•Schlumberger’s vice president of industry affairs Jeff Spath has been named president of the Society of Petroleum Engineers.

•David Nelson is taking over as president and chief executive of Canada’s LNG Energy following the departure of Dave Afseth.

•ABN Amro has appointed Maarten Terlouw as global head of energy within the bank’s energy, commodities and transportation business.

•Mark Burns is taking over as chief operating officer of Ensco from William Chadwick who is retiring.

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