Going with the flow...

•Africa Oil has hired Nick Walker as chief operating officer

•Baker Hughes has named Mario Ruscev chief technology officer

•Ascent Resources has appointed Len Reece chief executive with current managing director Jeremy Eng shifting to chief operating officer

•EnerJex Resources has named Douglas Wright chief financial officer

•ERHC Energy has appointed Gertjan van Mechelen exploration manager

•Carole Barbeau has been appointed president and chief executive of GL Garrad Hassan North America

•Adira Energy has appointed Amos Lasker co-chairman

•Douglas-Westwood has opened a new office in Houston headed by Michael Haney

•Mike Dawson has been replaced as president of The Canadian Society for Unconventional Resources by Kevin Heffernan