Archive for the ‘Operations Management’ Category

JR Whelan has been elevated to senior vice-president, upstream, at Imperial Oil Ltd., Calgary, effective Mar. 1.

Shelley M. Watson has been named chief operating officer of RAK Petroleum PLC, Oslo, and also will become chief financial officer on Apr. 30.

Qingming Yang has been promoted to president of Approach Resources Inc., Fort Worth. He has been leading Approach’s operations group since 2012, and will retain the title of chief operating officer.

Daniel Coombs has been appointed LyondellBasell’s executive vice-president, manufacturing and refining. He succeeds Kevin Brown, who is retiring in mid-February.

Parsley Energy Inc., Austin, has reorganized its management structure by creating executive officer, senior vice-president, and vice-president tiers, effective Jan. 5.

Lucas Energy Inc., Houston, has appointed Thomas E. Hardisty as senior vice-president of land and business development and J. Mark Bunch as senior vice-president of engineering and operations.

Frederico Justus has been selected as president, regional operations for Weatherford International PLC effective Dec. 13. He succeeds Antony J. Branch, who’s leaving the company.

Freda R. Webb has been appointed vice-president, operations of Panhandle Oil & Gas Inc., Oklahoma City, effective Jan. 1.

Freda R. Webb has been appointed vice-president, operations of Panhandle Oil & Gas Inc., Oklahoma City, effective Jan. 1.

Neil Duffin has been appointed by ExxonMobil Corp. as president of ExxonMobil Production Co. He also has been elected as a vice-president of the corporation.