National Oilwell Varco, Inc. says that Jeremy D. Thigpen has informed the Company of his resignation as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, in order to become Chief Executive Officer of Transocean, one of NOV's largest customers. Scott K. Duff, NOV's Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer has been named as Interim Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately.

Mr. Thigpen has been serving as the Company's Chief Financial Officer since 2012, and is resigning to become Chief Executive Officer of Transocean. Mr. Thigpen has served as the Company's President - Downhole Pumping and Solutions from 2007 to 2012. Prior to that, Mr. Thigpen was the President of the Company's Downhole Tools group from 2003 until 2007. Mr. Thigpen has been with National Oilwell Varco for 18 years, holding various positions during his career.

Clay Williams, Chairman, President and CEO of National Oilwell Varco, remarked, 'In his 18 years with NOV, it has been a pleasure to work with Jeremy both as CFO and for many years before that. Jeremy has always performed at the highest level and been a great credit to National Oilwell Varco. We are disappointed to lose Jeremy and his contributions to NOV's success. We are excited that Jeremy will be leading a great company and longstanding NOV customer at Transocean Ltd., and we look forward to continuing our relationship with him in his new role.'

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