Ivanhoe Energy Inc., Calgary, has appointed David Dyck as president and chief executive officer of its Canadian subsidiary, Ivanhoe Energy Canada Inc.
Dyck will lead the company in the development of the Tamarack heavy-oil project in Alberta's Athabasca oil sands, including the application of Ivanhoe's proprietary heavy-to-light heavy-oil upgrading technology.
The Tamarack team is on schedule to complete front-end engineering and design for the 20,000-b/d Tamarack project by yearend, the company said.
As executive director and chief executive officer of LeaRidge Capital since 2007, Dyck provided financial advisory services to a number of North American companies in the energy and service sectors.
During 2000-07, Dyck was senior vice-president, finance, and chief financial officer with Western Oil Sands, Calgary. He was a member of the company's senior executive team and a director of four offshore subsidiaries.
Other moves
Noble Energy Inc. reported that Kenneth M. Fisher joined the company as senior vice-president and chief financial officer.
Fisher has more than 25 years of experience with financial and operating organizations that have been involved with complex energy and capital-intensive businesses. Most recently, Fisher served as executive vice-president of finance for upstream Americas at Royal Dutch Shell PLC.
Prior to his most recent position with Shell, Fisher served as director of strategy and business development for Shell in The Hague, executive vice-president of strategy and portfolio for their global downstream business in London, and as chief financial officer for Shell Oil Products US.
Before joining Shell, Fisher held positions of increasing responsibility with General Electric Co., including vice-President and chief financial officer of the Aircraft Engines Services division and a Singapore-based position as director of finance and business development of GE's Asia Pacific plastics business.
Fisher succeeds Chris Tong, who retired.
Dominion has appointed Andrew Cochran as chief executive officer. Cochran will work with the existing management team to strengthen the company's financial position following the investment by BlueGold Global Fund LP, which was completed in September.
Cochran most recently served as business development director at Salamander Energy PLC and was a founder of the company. He previously was new ventures manager at Endeavour International Corp. and before that was exploration advisor at Anadarko Petroleum Corp.
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Energy and National Security Program announced the creation of a new senior energy advisory council comprised of former high government officials and industry representatives.
James Schlesinger, former Secretary of Energy, Defense, and former director of the Central Intelligence Agency, will be the chairman. The council will guide the CSIS Energy and National Security Program's research priorities and program planning.
Other council members include Samuel Bodman, former Secretary of Energy, Abdallah Jum'ah, former Saudi Aramco chief executive officer, Luis Giusti, former chairman and chief executive officer of Petroleos de Venezuela SA and current CSIS senior advisor; and Peter Robertson, former vice-chairman of Chevron Corp.
Range Resources Corp. has appointed Joseph H. Frantz as vice-president of engineering for the Marcellus shale division in Pittsburgh.
Frantz brings more than 26 years of petroleum engineering experience with Texaco Inc., SA Holditch & Associates, and Schlumberger. He led Schlumberger's shale evaluation team for various emerging shale formations, including the Barnett, Fayetteville, and Marcellus.
Frantz has extensive experience working in the Appalachian basin, and he has performed studies on topics ranging from reservoir simulations to hydraulic fracture optimization.
Colombia's Ecopetrol SA has appointed Hector Manosalva Rojas as vice-president, production, and Alvaro Castaneda Caro as vice-president, transportation.
Rojas joined Ecopetrol in 1986 and has held a number of positions, including head of the division of planning, production manager in Putumayo, and director of corporate social responsibility. He most recently served as production manager of the central region for the office of the vice-president of production.
Caro has been working with the office of the vice-president of transportation for the past 20 years.
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