International Association of Drilling Contractors,
Houston, has announced its officers for 2008. John Lindsay, executive vice-president, US and international operations, Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Co., was elected 2008 IADC chairman. In addition, Claus Hemmingsen, CEO, Maersk Contractors, was elected vice-chairman.
Hunt and Petty
Other IADC 2008 officers are Secretary-Treasurer Phil Rider, assistant controller, accounting, reporting, and compliance, Transocean; Pres. Lee Hunt, IADC; Government Affairs Senior Vice-Pres. Brian Petty, IADC; Land Division Vice-Pres. David Russell, Rowan Cos. executive vice-president, drilling operations; Offshore Division Vice-Pres. Tim Juran, Seadrill senior vice-president, deepwater units Americas; Drilling Services Division Vice-Pres. Steve Richards, Key Energy Services vice-president, operations support.
IADC, founded in 1940, exclusively represents the worldwide oil and natural gas drilling industry.
IDM Group,
Cyprus, has named Byron Dunn CEO. Previously, Dunn was senior vice-president, corporate development, for Harvest Natural Resources Co. and chairman of Harvest’s Russian and Chinese subsidiaries. Prior to that, he was vice-president of National Oilwell Inc., chairing the National Oilwell-Varco integration team. Dunn will initially be based in Houston.
IDM Group provides complete land rig packages and rig equipment to the oil and gas industry from its primary facilities in Houston and Stryi, Ukraine.
Enventure Global Technology LLC,
Houston, named Jolene Chipiuk technical sales representative in Calgary. She will lead Enventure’s advancement of solid expandable technology (SET) in Canada. Chipiuk previously was in a business development role for a major service provider in Calgary, specializing in prospecting and delivery of high-tech components for smart wells, reservoir monitoring, and fiber optics systems.
Enventure is the world’s leading provider of SET solutions for the oil and gas industry.