Arctic Directory: Nabors expands board, appoints Yearwood as director

Nabors Industries, parent of Nabors Alaska Drilling, said Oct. 29 that it is expanding the number of its board members from seven to eight, appointing John Yearwood to fill the eighth position. Yearwood, whose term will be through the company’s 2012 annual general meeting, was also appointed to the board’s Governance and Nominating, Technical and Safety, and Risk Oversight committees, serving as chairman of the latter. Yearwood currently serves on the board of directors of NFR Energy and Sheridan Production Partners. Until recently, he served as the chief executive officer, president and chief operating officer of Smith International. He successfully negotiated and completed the sale of Smith to Schlumberger in August. Before joining Smith, Yearwood spent 27 years with Schlumberger in numerous positions throughout Latin America, Europe, North Africa and North America.