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Every year, SPE recognizes members who have made an exceptional effort to ensure the technical excellence of the Society’s peer-reviewed journals. For their contributions, the following individuals are recipients of the 2016 Outstanding Technical Editor Award.

Michael Lyle Payne, SPE, died 9 September 2016. He was 56. Payne had more than 30 years of experience in the industry, including in drilling operations, computing, research, and consulting. He was recognized with the SPE Drilling Engineering Award in 2000. Payne was a segment engineering technical authority at BP and previously held positions at the company leading up…

Keith Hal Coats, SPE, died 13 September 2016. He was 81. He was an accomplished teacher and pioneer developer of reservoir simulation software. In 1992, Coats founded Coats Engineering and served as the president until 2005 and technical director until his death. There he developed the reservoir simulator, Sensor, beginning in 1992 and continued to work on it until hi…

Bernard J. Duroc-Danner has stepped down as chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), and president at Weatherford. Duroc-Danner had served in those positions since 27 May 1998. He joined the company in May 1987 to initiate the startup of EVI's oilfield service and equipment business. He was elected EVI's president in January 1990 and CEO in May 1990. He serves on the …

Eve Sprunt, SPE, was appointed President-Elect at the American Geosciences Institute. She was the 2006 SPE president. Sprunt has professional society and business management experience and was a founder of the Society of Core Analysts. She was recently the first vice president of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG), where she founded the SEG Women’s Network…

Liam Mallon has been elected president of ExxonMobil Development Company. Mallon, who currently serves as the company's executive vice president, joined Mobil in 1990 and held a variety of progressively senior positions before becoming operations manager in Nigeria in 1998. He served in the same capcity in Australia from 2000 to 2003, after which he became planning ma…

Neil Duffin has been appointed president of ExxonMobil Production Company and was elected to serve as a vice president of the ExxonMobil Corporation. Duffin joined Mobil in 1979 and has held a variety of managerial positions in production, operations, and development. In 1992, he was named producing advisor for Europe and Africa. In 1995, he was named manager of Mobil…

Chevron named Clay Neff president of Chevron Africa and Latin America Exploration and Production (E&P), effective 1 January 2017. Neff, who is currently managing director of Chevron's Nigeria Mid-Africa business unit, will oversee the company's E&P activities in 15 countries across Africa and Latin America. In his current role, Neff is responsible for Chevron's upstre…

Jacqui Ferguson has joined Wood Group as a nonexecutive director on its board of directors. Ferguson, currently senior vice president and general manager of Hewlett-Packard UKI (United Kingdom and Ireland) and MEMA (Middle East, Mediterranean, and Africa), will also join the board’s nomination and audit committees. She has been in her current position since 2014. Prio…

Ali Moshiri will retire from his position of president at Chevron Africa and Latin America Exploration and Production (E&P) Company effective 1 January 2017. Moshiri has held various leadership roles at Chevron over the course of his 38-year career, including manager of petroleum and facilities engineering, general manager of strategic planning and assets evaluation f…