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SPE has honored several university professors for their excellence in teaching and efforts to recruit faculty and students to petroleum engineering schools.

Sevan Marine named Reese McNeel as its chief executive officer (CEO) effective 1 January 2017. McNeel is currently the company's chief financial officer (CFO) and will continue in the role after assuming CEO duties. McNeel has previous experience in several interim finance management positions, including a stint as interim CFO at Sevan Marine in 2001. He previously se…

The Western North America and Rocky Mountain SPE regions held their first joint conference, 15–18 April, in Denver, Colorado, at the Sheraton Downtown Denver Hotel. The gathering offered attendees a panel discussion featuring oil and gas commission chairs from five US states; networking events; an exhibition; and five short courses, both on conventional and on unconve…

Steen Karstensen was appointed as chief executive officer of Maersk Supply Service effective October 24. Karstensen joined Maersk in 1986 and has spent the last 30 years with the company, working in procurement, logistics, supply chain, in-house consultancy, and other crossfunctional areas. Karstensen previously served as the company's chief procurement officer, overs…

The SPE Lagos Section 61 collaborated with the Lagos State Power Kids program to help bring Energy4me to 50 secondary schools in Lagos State, Nigeria. The Power Kids initiative was started by the state government for the purpose of teaching students about the importance of the efficiency and conservation of power usage, and is offered as an extracurricular club at sch…

Chevron named Rhonda Morris corporate vice president of human resources (HR). Morris, who was previously the company's vice president of HR for downstream and chemicals, will oversee its HR, diversity and ombuds, and medical and health services groups. She joined Chevron in 1991 in the Corporate HR Development Program. Since that time, she has held a number of roles o…

SPE now has a presence in Myanmar. Its 214th section—the Myanmar Section—was established 25 September 2013. The SPE International Board of Directors meeting this month will be held in Yangon, and the section’s inauguration will become official with that meeting. According to Jeff Spath, SPE president, in his column in this issue of JPT, the new Myanmar Section’s prese…

Jeff Spath, 2014 SPE president, recently met with Karen Agustiawan, president, director, and chief executive officer of PT Pertamina, during the SPE/IATMI 2013 Asia Pacific Oil & Gas Conference and Exhibition (APOGCE), held in October in Jakarta, Indonesia. The conference was a collaboration between SPE and the Society of Indonesian Petroleum Engineers (IATMI). Pertam…

Gretchen Watkins was named chief executive officer of Maersk Oil. Watkins has served as the company’s chief operating officer since 2014. Prior to that, she spent six years at Marathon Oil, serving as vice president of international production operations from 2008 to 2012 and vice president of North American production operations from 2012 to 2013. She began her caree…

SPE donated USD 5,000 to the Philippines Red Cross to support relief efforts for the victims of typhoon Haiyan, one of the most powerful storms on record. The storm hit the central Philippine islands on 8 November 2013, leaving a wide swath of destruction. Thousands were killed and millions displaced.