Zion Oil & Gas Inc., Dallas, has appointed Victor G. Carrillo as president and chief operating officer.
Carrillo, for 8 years a Texas Railroad Commissioner, is a geologist and geophysicist. He succeeds Bill Ottaviani, who departed Zion Oct. 14, 2011, by mutual agreement.
Liat Roter has joined Zion as a geophysicist in the Israel exploration department. Roter recently completed a master of science in geosciences at the University of Haifa.
About the Author
Alan Petzet
Chief Editor Exploration
Alan Petzet is Chief Editor-Exploration of Oil & Gas Journal in Houston. He is editor of the Weekly E&D Newsletter, emailed to OGJ subscribers, and a regular contributor to the OGJ Online subscriber website.
Petzet joined OGJ in 1981 after 13 years in the Tulsa World business-oil department. He was named OGJ Exploration Editor in 1990. A native of Tulsa, he has a BA in journalism from the University of Tulsa.
