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Tuesday, June 18, 2013 Duke Energy announced today that the board of directors has unanimously elected Lynn Good as its next president and chief executive officer, succeeding Jim Rogers.

Thursday, June 13, 2013 Riverstone Holdings announces that James T. Hackett has joined the firm as a Partner and will co-head its Houston office.

Thursday, June 13, 2013 Marathon Oil Corp. says Chairman and CEO Clarence P. Cazalot Jr., will retire, and Lee M. Tillman, an ExxonMobil executive, replacing him as CEO.

Wednesday, June 12, 2013 Statoil re-elects its chair and deputy chair, but sees two new additions to its board.

Tuesday, June 11, 2013 Encana names Doug Suttles, the former chief operating officer at BP Exploration & Production, as its new president and CEO.

Monday, June 10, 2013 Devon Energy promotes David Hager, the head of its exploration and production business, as its chief operating officer.

Friday, June 07, 2013 Songa sees a change of chairman while its biggest director joins the board.

Wednesday, June 05, 2013 Chevron announces that Jeff Shellebarger has been named president of Chevron North America Exploration and Production Company.

Wednesday, June 05, 2013 Shell CEO Peter Voser wants to work in sustainability after he retires from the company.

Tuesday, June 04, 2013 Statoil announces its board of directors nominations.

Monday, June 03, 2013 TAM International opens a new office in Dubai to support the company's continued growth in the Middle East region.

Thursday, May 30, 2013 Ithaca Energy appoints former Statoil chairman, Jannik Lindbæk.

Tuesday, May 28, 2013 Anadarko announces the promotion of James J. Kleckner to executive vice president of International and Deepwater Operations.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013 Ernest Moniz promises a review of the government's existing studies of nat gas exports, raising the possibility that the US might re-do the analysis that has underpinned previous permit approvals.

Monday, May 20, 2013 Egypt appoints Tarek El-Barkatawy as Chief Executive of Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation.

Monday, May 20, 2013 Chesapeake plucks a 46-year-old executive from a rival oil-and-gas company to succeed Aubrey McClendon as chief executive of the nation's second-largest natural-gas producer.

Monday, May 20, 2013 Kuwait Petroleum Corporation gets new Chief Executive and a reshuffle of oil executives takes place at KPC subsidiaries.

Monday, May 20, 2013 PT Pertamina's Chief Executive is front runner to head Indonesia's Coordinating Board for Investment, according to sources.

Thursday, May 16, 2013 The US Senate confirmed Ernest Moniz, a nuclear physicist who has lauded the US natural gas boom, as the next US Energy Secretary.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013 PA Resources has decided with immediate effect to appoint Board member Philippe R Probst as the company's CEO.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013 Aker Solutions appoints Bob Shaw as vice president to lead subsea greenfield projects.

Monday, May 13, 2013 Oil and gas driller Transocean says Chairman Michael Talbert plans to step down in 2014.

Monday, May 13, 2013 HRT says that Milton Franke will take over as chief executive, completing an unexpected management shakeup at the firm.

Monday, May 13, 2013 Hess says it is prepared to add two of Elliott Management Corp.'s nominees to the energy company's board after the dissident hedge fund scrapped an unorthodox bonus plan.

Friday, May 10, 2013 Faroe Petroleum appoints Jonathan Cooper as its new CFO.

Friday, May 10, 2013 Hess says CEO John Hess will step down as board chairman, a move to address criticism of its board days before shareholders choose 5 new directors from rival slates.

Wednesday, May 08, 2013 Global offshore support specialist Viking SeaTech will officially announce the arrival of Gulf of Mexico Managing Director Tom Bower at OTC.

Tuesday, May 07, 2013 Treaty Energy announces a new operational structure for its subsidiary company, along with the recommencement of drilling operations in Belize.

Tuesday, May 07, 2013 Saudi Aramco announces the opening of three research centers in the United States with Houston named one of the cities to house a new facility focused on upstream research.

Friday, May 03, 2013 Chesapeake's board of directors accepts the resignation of director Louis A. Simpson and elects Thomas L. Ryan, president and chief executive officer of Service Corporation International, as Simpson's replacement.

Friday, May 03, 2013 CEONA is growing its executive team with the appointment of Mark Preece.

Friday, May 03, 2013 BMT Scientific Marine Services appoints Andy Brown as vice president of business development.

Thursday, May 02, 2013 Oil sector services firm Aquaterra Energy says its managing director has been appointed to the UK's new Oil and Gas Industry Council.

Thursday, May 02, 2013 Shell says CEO Peter Voser will retire during the first half of 2014.

Tuesday, April 30, 2013 The Interior Department's second-in-command plans to leave the agency at the end of June, creating a high-level opening at the agency responsible for oil and natural gas production on US lands.

Monday, April 29, 2013 Occidental says it will keep CEO Steve Chazen through the end of 2014 and replace Chairman Ray Irani with an independent board member, defusing a struggle over the future leadership of the oil company.

Monday, April 29, 2013 Noble Energy prepares for future growth by reorganizing its corporate structure.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013 Wilson Pastor, Ecuador's minister of nonrenewable natural resources, tenderes his resignation to President Rafael Correa.