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Linda Capuano, most recently a fellow in energy technology in the Center for Energy Studies at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, has begun her service as administrator of the Energy Information Administration in the US Department of Energy, the EIA announced on 9 January. She was nominated for the post by President Donald Trump on 3 November 2017 an…

Matt Gallagher, SPE, was appointed a member of Parsley Energy’s board of directors. He is currently the company’s president and COO, and will succeed current chairman of the board and CEO Bryan Sheffield as CEO in January 2019. Sheffield will serve as CEO through the end of 2018, in the newly created position of executive chairman throughout 2019, and as chairman of t…

LUX Assure's CoMic technology is a corrosion inhibitor micelle detection tool that can be used in the field to help manage the long-term integrity of aging assets. It provides detailed information on corrosion inhibitor dose optimization based on micelle detectino in oilfield fluids, eliminating inaccuracies that can be caused by sample degradation. The technology ens…

The International Energy Agency governing board re-elected Fatih Birol executive director for a second 4-year term. The unanimous decision to extend his tenure followed a process initiated by IEA member countries at their ministerial meeting in November 2017.

EM&I, an asset integrity services provider, appointed Pat Lawless CEO. He has been the COO for 5 years and takes over from Danny Constantinis who heads up the board as executive chairman.

Noble Corporation announced the retirement of Chairman, President, and CEO David W. Williams, and the election by the board of directors of Julie J. Robertson to succeed him in such roles. Williams will remain with the company through February 2018, serving in an advisory capacity. Robertson has served as executive vice president since 2006. In this role, she has had …

Keppel Offshore and Marine CEO Chris Ong Leng Yeow has joined the board of the Singapore-based KrisEnergy as a nonexecutive director. Ong has served as Keppel CEO since 1 July. Before this appointment, he was managing director of Keppel FELS, a subsidiary of Keppel Offshore and Marine. He began his career with Keppel in 1999 as a commissioning superintendent and has h…

Belgacem Chariag, chief global operations officer of Baker Hughes, a GE company, has resigned and will reportedly be replaced by Uwem Ukpong, the company's chief global operations and integration officer. Chariag agreed to resign on 2 January but will remain with BHGE until the end of January. Ukpong previously was a GE Oil & Gas executive and has run the company's Oi…

Mukul Sharma, SPE, professor in the Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) was elected to the National Academy of Engineering for 2018. He is recognized for his contributions to the science and technology of production from unconventional hydrocarbon reservoirs. Sharma has been on the UT Austin fa…

Startup company Eviation is aiming for its 9-seat commuter aircraft to be flying passengers by 2021 after signing up South Korea’s Kokam as its battery supplier. The battery will have 9,400 cells distributed throughout the aircraft including the ceiling, floor, and wings, weighing 3.8 tonnes, or 60% of the maximum takeoff weight.