A low-profile revolt over hydrogen in Washington, DC, illustrates the lunacy of governmental fuel choice.

Sentry Petroleum Ltd., Denver, said that Charles Barker has joined the company as vice-president for unconventional resources.

LNG Energy Ltd., Vancouver, BC, has hired Patrycja Kujawa as manager, commercialization and business development in Poland, based in Warsaw.

CAMAC Energy Inc. has appointed current Chairman Kase Lawal as chief executive officer. Lawal has served as non-executive chairman since April 2010.

BP PLC and OAO Rosneft extended until May 15 an Apr. 14 deadline for completing an Arctic exploration and stock-swap agreement while BP continues working with a Swedish arbitration panel.

Chinese authorities appointed CNOOC Chairman Fu Chengyu as the new chairman of China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (Sinopec), and have named his successor at CNOOC as Wang Yilin, vice-president of China National Petroleum Corp.

Alta Resources LLC and Blackstone Capital Partners agreed to form Alta Energy Partners to develop unconventional oil and natural gas assets.

Callon Petroleum Co. appointed Vince Borrello as vice-president and general manager, Permian basin operations in Midland, Tex.

KazMunaiGas Exploration Production reappointed Askar Balzhanov as chief executive officer.

Marubeni Denver Julesburg LLC, a subsidiary of Marubeni Corp., agreed to acquire a 30% working interest in Marathon Oil Corp.’s Niobrara shale play within the DJ basin of southeast Wyoming and northern Colorado.

Oil Refineries Ltd., Israel's largest integrated refining and petrochemical group, appointed Pinhas Buchris as chief executive officer, effective May 1.

Transocean Ltd.'s senior executives said they voluntary plan to donate their 2010 safety bonuses to the Deepwater Horizon Memorial Fund, which will distribute the money to the families of the 11 people killed in the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon semisubmersible drilling rig.

Forces loyal to Libya’s leader Moammar Gadhafi drove rebels out of Ras Lanouf, an oil terminal that has switched between the two sides several times since the uprising began last month.