Lakes Oil NL has appointed Jim Macadam, formerly with Halliburton Australia, as the project manager for the Wombat / Trifon tight gas project.

Exoil Ltd has appointed Geoffrey Geary as Exploration Manager. Geary is a graduate of Otago University, New Zealand. He is a petroleum geologist (formerly with Mobil Oil) of 26 years standing.

Neptune Marine Services Ltd has appointed Samantha Tough to the position of non-executive director.

Caltex Australia Ltd has appointed Brant Fish as an alternate director for Mitch Rubinstein.

Christine Southey has resigned from New Zealand's Electricity Commission to become inaugural chief executive of the recently-established Gas Industry Company.

PCT Engineers has appointed former business manager, process reliability and integrity, Paul Birighitti as the company’s inaugural CEO. John Walters has been appointed chief financial officer. Founding shareholders Angelo Dabala, Gary Napier and Geoff Longshaw will transfer to non-executive positions on the board.