Austin-based Southern Union Co. has named David W. Stevens as executive vice-president of utility operations and Dennis K. Morgan as executive vice-president of administration. The company said Stevens will be responsible for overseeing the company’s natural gas operating divisions: Southern Union Gas, Missouri Gas Energy, Atlantic Utilities, PG Energy, and New England. In addition, Stevens will oversee the customer service, engineering and gas supply departments. Stevens is currently the president of Southern Union Gas. Morgan will be responsible for overseeing a broad range of corporate administrative functions, including legal, human resources, risk, environmental matters, and corporate communications. Southern Union is an international energy distribution company serving nearly 1.6 million customers in Texas, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Florida and Mexico.

Houston-based Plains Resources Inc. announced three additions to its executive level on Monday. The company reported that John T. Raymond was appointed to the positions of executive vice president and COO, Timothy T. Stephens to the positions of general counsel and executive vice president – administration and Jere C. Overdyke Jr., as executive vice president and CFO. Raymond joins Plains Resources from Kinder Morgan Inc. and Kinder Morgan Energy Partners MLP where he was vice president of corporate development. Stephens comes to Plains Resources from Abacan Resource Corp., where he was formerly chairman, president and CEO. Overdyke joins Plains Resources having formerly served Enron Corp. as managing director of Enron Global Markets.

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