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Anadarko Petroleum Corp.’s board of directors promoted Al Walker to president and chief operating officer. Jim Hackett, formerly chairman, president and chief executive officer, will remain as chairman and CEO. Walker has more than 25 years of experience in the energy industry, with a focus on exploration and production. He joined Anadarko in 2005 as senior vice president of finance and chief financial officer. Walker played a significant role in identifying, negotiating and integrating Anadarko’s corporate acquisitions in 2006 and in the disposition of assets that were the source of the company’s debt reduction that followed. Walker’s energy background also includes extensive experience in finance and other executive leadership roles.
Oceaneering International, Inc. promoted M. Kevin McEvoy to executive vice president and chief operating officer. In this capacity, McEvoy will have the responsibility for all of Oceaneering’s business operations. McEvoy has been with Oceaneering for 31 years, serving most recently as executive vice president. He started his offshore career as an officer in the U.S. Navy working in the areas of diving, salvage and submarine rescue. He has held a variety of progressively more responsible domestic and international positions in marketing, administration and operations.
InterMoor, an Acteon company, named David Cobb vice president of business development, said InterMoor President Tom Fulton. With more than 13 years of experience in the oil and gas industry and 11 years at InterMoor, Cobb will be responsible for overseeing InterMoor’s global sales, marketing and business development efforts based out of InterMoor’s Houston, Texas office. Cobb previously served as InterMoor’s business development manager, as well as projects manager for InterMoor’s Aberdeen office where he was responsible for developing a project-based business. Prior to that position, Cobb was an InterMoor project manager for multiple preset mooring projects. He received his master’s degree in ocean engineering from Texas A&M University in 1999.
ExxonMobil Corp. said the head of its exploration company is to retire and will likely be replaced by its upstream research chief. A.T. (Tim) Cejka will retire from the Irving, Texas-based company on Aug. 31 after more than 34 years, ExxonMobil said. S.M. (Steve) Greenlee, who has worked at the company for nearly 30 years, is expected to be named by the board as a replacement, effective Sept. 1. He previously worked at ExxonMobil facilities in Siberia, Saudi Arabia and Kazakhstan, among others. Greenlee became president of Exxon Mobil Upstream Research Co in June 2009. S.N. (Sara) Ortwein, a 30-year company veteran, will replace Greenlee, the company said.
U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu appointed John Harju, associate director for research at the University of North Dakota Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC), to serve as a member of the National Petroleum Council for the 2010–2011 membership term. Harju will represent the views of institutions engaged in energy and environmental technology research. The National Petroleum Council is a self-financed advisory body to the Energy secretary whose members represent all sectors of the oil and gas industries and related interests. It was created by President Truman.