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Nigel Hearne has been named managing director of Chevron’s Australasia business unit (ABU). Hearne joined Texaco in 1989, prior to its merger with Chevron, and served as operations manager for the Pembroke refinery in the United Kingdom and for Chevron’s refinery in El Segundo, California, before becoming vice president of strategy for the company’s downstream strateg…

Appointment of Donnie Busscher as engineering manager was announced by Stokes and Spiehler. Busscher worked as an in-house engineer and wellsite consultant for land and offshore operations before joining Stokes and Spiehler. He holds a bachelor’s degree in petroleum engineering from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

Advisian appointed Geeta Thakorlal as president of INTECSEA. She succeeds Neil Mackintosh, who will take on the role of executive vice president of global market sales. Thakorlal has more than 30 years of management and professional services experience, the last 25 years coming in the international oil and gas sector. She has worked primarily in upstream for greenfiel…

2H Offshore named Yann Helle as managing director. Helle, who had previously held the position of technical manager, managed the TLP top-tensioned riser system delivery management project for Total’s Moho Nord field development. He joined the company in 2002 and has experience in riser and conductor systems, minimum facility platforms, and component package supply. He…

The Industry Technology Facilitator has appointed Richard Luff to its board as a nonexecutive director. Luff, who currently serves as senior vice president at Intecsea, has more than 40 years’ experience in the oil and gas sector. He has worked in subsea industries around the world, including Saudi Arabia, Norway, Brazil, and the United States. In 2007, he joined a st…

Yang Hua was appointed chief executive officer and redesignated as executive director of the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC). Yang has more than 30 years of experience in petroleum exploration and production. From 1982 to 1992, he served in a number of positions at the CNOOC Research Center, including director of its field development department and ma…

Gavin Sherwood has been appointed business development manager for Simmons Edeco Europe. He will oversee global sales and marketing initiatives for the company’s valve, wellhead, and asset integrity maintenance services supplied from its European headquarters in Great Yarmouth, England. Sherwood has 26 years of experience in well services, including 10 years in a vari…

Phaneendra Kondapi 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. As the KBR adjunct professor of subsea engineering at the University of Houston, Kondapi helped develop …

AccessESP appointed Anwar Assal as Middle East and North Africa regional manager. He has 20 years of well completions experience, including 15 years at Schlumberger and 5 years at Baker Hughes, with experience working in Africa, Europe, and Asia. He holds a BS in petroleum engineering from Cairo University.

Chris Waller was named engineering manager at ACE Winches. He joins the company from SengS, where he was engineering director for 4 years. In his current role, he will oversee engineering activity including the hydraulic, mechanical, structural, electrical, and project engineering departments. Waller has held a number of senior roles over the course of a 12-year caree…