Douglas

AGL Resources Monday morning reported that the president of its Sequent Energy Management subsidiary — Douglas N. Schantz — went missing sometime early Friday morning during a business trip to New Orleans.

MRT added a couple of clarifications to its announcement of a System Protection Warning for Friday through Tuesday; see the bulletin board for details.

Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler Friday filed a suit in federal district court challenging the Department of Commerce’s decision overriding the state’s efforts to block AES Sparrows Point LLC’s proposed 1.5 Bcf/d liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal and pipeline east of the Port of Baltimore.

Westar Energy’s former CEO, David C. Wittig, and former executive vice president, Douglas T. Lake, were convicted of corporate fraud Monday in a federal court in Kansas.

Former Westar Energy CEO David C. Wittig and Douglas T. Lake, ex-executive vice president, were indicted last Wednesday by a federal grand jury in Topeka, KS, on 40 counts of conspiracy, fraud and related criminal charges.

El Paso Corp. dipped into the energy well and named Douglas L. Foshee, 44, the new CEO on Wednesday. Foshee, former CEO of Nuevo Energy Co., has been Halliburton’s COO since last March.

El Paso Corp. dipped into the energy well and named Douglas L. Foshee, 44, the new CEO on Wednesday. Foshee, former CEO of Nuevo Energy Co., has been Halliburton’s COO since last March.

AGL Resources Inc. announced Douglas N. Schantz has been named president of the company’s Houston-based Sequent Energy Management subsidiary. Schantz will be responsible for leading all aspects of Sequent’s operations, including natural gas asset management, supply and distribution, and producer services. He also will play a key role in developing and implementing long-term growth and business expansion plans for Sequent. Schantz has had 20 years of experience in the energy industry, most recently with Houston-based Cinergy Marketing & Trading, where he served as vice president-marketing and business development. He had previously been executive vice president and general manager for KN Marketing, L.P., and worked for Tenneco Energy Company and Transco Energy Company.

Williams Cos. has named J. Douglas Whisenant as president and CEO of its interstate natural gas pipeline division, succeeding Cuba Wadlington Jr., who died last month at the age of 58 from complications related to cancer.