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PROFESSIONALNEWS BRIEFS
Edith “Edie” Allison has retired as oil
and gas exploration program manager,
U.S. Department of Energy. She has
opened a consultancy in Rockville, Md.
Timothy Berg, to geophysical adviser,
Apache North Sea, Aberdeen, Scotland.
Previously development geophysicist, BP,
Houston.
Mark Cooper, to senior exploration
adviser for Petromanas Energy,
Vancouver, Canada. Cooper has his own
consulting practice in Calgary, Canada.
Paul Crevello, to chief operating
officer, BPC Limited, Paradise Island,
The Bahamas. Previously chief operating
officer, BPC Limited, Boulder, Colo.
Edward C. de la Peña has retired from
Chevron after a 32-year-career of working
in Texas, the Gulf of Mexico, California,
West Africa and the Middle East.
Chip Feazel, to president, Feazel
GeoConsulting, Katy, Texas. Previously
principal carbonate stratigrapher,
ConocoPhillips, Houston.
Richard B. Hill, to senior geologistnorthern
Rockies, Whiting Oil and Gas,
Denver. Previously senior geologist-
Permian exploration, Whiting Oil and
Gas, Midland, Texas.
Terry Leyenberger, to senior
geoscience adviser, Apache, Houston.
Previously senior geological adviser,
Devon Energy, Houston.
Ernest Mancini, director of the Berg-
Hughes Center for Petroleum and
Sedimentary Systems at Texas A&M
University, has received the Burnum
Distinguished Faculty Award from the
University of Alabama, his recent former
employer, for his outstanding contribution
to higher education. The Burnum Award
is among the highest honors UA bestows
on its faculty.
Louis J. Mazzullo, president of
Mazzullo Energy, has moved his
operations from Golden, Colo., to Denver.
Ron McWhorter, to chief geophysicist,
Porto Energy, Houston. Previously senior
adviser-geophysical, Devon Energy,
Houston.
Steve Meyer, to adviser-learning
exploration, Shell International E&P,
The Hague, Netherlands. Previously
exploration communications manager,
Shell International E&P, The Hague,
Netherlands.
Patrick Rasavage, to geophysicist,
H.L. Brown Operating, Midland, Texas.
Previously geophysicist, ConocoPhillips,
Midland, Texas.
Phil Salvador, to senior geologist,
Qatar Petroleum, Doha, Qatar. Previously
consultant, Austin, Texas.
Barry S. Smith, to vice presidentgeoscience,
Three Rivers Operating,
Austin, Texas. Previously with Texas
American Resources Co., Austin, Texas.
John L. Sharp, to vice presidentgeoscience,
southern division,
Chesapeake Energy, Oklahoma City.
Previously geoscience manager-
Haynesville district, Chesapeake Energy,
Oklahoma City.
Douglas K. Strickland, to executive
vice president of exploration and
geoscience, PostRock Energy, Oklahoma
City. Strickland has his own consulting
firm in Oklahoma City.
Bernie Vining, to vice president
and chief geoscientist, Baker Hughes,
Guildford, England. Previously regional
director, Gaffney, Cline & Associates,
Bentley Hall, England.
John F. White, to senior geophysical
adviser-central division, Devon Energy,
Oklahoma City. Previously senior
geophysical adviser, deepwater
production GOM, Devon Energy,
Houston.