Miguel Luis Ortigas has been named president of Perupetro SA. Ortigas fills the role following the resignation late last month of Rafael Samaniego, who served as president of the state oil firm since May 31, 2000.
Ortigas was president of the Camisea natural gas privatization committee until the contracts for the Camisea natural gas production and transport and distribution contracts were signed Dec. 9, 2000. He also until recently headed the Camisea committee that supervises the contracts.
The new appointment is reportedly part of the political changes that are being made by the interim government, and, according to unofficial reports, Samaniego may continue to work on projects that he has headed over the past year to turn around Peru's sluggish oil industry.
Other moves
Norsk Hydro AS said that Eivind Reiten would take over the post of president and CEO from Egil Myklebust, who has been named chairman by the Norwegian oil and gas company. Reiten has been with Hydro in a variety of positions since 1986. He also served as Norway's Minister for Oil and Energy during 1990-91.
BP PLC beefed up its West Africa oil and gas operations with the appointment of Jose Goncalves Martins Patricio as executive vice-president of its Angolan business unit. Patricio, who is currently serving as the Angolan ambassador to the United Nations, said he believes BP to be "unique among foreign companies in its desire to build an Angolan company in Angola."
Judy Boynton will join Royal Dutch/Shell Group, effective June 1, as the firm's director of finance and chief financial officer. Boynton replaces Steve Hodge, who will retire in September after 34 years of service.
Most recently, Boynton served as executive vice-president, business development, and chief financial officer of Polaroid Corp. in the US. During 1978-98, she worked in various finance positions with Amoco Corp., now part of BP, and was named vice-president and controller in 1996. She began her finance career at Amoco as an analyst in the treasurer's department.
Max Elghandour has been appointed chief financial officer for Greka Energy Corp., New York City.
Elghandour joins Greka most recently from serving on the senior financial team at Elf Aquitaine SA-now part of TotalFinaElf SA-for the past 16 years. One of Elghandour's last assignments with Elf was as CFO for a $430 million natural gas project in Syria that was a joint venture of Elf and Conoco Inc.
Joining Greka as vice-president, international exploration and production, is William C. Kelleher. With 21 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, Kelleher has spent the bulk of his career working outside the US, which included stints in the Far East, North Africa, and the North Sea. Most recently, Kelleher served as vice-president and general manager of Partex Kazakhstan Corp. in the former Soviet Union. Some of the companies that Kelleher has worked for include Occidental Petroleum Co., Chevron Corp., Royal Dutch/Shell, and Unocal Corp.
Isaac Arnold has been appointed chairman of Houston-based Nuevo Energy Co. Arnold's appointment follows the resignation May 8 of Doug Foshee, who served as the independent exploration and production company's chairman, president, and CEO. Arnold has served as an outside director of Nuevo since 1990.
Nuevo also appointed Phillip Gobe to the position of president and CEO on an interim basis. Gobe was serving as the company's chief operating officer.
Nuevo is currently searching for a new president and CEO.
Jon W. Sauer has been promoted to the position of vice-president, tax, for Apache Corp., Houston. Sauer joined Apache as tax manager in August 1992 and was promoted to director in 1997. Before working for Apache, Sauer worked for Swift Energy Co., Houston, as tax manager and for Arthur Andersen as manager of the firm's tax practice.
Steve Schlotterbeck has been promoted vice-president, engineering, for Equitable Production, a unit of Equitable Resources Inc., Pittsburgh. Previously, Schlotterbeck worked as director of engineering for Statoil Energy Inc., which sold its Appalachian natural gas properties to Equitable last year (OGJ, Feb. 14, 2000, p. 74).
Baltimore-based Crown Central Petroleum Corp.-an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Rosemore Inc.-announced changes in the firm's senior management structure.
Henry A. Rosenberg, Jr., Crown's chairman, president, and CEO, will retire as president and CEO effective May 1. He will remain chairman at both Crown and Rosemore.
Frank B. Rosenberg, senior vice-president, marketing, at Crown since 1996, will become president and CEO and will continue to serve on Crown's board. He has been employed by Crown since 1986.
Crown operates two refineries in Texas with a total capacity of 152,000 b/d. Also, Crown owns 329 branded retail outlets in the US Mid-Atlantic and Southeast as well as 13 product terminals along the Colonial, Plantation, and Texas Eastern products pipelines.