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Cenovus Energy appointed Jonathan McKenzie CFO. He will replace Ivor Ruste who will retire on 30 April. McKenzie comes to Cenovus from Husky Energy where he has been CFO since 2015. Previously, he worked at Irving Oil Ltd. in the roles of CFO and chief commercial officer. Prior to Irving, McKenzie worked for 10 years at Suncor Energy where he held increasingly senior …

Chevron Corporation named David Payne corporate vice president of health, environment, and safety, effective 1 May. He is currently VP of Chevron’s drilling and completions organization. He succeeds Wes Lohec who has elected to retire from Chevron after 37 years of service on 1 June.

Patterson-UTI Energy appointed Janeen S. Judah to its board of directors. Judah has more than 35 years' operational and managerial experience within the energy industry. Most recently, she served as the 2017 SPE president while on secondment from Chevron. She held numerous leadership positions at Chevron including general manager for Chevron's Southern Africa business…

TRC Companies, an engineering, environmental consulting, and construction management services firm, promoted Marc Faecher to the position of chief risk officer (CRO). He replaces Tom Bennet, who is retiring in September after 10 years with TRC, the last 7 as CRO.

When selecting extinguishers, most organizations insist on quality, often deferring to the UL fire ratings with the expectation that higher ratings mean better firefighting capability. For some fires, that is true; however, in high-risk environments, the opposite can be true.

The $50-million investment ranks as one of Total Energy Ventures’ biggest investments to date. Dedicated to China’s energy sector, it will focus on renewable energies, the energy internet, energy storage, distributed energy, smart energy, and low-carbon businesses.

At least four US pipeline companies have seen their electronic systems for communicating with customers shut down over the last few days, with three confirming it resulted from a cyberattack.

An 18-month project will develop and trial a mobile robot for autonomous operational inspection of Total facilities.

A cyberattack on a third-party provider of an electronic data interchange platform temporarily interrupted Energy Transfer Partners’ ability to transfer files with its customers.

Lack of situational awareness in drilling operations has become an important safety factor. This study presents experiments conducted in a virtual-reality drilling simulator equipped with eye-tracking technology that can be used to distinguish between less and more aware/alert participants.

Shauna Noonan is the nominee for 2020 SPE President. She and six others make up the slate of nominees recommended for positions open on the SPE Board of Directors.