Personnel Moves and Promotions: Norsk Hydro elects Reinas chairman

April 5, 2004
Norsk Hydro ASA, Oslo, elected Jan Reinas chairman. He succeeds Egil Myklebust, who was on Hydro's board for 12 years and chairman for the last 3 years.

Norsk Hydro ASA, Oslo, elected Jan Reinas chairman. He succeeds Egil Myklebust, who was on Hydro's board for 12 years and chairman for the last 3 years. Reinas served as CEO of paper group Norske Skog during 1994-2003.

Occidental Petroleum Corp. appointed James M. Lienert as a vice-president of the company and as president of its subsidiary, Occidental Chemical Corp.

After joining OxyChem in 1974, Lienert has held numerous positions of increasing responsibility in the finance area with OxyChem and Occidental.

James C. Musselman, former CEO of Triton Energy Ltd., is the chairman, president, and CEO of a new company, Kosmos Energy LLC, Dallas, that concentrates on oil and gas exploration and development off Africa (See Company News, this page).

Amerada Hess Corp. acquired Triton Energy for $3.2 billion in 2001 (OGJ Online, July 10, 2001).

Musselman is joined by several partners with whom he was associated while at Triton. The partners include Brian F. Maxted, previously Triton senior vice-president, exploration, and W. Greg Dunlevy, formerly Triton chief financial officer.