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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…

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…

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…

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…