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Chevron named Dambisa Moyo to its board of directors, effective October 11. She will serve on the company’s Audit Committee. Moyo is an economist and is the founder and chief executive officer of Mildstorm. From 2001 to 2008, she worked for Goldman Sachs in various roles. Prior to that she worked at the World Bank. She currently serves on the boards of Barclays, Barri…

C. Susan Howes was named vice president of engineering at Subsurface Consultants and Associates (SCA). She will be responsible for maintaining technical quality standards for the company’s recruitment, consultancy, and training services. She will also participate in the direction, administration, and coordination of SCA’s operations, manage technical projects, and ser…

In May Praeger published 2006 SPE President Eve Sprunt’s book, A Guide for Dual-Career Couples: Rewriting the Rules. Her advice on ways for both individuals to achieve career success is based on a re-evaluation of traditional styles of working and focuses on productivity, flexibility, and negotiating win-win solutions. She incorporates the learnings from three SPE Tal…

Phaneendra Kondapi, SPE, was appointed director of subsea engineering for the College of Engineering at Texas A&M University. He has more than 20 years of experience in the industry including with FMC Technologies and KBR in engineering and consulting projects worldwide. Kondapi has been recognized for his work in designing and developing university-level curriculum i…

Chevron appointed Wanda Austin to its board of directors, effective December 1. She will serve on the board’s nominating and governance committee and its public policy committee. Austin has served as president and chief executive officer of The Aerospace Corporation since 2008. She joined the company in 1979 and previously served in various positions, including stints…

SPE created the A Peer Apart program to recognize dedicated individuals who have been involved in the peer review of 100 or more papers. Members who commit their time to peer review papers make substantial contributions to the industry’s literature by helping to ensure that the papers published in SPE’s technical journals are the highest quality. Over time, these indi…

SPE has reduced its global staff by 12% in response to current industry conditions. This is the first time in its 58-year history that SPE has had to make an economic-based layoff. CEO and Executive Vice President Mark Rubin said, “SPE remains focused on providing excellent service to our members. In deciding how to make staff reductions, we focused on our ability to …

Hubert (Hugh) L. Elkins, an industry pioneer in offshore drilling equipment and technologies, died 18 March 2016. He was 81.

Edgar Rangel-German, SPE, commissioner of Mexico’s regulatory agency National Hydrocarbons Commission (CNH) and one of the key members behind the implementation of Mexico’s recent energy reform for hydrocarbons, died 23 March. He was 42.

This year’s SPE Asia Pacific Oil & Gas Conference and Exhibition (APOGCE) will take place in Bali, Indonesia, for the first time.