-Enterprise Products Partners this week said CEO Michael Creel will retire at the end of the year and COO A.J. “Jim” Teague will replace him. A 16-year veteran of Enterprise, Teague has served as director of the firm’s general partner since 2008. He spent 23 years at Dow Chemical prior to joining Enterprise.
-The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers tapped Chet Thompson to replace President Charles Drevna, who is retiring after an eight-year term. Thompson has represented AFPM as an external counsel at Crowell and Moring for the past nine years. He brings experience in counseling, litigation and regulatory and legislative representation for various clients under the Clean Air Act, the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 and other major environmental laws. Thompson also briefly worked for the EPA, where he provided legal advice to the agency’s administrator and general counsel.
-Chevron announced George Kirkland, vice chairman and executive vice president, Upstream, will retire June 15. He will be succeeded by James “Jay” Johnson, who now serves as senior vice president, Upstream. Johnson previously served as president of Chevron’s Europe, Eurasia and Middle East Exploration and Production Company and managing director of its Eurasia and Australasia business units. Kirkland, a 41-year veteran of Chevron, has been executive vice president of Upstream since 2005.
-ExxonMobil began production at its Hadrian South subsea production system in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. Daily gross production from Hadrian South is expected to reach approximately 300 million cubic feet of gas and 3,000 barrels of liquids from two wells. Hadrian South is connected to the Anadarko-operated Lucius truss spar, which started production in January.
-Seattle-based Summit Power today said its new 400-megawatt coal-to-gas power plant in Odessa, Texas, will break ground later this year. Via FuelFix, the Texas Clean Energy Project will use a chemical process to strip coal of carbon, sulfur and mercury, creating a hydrocarbon that burns even cleaner than natural gas.
