OGRE Systems Inc., a provider of petroleum reserve and economic software, has named Greg Hibbard as CEO.

ION Geophysical Corp. has acquired 235 square miles of new 3D multi-client seismic data in the Marcellus shale play in central Pennsylvania. 

Dow Jones Indexes, a global index provider, and UBS Securities LLC have launched the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index 2-4-6 Forward Blend, a gauge that measures diversified exposure to longer-dated commodity futures contracts spread across the commodity price curve.

Allegro Development Corp. and Pivot Inc., have released Trade Connect 8.1, which provides efficiency around OTC trading processes and improves visibility into company positions with intraday pricing and real-time position valuation.

Trayport, a provider of energy trading solutions to traders brokers and exchanges worldwide, has launched Joule, its new trading screen.

Aon Risk Solutions has named M. Claire Juliana as the company’s first director of environmental claims for its Environmental Practice.

The FAB-8 (Flow-Cal Advisory Board) and Flow-Cal Inc. hosted record breaking attendance at this year’s 12th annual User Group event.

Canada’s Husky Energy and UK-based Palantir Solutions, a global provider of integrated economics and planning products and services, have signed a three-year deal to work together to build an integrated, dynamic business planning solution.

Transzap Inc., the parent company of Oildex, a provider of ePayables, eRevenue, and eStatement software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions to the energy industry, has been included in the 2011 Deloitte Technology Fast 500.