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Stress Engineering Services appointed Brent Vyvial as principal and lead of its midstream practice. Vyvial joined Stress in 2006 as an analyst and currently serves as a principal in the company. His research includes studies associated with the design of subsea flowlines and steel catenary risers using the strain-based rules of API RP 1111; investigations of composite…

OmniMetrix's Hero Rectifier Monitor is a cathodic protection monitor that offers remote monitoring and control for pipelines. It features cellular and/or satellite connectivity for data transmission, eliminating manual data collection costs. The monitor comes with a GPS-synchronized rectifier interruption system and the "StormSense" feature that monitors the atmospher…

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.

Jan Arve Haugan has been appointed as CEO of Aker Energy, a joint venture between Aker and TRG effective 1 March. Haugan is currently president and CEO of Kvaerner, having served in that position since its demerger from Aker in 2011. He joined Norwegian Hydro as chief engineer in 1991 and has held several management positions in Hydro’s oil and gas projects and operat…

GulfMark Offshore announced the promotion of Samuel Rubio to the position of chief financial officer. Rubio joined GulfMark in 2005 and has served in various positions within the organization. Since 2012, he has been its senior vice president—controller and chief accounting officer. He has more than 35 years of experience in accounting at operating division and corpor…

J. Roger Hite, SPE regional director for the Gulf Coast North America region, died 15 February. He was the founder and principal at Inwood Solutions. Hite was also the owner of Blackhorse Energy, and previously operated the Business Fundamentals Group. Earlier, he worked at Shell Oil in numerous roles, serving as engineering manager, manager of production technology, …

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…