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Clay Williams, SPE, chairman, president, and CEO of National Oilwell Varco, was appointed a member of the Energy Advisory Board at the University of Houston. Formed in 2010, the Energy Advisory Board is a volunteer board that lends strategic guidance, external coordination, and resource development for UH Energy, which is an umbrella for efforts across the university …

Trelleborg’s next-generation Firestop material is lighter and thinner than the company’s first-generation release. It is a passive fire-protection material used to protect personnel and equipment by minimizing fire escalation, providing time to evacuate people, close down critical equipment, and for responders to gain control of a fire. The certified rubber-based mate…

Fatih Birol has been re-elected as executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA) by the governing board for a second term. Birol became IEA’s executive director in 2015. He is the chairman of the World Economic Forum’s (Davos) Energy Advisory Board and serves as a member of the United Nation Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on Sustainable Energy for Al…

Jeff Hildebrand, founder of privately held Hilcorp Energy, has stepped down as CEO. Greg Lalicker, a petroleum engineer who joined the company in 2006 after roles at BHP Billiton Ltd.’s oil unit and at McKinsey & Co., was named CEO. Jason Rebrook, a former executive with GE Capital and Chevron Corp., was named president. Hildebrand founded the company in 1989 and will…

The Sentry G3 from Sensonics is ahigh-performance condition and monitoring system suitable for gas turbines. It is designed so that each plug-in module provides up to four measurement channels that can be independently programmed to provide continuous monitoring and protection across a broad spectrum of sensor regimes (including vibration, expansion, temperature, spee…

The IsoPig is a plug from the Pipeline Pressure Isolation Group is designed for repair, valve testing, emergency rupture, and leak stoppage of thin-wall onshore pipelines and offshore pipelines. It creates a double-block, bubble-tight seal, and its technology reduces disruption and improves safety and speed. The plug utilizes telemetry to communicate demands, receive …

Carboline’s Carbozinc 608 HB is a high build zinc-rich primer that provides galvanic corrosion protection for steel in industrial and marine environments. It contains an inert flake reinforcement of micaceous iron oxide that enhances its strength. The primer can be applied as part of a two-coat system instead of a typical three-coat system of zinc primer and two coats…

Emerson’s SolaHD floor mount automation transformer is a non-ventilated, 45 to 150 kVa-encapsulated transformer rated for use in Class I, Division 2/Zone 2 hazardous locations as well as harsh industrial environments. The transformer is suitable for indoor and outdoor services. Its rugged enclosure protects the transformer from dust and moisture, and it provides extra…

Aberdeen Harbour, a marine support center for oil and gas, appointed Michelle Handforth as the port's new CEO. Handforth has 20 years of board and leadership experience in global multisite business. Before joining the Aberdeen Harbour board, she was managing director of Babcock Offshore Helicopters and has served on the boards of First Choice, Sea Containers, Aviva, V…

Former Hercules CEO John Rynd has been named president and CEO of the US Offshore support vessel company Tidewater. Rynd previously served as president and CEO of Hercules from 2008 to 2016, and prior to that he spent 11 years with Noble Drilling Services in a variety of management roles including a stint as vice president of marketing. Rynd holds a BA in economics fr…