GTI mourns passing of Bernie Lee

Helmerich & Payne Inc. has named John Lindsay executive vice president and chief operating officer. Lindsay joined the company in 1987 as a drilling engineer. He has since served in various positions including operations manager for the company's Mid-Continent region and vice president, US Land Operations, for Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Co. In 2006, he was appointed executive vice president, US and International Operations for Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Co. Lindsay earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Tulsa.Questar CFO Craven to retire; Hadlock named executive VP, CFOMartin Craven, vice president and CFO of Questar Corp. has elected to retire, effective March 1, 2011, after 20 years with the company. Kevin W. Hadlock has been named executive vice president and succeed Craven as CFO, effective January 1, 2011. Craven began his career at Questar in 1990 in the treasury department, after 12 years with other energy companies. Hadlock comes to Questar after six years with Baltimore Gas & Electric (BGE) and its parent company, Constellation Energy. He was named senior vice president and CFO of BGE after serving as Constellation Energy's vice president of investor relations and financial planning and analysis. Hadlock earned a bachelor's degree from Brigham Young University and an MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management.Apache makes corporate leadership changes

Apache Corp. has made changes in the leadership of its corporate and financial teams. Thomas P. Chambers, vice president of Planning and Investor Relations, has been promoted to executive vice president and CFO. Matthew W. Dundrea, vice president and treasurer, has been promoted to senior vice president, Treasury and Administration. Robert J. Dye, vice president – Corporate Services, has been promoted to senior vice president – Global Communications and Corporate Affairs. Rebecca A. Hoyt, vice president and controller, has been promoted to vice president, chief accounting officer, and controller with added responsibility for the Corporate Land Administration group in addition to Apache's worldwide accounting organization. Rod Gryder, director of Internal Audit, has been promoted to vice president – Audit. Alfonso Leon, director of strategic planning, has been promoted to vice president –Planning, Strategy and Investor Relations. Chambers joined Apache in 1995 as director of Corporate Planning and was named vice president – Corporate Planning in 2001. He earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame.Continental Resources appoints Eissenstat senior VP, chief legal officer

Continental Resources Inc. has appointed Eric S. Eissenstat to head the company's legal team. Eissenstat, a former director of the Fellers Snider law firm in Oklahoma City, will serve as senior vice president and chief legal officer. Eissenstat joins Continental with 27 years of experience in complex business and commercial matters involving oil and gas, antitrust, business torts, computer law, shareholder suits, class actions, insurance, trade regulation, contract, corporate disputes, employment-related disputes, intellectual property and commercial arbitration. He earned his bachelor's degree with honors from Oklahoma State University and his JD with honors and Order of the Coif from the University of Oklahoma.Hassen to chair globaloil, gas banking atMacquarie Capital

Macquarie Group has named Thomas E. Hassen chairman of Global Oil and Gas Banking for Macquarie Capital. Hassen has over 30 years of experience in investment banking, specializing in the energy sector. Previously, Hassen was vice chairman of the Global Industries Group and also a senior managing director in the Global Energy Group at Bear Stearns. From 1998 to 2005 he was co-chairman and co-head of the Global Energy Group at Credit Suisse and, prior to that, spent 20 years at Morgan Stanley, where he was managing director and co-head of their Global Energy Group. Most recently he was vice chairman of Irving Place Capital, a New York-based private equity firm. Hassen joins the firm's New York office.Peak Well Services names Avern chief executive

Specialist downhole tool provider, Peak Well Services, has appointed Nigel Avern as chief executive. Avern joins Peak after a 17-year career with Expro where he managed various divisions of the global business, notably as region director for Asia and president of South America. Latterly he was an executive officer responsible for product lines and managing director for the company's Connectors & Measurements business. He will initially be based between the company's two main offices, in the UK (Aberdeen) and Australia (Perth). He will also sit on the company's board of directors.GE Oil & Gas names Way VP, servicesAndrew Way has been appointed vice president of services for GE Oil & Gas, a business within GE Energy. In this role, Way is responsible for leading continued growth of the business' equipment repair, maintenance, upgrade and remote monitoring, and diagnostics capabilities across all segments of the oil and gas industry. Way started his GE career in 1996. He held roles of increasing responsibility in Aircraft Engines and Engine Services, before moving to Equipment Services in 2001 where he was promoted to CEO of GE Equipment Services UK. In October 2007, Way joined the GE Oil & Gas business as the Global Services operations leader. He was promoted to Global Supply Chain & Manufacturing leader in December 2008. Way holds a master's in engineering from the University of Wales College in the United Kingdom.Kerr resigns from MegaWest CFO postKelly D. Kerr, vice president finance and CFO of MegaWest Energy Corp., resigned from the company November 26, 2010.Dril-Quip co-chairman to step down as co-CEOLarry E. Reimert, co-chairman and co-CEO of Dril-Quip Inc., stepped down from his duties as co-CEO effective January 1, 2011, in order to concentrate on his cancer-related health issues. Reimert will retain his duties as co-chairman and will act as technical and strategic advisor for the company on a part time basis. J. Mike Walker, co-chairman and co-CEO, will assume Reimert's CEO responsibilities and the company's various departmental vice presidents will assume Reimert's other day to day responsibilities.Venoco hires McLaughlin as VPEdward McLaughlin will join Venoco Inc. as vice president of corporate development. McLaughlin served as president of Petro-Canada Resources (USA) from 2007 until the sale of the company's assets in 2010. He originally joined the company in 2003 as VP - Land & Business Development. Prior to that, he was VP - Land & Business Development for Ensign Oil & Gas Inc., was director of business development for Encana Oil & Gas (USA) and VP - Land for Ocean Energy Resources (formerly UMC Petroleum Corp. & General Atlantic Resources). He holds a BBA from the University of Denver and an MBA from the University of Colorado, Denver.

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