Charif Souki, Who Transformed U.S. Energy, Removed as Tellurian’s Chairman

Natural gas pioneer Charif Souki on Friday was removed as executive chairman of Tellurian, the struggling export company he co-founded. 

Tellurian said in a press release late Friday that its board of directors had named vice chairman and co-founder Martin Houston as chairman. It said that Souki would no longer serve as an executive or officer of the company or hold any managerial responsibilities.