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Virginia Gas Co. announced that Glenn Rogers has accepted theposition of chairman of the board of directors. Rogers served onthe board of directors since June 1998.

Walt Rosenbusch, a native of Austin, TX, has been appointeddirector of the Minerals Management Service, succeeding CynthiaQuarterman who resigned in February. Rosenbusch takes office May17. Since July, 1996 he has worked as a senior tax manager forErnst & Young’s Houston Energy Service Team. Prior to thatRosenbusch was with the U.S. Dept. of Interior in the land andminerals management area, working to resolve royalty issuesinvolving on- and offshore leasing. He had worked in the TexasGeneral Land Office where he was responsible for the management andadministration of 13.5 million mineral acres.

The Royal Dutch/Shell Group announced one of its top executives,Steven Miller, 53, will take over as president, CEO and chairman ofits Houston-based subsidiary, Shell Oil Co. July 1 with theretirement of Jack Little who turned 60 last year. Little had beenpresident for a year. Miller, who will give up his managingdirector titles with the parent company, said in a writtenstatement, he would like to see the U.S. branch “even more closelyaligned with the rest of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group in order todeal with competitive realities more effectively on a globalbasis.”

Michael I. German has been elected president and COO of New YorkState Electric & Gas based in Ithaca, NY. German joined NYSEGin 1994 as senior vice president of the company’s Gas BusinessUnit. Prior to that he was senior vice president of the AmericanGas Association in Washington. NYSEG is the primary subsidiary ofEnergy East Corp., which offered to buy Connecticut Energy Corp.for $617 million last Friday.

Cinergy’s PSI Energy subsidiary is looking for a new presidentfollowing the retirement of John M. Mutz, who had been president ofthe electric utility since 1993.

The Gas Research Institute re-elected Robert Catell, CEO ofKeyspan, as chairman of the Institute’s board of directors. Hejoined the board in 1992. It will be Catell’s second one-year termas chairman. Stanley Horton, CEO of Enron Gas Pipeline Group, wasrenamed vice chairman.

Terry Keane, former vice president of Smith International,Houston, has been named vice president and general manager of theGas Research Institute’s Exploration and Production Business Unitin Chicago.

Don D. Jordan, chairman and CEO of Reliant Energy, will besucceeded by R. Steve Letbetter as CEO June 1. Jordan will remainchairman of the board until Dec. 31, 2000.

Daniel Rappaport was elected to a fourth two-year term asNymex’s chairman, making him the longest currently sitting chairmanof any futures exchange in the world, , the exchange announcedWednesday. Rappaport was first elected to the position in 1993.Before his election, he served six years as a member of Nymex’sboard of directors. Rappaport has been a member of the exchangesince 1981.