** Thomas Budde named senior vice president, administration for Louisiana service outfit Torch Offshore.
** Douglas Heller has taken on the positions of president and chief executive officer, replacing Leonard Pipkin at Houston's Sun Drilling Products. Mano Shaarpour has joined the company as director of sales and marketing.
** Edward Marcinew appointed vice president, exploration for Calgary-based Ranchgate Energy.
** Brad Olson named vice president of operations for the construction unit, sub- surface resources at US natural gas outfit Semco Energy.
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