Layne Christensen names Easter CFO
May 3, 2013
Layne Christensen Co. (Nasdaq:LAYN) has named James R. Easter as the company’s CFO, effective May 6, 2013. |
Former Williams CEO John H. Williams dies at 94
May 2, 2013
Williams (NYSE: WMB) lost a transformative founder and former leader of the company when John H. Williams died at his home in Linville, NC on May 1. He was 94.
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Voser to retire as Royal Dutch Shell CEO
May 2, 2013
Peter Voser, CEO of Royal Dutch Shell plc, has informed the oil and gas giant that he will retire from the company in the first half of 2014. |
Palmer resigns senior VP post at Hyperdynamics
May 1, 2013
Michael W. Palmer has resigned from his position as senior vice president of operations for Hyperdynamics Corp. (NYSE: HDY). |
Q1 2013 totals $21 billion globally as markets pause after Q4 buying spree
May 1, 2013
PLS reports that global upstream oil and gas M&A activity in Q1 2013 slowed to $20.6 billion in 106 deals with values disclosed (176 total deals) compared to a record $140.9 billion in Q4 2012 with 208 deals with values disclosed (306 total deals). |
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Peak's multi-million dollar gift establishes brain tumor center
May 1, 2013
Kenneth R. Peak, oil and gas visionary and founder, chairman, and former CEO of Contango Oil & Gas Co., passed away April 19 at the age of 67 after a courageous battle with an inoperable brain tumor. |
