<strong>AAPG</strong> EXPLORER 46 JUNE <strong>2010</strong> WWW.<strong>AAPG</strong>.ORG “Pr<strong>of</strong>essional News Briefs” includes items about members’ career moves and the honors they receive. To be included, please send information in the above format to Pr<strong>of</strong>essional News Briefs, c/o <strong>AAPG</strong> EXPLORER, P.O. Box 979, Tulsa, Okla. 74101; or fax, 918-560-2636; or e-mail, smoore@aapg.org; or submit directly from the <strong>AAPG</strong> Web site, www.aapg.org/explorer/pnb_forms.cfm. PROFESSIONALNEWS BRIEFS Edith “Edie” Allison has retired as oil and gas exploration program manager, U.S. Department <strong>of</strong> 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 <strong>of</strong>ficer, BPC Limited, Paradise Island, The Bahamas. Previously chief operating <strong>of</strong>ficer, BPC Limited, Boulder, Colo. Edward C. de la Peña has retired from Chevron after a 32-year-career <strong>of</strong> working in Texas, the Gulf <strong>of</strong> 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 <strong>of</strong> the Berg- Hughes Center for <strong>Petroleum</strong> and Sedimentary Systems at Texas A&M University, has received the Burnum Distinguished Faculty Award from the University <strong>of</strong> 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 <strong>of</strong> 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 <strong>Petroleum</strong>, Doha, Qatar. Previously consultant, Austin, Texas. Barry S. Smith, to vice presidentgeoscience, Three Rivers Operating, Austin, Texas. Previously with Texas <strong>American</strong> 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 <strong>of</strong> 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.
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