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World Petroleum Congress Returning to US in 2020
Next year, the World Petroleum Congress (WPC) will return to the United States for the first time since 1987. P&GJ talked to organizing committee Chairman Jeff Shellebarger about the event.
People, Companies & Associations News
Smith Scott Smith has been named president of Spire Storage and Spire STL Pipeline. In this role, he leads the company’s operations and commercialization of natural gas storage facilities in Wyoming and pipelines serving Spire Missouri East and other midwe..
U.S. Senate Approves New Energy Secretary
Dan Brouillette, President Donald Trump’s pick to succeed Rick Perry as energy secretary was confirmed by the Senate on Monday.
Rita Tubb
Former Pipeline & Gas Journal editor Maretta Faye Tubb, commonly known as Rita, died Sept. 27 at age 80. Tubb spent 21 years on the staff at P&GJ in the roles of managing editor and executive editor before retiring in 2016. She previously was on the editorial staff of McGraw Hill, where she helped ..
Brant Steele
Venturo named Brant Steele as sales territory manager in the Southeast United States. In his new role, Steele will serve crane customers across the region. ..
Tony Berthelet
Tierra Energy of Calgary appointed Tony Berthelet as chief operating officer. Berthelet was the president and CEO of Strategic Oil and Gas Ltd...
Stephen Rivers
International energy consultancy Xodus Group appointed Stephen Rivers as Subsea & Pipelines manager for Asia-Pacific as the company targets strategic growth and new projects in the region. His past roles have included engineering director for Peritus International Pty Ltd and senior vice president f..
José Firmo
Prumo Logística announced that José Firmo was named CEO of Porto do Açu Operações, the Prumo subsidiary that operates and manages the Port of Açu, in São João da Barra...
Kimra H. Cole
Columbia Gas of Kentucky named Kimra H. Cole as its president and chief operating officer, replacing the retiring Herbert A. Miller Jr. Cole has served in various leadership roles in marketing, engineering and operations during her 22 years with Columbia Gas of Kentucky and NiSource. She also served..
Monika U. Ehrman
Matador Resources appointed Monika U. Ehrman to its Board of Directors.
Mary King
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) announced that vice president of Human Resources, Mary King, will also serve as the company’s chief diversity officer, overseeing the company’s diversity and inclusion efforts.
Daniel Gordon
Colonial Pipeline named Daniel Gordon as vice president, chief commercial officer. In his new role, Gordon will lead Colonial’s commercial affairs functions for long-term growth opportunities. P&GJ ..
Evolution Midstream
Evolution Midstream said its chief commercial officer, Brandon Cowert, was named chief executive officer of the Denver-based company. Matthew Franzen joined Evolution as chief operating officer and Alan Shroeder was promoted to vice president of Commercial from director of Corporate Planning. P&GJ..
Trent Bischoff
Prairie Field Services announced that Trent Bischoff has joined the company as vice president of Business Development in the Texas region, working out of its Orla, Texas, location. In his new role, Bischoff will be responsible expanding Prairie’s business in the region. P&GJ..
Pat Hickey
Pat Hickey has joined CECO Compressor Engineering (CECO) as a consultant in its the Training & Technical Services team. He brings more than 45 years in the natural gas industry specializing in software development, start-up and commissioning of new installations and troubleshooting existing control ..
Sergey Kupriyanov
Sergey Kupriyanov has been appointed Head of Department 106 – Press Secretary to Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee. Kupriyanov, who joined Gazprom in 2003, most recently served as deputy head of the department. He succeeds Alexander Bespalov, who retired. P&GJ ..
Mia DeMontigny
The board of Sempra Energy subsidiary Southern California Gas Company has named Mia DeMontigny as chief financial officer, chief accounting officer, controller and treasurer of the company. Bruce Folkmann, who previously served in those roles at both SoCalGas and San Diego Gas & Electric Company, an..
Tom Jensen
Environment and natural resources lawyer Tom Jensen has joined Perkins Coie in Washington. He previously served as majority counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and as associate director for Natural Resources at the White House Council on Environmental Quality. P&GJ..
David Gray
David Gray has joined Colonial Pipeline as vice president and general counsel. He brings 25 years of legal experience to his new role at Colonial. Most recently, Gray was senior vice president for the midstream business of EQT Corp., with responsibility for business development, asset optimization a..
Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA)
The Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA) named Michael Isper as its new director of Security, Reliability and Resilience. In his role, Isper will lead the cyber- and physical security efforts for the association, managing its ongoing collaboration efforts with member companies and t..
Southern Gas Association
The Southern Gas Association (SGA) named Suzanne Ogle as chief executive officer for the Dallas-based organization, succeeding William Cantrell, who retired effective Aug. 31. Although stepping down from his full-time leadership role, Cantrell will continue in a contract role as liaison for the Gas ..
Dan Foppiano
Boston-based construction firm BOND announced the promotion of Dan Foppiano to vice president of the Civil and Utility Division of the company’s New York City office. ..
Tracy Gray
Tracy Gray has been appointed director of Strategic Planning, Mining and Engineering & Construction Projects for Sodexo’s Energy & Resources Division. Gray joins the company with more than 20 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. Additionally, Simon Seaton was named by Sodexo as chief exe..
D. James Harbilas
AltaGas has named D. James Harbilas to the position of executive vice president and chief financial officer. He replaces Tim Watson, who left the company...
Chad Edinger
JET Infrastructure, which owns and manages jet fuel pipelines and terminals across the United States, announced Chad Edinger has joined the company as general manager. He previously was vice president of Marketing and Business Development for NuStar Energy LP (formerly Kaneb Pipeline)...
Vacuworx
Vacuworx promoted Alan Odgers to senior vice president of Strategy from vice president of Marketing and Paula Bell to director of Marketing from manager. The Tulsa, Okla.-based company also hired William Bomprezzi as director of Business Analytics, and Brandon Martin and Denise Warner as Marketing c..
Jim Darroch
WFS Technologies named Jim Darroch as its chief technology officer. In his role, Darroch will drive product portfolio and software development strategy and expand the product engineering team to meet growing client demand for existing products. Prior to joining WFS, Darroch was part of Honeywell’s ..
Targa Resources
Targa Resources made the following management-succession changes effective March 1, 2020: Matthew J. Meloy, current president, will become chief executive officer and join the Board of Directors. Joe Bob Perkins, current CEO, will remain as a member of the management team and become executive chairm..
Kimberly S. Greene
GTI announced Kimberly S. Greene, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Southern Company Gas, was appointed to the GTI Board of Directors. GTI is a research, development and training organization that addresses global energy and environmental challenges through technology-based solutio..
Diana M. Charletta
Diana M. Charletta has been appointed president of Equitrans Midstream Corporation (ETRN) and president of the general partner of EQM Midstream Partners, the Pittsburgh-based company’s publicly traded subsidiary. Charletta will retain her current position of chief operating officer for both ETRN and..
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