People
Gerald “Gerry” Grothe
PipeLine Machinery International (PLM) announced the retirement of Gerald “Gerry” Grothe, who sold and rented heavy equipment primarily to the pipeline industry for more than 40 years. Grothe began his career with Fabick Tractor in 1975, when the Alaska pipeline was under construction. ..
John Michael Boquet
Edison Chouest Offshore affiliate C-Innovation has named John Michael Boquet as health, safety and environment (HSE) manager, with responsibility for upholding overall employee safety, company adherence to internal policies and processes, and regulatory compliance...
Arno van Poppel
N-Sea Holding has named Arno van Poppel as chief executive of the subsea inspection, maintenance and repair services provider. He succeeds Gerard Keser, who will serve on the company’s advisory board. ..
Tommy Najar
Corrosion Resistant Alloys has appointed Tommy Najar as vice president of Commercial, with responsibility for its Commercial, Marketing, Accounting, Human Resources and Digital Optimization teams. He also will serve on the Corporate Leadership Team for the Houston-based alloy tube manufacturer. Naja..
David Inchausti
Chevron Corporation named David Inchausti as corporate vice president and comptroller, succeeding Jeanette Ourada, who elected to leave the company. In his new role, Inchausti leads Chevron’s accounting, financial reporting and analysis, internal controls and Finance Shared Services organization...
Matt Pond
Corrosion Resistant Alloys LP appointed Matt Pond as chief financial officer. A former vice president of business development at CRA, he worked at Energy Alloys and co-founded oilfield materials companies. ..
David Kellerstrass
Kirby-Smith Machinery (KSM) announced David Kellerstrass has been named general manager, Product Support Sales. Based in Dallas, Kellerstrass will manage product support sales operations, including oversight of 16 product support sales representatives. Prior to joining KSM, he was at Power Motive Co..
Kervin
Michels Welding Superintendent Charles “Buddy” Kervin was named Man of the Year by United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada. Kervin entered the pipeline industry in 1955 and has been a welder since 1962. He has been in..
Sebo
Sam Sebo joined Construction MediCamp as business development manager. Sebo previously worked as a project developer at Allan Edwards, developing buoyancy products for pipeline construction. ..
Rutkowski
Michael Rutkowski joined GTI as the senior vice president, with a primary focus on unconventional supply, energy conversion and natural gas delivery. Previously, he spent nearly 15 years as a managing director in the energy practice of Navigant. P&GJ..
Courtney
Priority Power Management hired Justin Courtney as executive vice president and CFO. He previously was a managing director at Stephens Inc. P&GJ..
Chintapalli
Columbus McKinnon appointed Appal Chintapalli to the position of vice president, Engineered Products. He succeeds John Stewart, who retired after 39 years with the Company. P&GJ..
Ragland
Glen Ragland joined management and technology consulting Capco as a Partner in its Houston office, focusing on digital transformation, market growth and alliance partnerships. P&GJ..
Nickolas Stavropoulos
Nickolas Stavropoulos, who retired last year as president and chief operations officer at Pacific Gas & Electric, has been elected to the board of directors of Ameresco, a Massachusetts-based energy efficiency and renewable energy company. P&GJ ..
Fox/Rattie
Devon Energy’s board of directors announced that Ann G. Fox and Keith O. Rattie were nominated to stand for election to the board at the company’s annual meeting of stockholders on June 5. Devon had previously said board chairman John Richels would retire and not seek re-election at the 2019 annual ..
Goebel
Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific appointed Rachelle Goebel as senior vice president to lead its major LNG projects across the Americas and the global expansion of its gas engineering and project management services, based in Houston. P&GJ..
Smith
Neil Smith has been hired to develop CCI & Associates Engineering and EPC capabilities for specialized projects from the Houston office. He has 30 years’ experience with horizontal directional drilling. P&GJ..
France
Michael France was named a managing director at Intrepid Investment Management, which makes private investments across the energy sector. France will co-lead Intrepid’s investing business Robert Cabes. P&GJ..
Timothy J. Harris
Timothy J. Harris joined Allegheny Technologies in the newly created position of senior vice president, chief digital and technology officer. P&GJ ..
Mills
Roan Resources Director Joseph A. Mills has been appointed executive chairman of the board and will assume the duties of principal executive officer of the company following the resignation of Tony Maranto as chairman, CEO and president. Mills also serves as president and CEO of Samson Resources II...
Steven F. Ditcham
Romet Limited promoted Steven F. Ditcham to international sales director with responsibility for Europe, Asia and the Middle East. He holds a mechanical engineering degree from Aston University and has worked for both Schlumberger and Sensus. ..
Sinclair/Creel
Donald R. Sinclair and Michael A. Creel have been appointed to serve on the Lucid Energy Group’s board of directors. Sinclair is chairman and president of WTX Pumping Services. Creel previously was CEO of Enterprise Products Partners. P&GJ..
Shawn Fields
Shawn Fields has joined Western Land Services as president in the company’s Oklahoma City office. He moves to WLS from NextEra Energy Resources, where he was executive director of Upstream Development. P&GJ ..
Moler
Tallgrass Energy announced the promotion of Chief Operating Officer Bill Moler to President. David G. Dehaemers Jr. remains CEO and Moler will retain his current COO title. P&GJ ..
Moore
Equitrans Midstream appointed Stephen M. Moore as senior vice president and general counsel. He previously was special project counsel for UGI Corporation. P&GJ ..
Pipeline Safety Management System (SMS) Industry
Angela Kolar, Colonial Pipeline’s vice president of Operations Services, has been selected to chair the Pipeline Safety Management System (SMS) Industry team. The team represents oil and gas industry pipeline operators and trade associations in their efforts to improve safety performance. Members in..
National Petroleum Council
Colonial Pipeline President and CEO Joseph A. Blount Jr. has been appointed to the National Petroleum Council (NPC) Committee on U.S. Oil and Natural Gas Transportation Infrastructure. The NPC provides advice for the U.S. Secretary of Energy office. P&GJ ..
Tamas
PTS hired Kyli Tamas as account recruitment manager for the Gulf Coast operation. Tamas has over 10 years’ experience in the oil and gas industry. P&GJ..
Farias
PTS Advance appointed Jeanne Guzman Farias as account director for its Gulf Energy & Infrastructure Division. She has over 15 years’ experience in oil, gas and chemicals, as well as renewables and power generation industries. P&GJ..

- Energy Transfer Wins New York Court Ruling in $150 Million Pipeline Fraud Case
- $3 Billion Natural Gas Pipeline Expansion to Add 1.3 Bcf Capacity in Southeast Region
- Trump Puts Keystone XL Pipeline Back in Discussion, Though Revival Faces Developer Resistance
- Boardwalk Approves 110-Mile, 1.16 Bcf/d Mississippi Kosci Junction Pipeline Project
- Kinder Morgan Approves $1.4 Billion Mississippi Crossing Project to Boost Southeast Gas Supply
- Enbridge Should Rethink Old, Troubled Line 5 Pipeline, IEEFA Says
- GOP Lawmakers Slam New York for Blocking $500 Million Pipeline Project
- Texas Oil Company Challenges $250 Million Insurance Collateral Demand for Pipeline, Offshore Operations
- Phillips 66 to Sell $865 Million Stake in 500-Mile Gulf Coast Express Pipeline to ArcLight
- NDT, Aramco to Launch 56-Inch Inspection Tool