The International Well Control Forum (IWCF) appointed David Conroy as its first chief technical officer (CTO). Based at the organization’s UK headquarters, Conroy will be developing this new role to lead changes to the technical aspects of IWCF’s services…
The former chief executive officer (CEO) of Transocean, Steven Newman, was appointed as a director at Malaysia-based Bumi Armada Berhad effective 1 July 2015. Newman. Image from Transocean. Newman will be an independent director…
Penspen underlined its commitment to growth in the Middle East with three new appointments and investment in a new office in Iraq. Ahmed Al-Dadah and Na’el Barghouthi have this month joined the company from other engineering providers…
NorSea Group (UK) has established a new executive team to lead the company’s growth in Scotland. Walter Robertson has been appointed managing director while Mike Munro becomes the company’s first operations director. Walter has 30…
Paragon Offshore announced that Alejandra Veltmann has joined the company as vice president and chief accounting officer reporting to Steven A. Manz, Paragon's senior vice president and CFO. Veltmann will be responsible for overseeing corporate accounting and financial reporting…
This past year has undoubtedly been one of the most challenging experienced by the marine energy industry in its short life, with some of our colleagues within the wave sector hardest hit. Neil Kermode…
Weatherford International announced that Bill Lane, vice president of emerging technologies for artificial lift, received the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Gulf Coast Regional Production and Operations award for his outstanding contributions…
The board of directors of DNV GL Group appointed Remi Eriksen as the company’s new group president and CEO. He is succeeding Henrik O. Madsen, who is retiring on August 2015. “Eriksen has a solid track-record in leading positions within the company for two decades…
Transocean appointed Mark Mey as executive vice president and CFO effective 28 May 2015. This move comes after the announcement of Esa Ikaheimonen stepping down as executive vice president and CFO effective immediately. Ikaheimonen…
Penspen, a provider of engineering and management services to the energy industry, appointed Carl Mook as the new executive vice president (EVP) asset management and asset integrity and regional director of the Americas. In his new EVP role…
TGS has taken on a new CFO, accommodation vessel operator Prosafe's CFO Sven Børre Larsen. Larsen's start date has yet to be determined, says TGS, but it will be no later than 1 December 2015. Larsen has been CFO at Prosafe since 2011…
UK trade union GMB has agreed to hold a strike ballot after talks over a dispute over changes to terms for UK offshore workers stalled. The GMB is taking action of what it describes as unilateral changes to working conditions for workers…
Yang Hua has been appointed as chairman of the board and chairman of the nomination committee of CNOOC. This appointment followed the resignation of Wang Yilin from his positions at CNOOC as chairman of the board, chairman of the nomination committee and non-executive director of CNOOC…
BP has appointed a former MI6 chief to its board of directors, the firm announced this morning. Former Chief of UK Secrete Intelligence Service MI6, Macro Advisory Partners chairman Sir John Sawers (pictured left) has been appointed a non-executive director of the oil major…
FMC Technologies appointed Douglas J. Pferdehirt president of the company. Pferdehirt assumes this responsibility from John T. Gremp who remains chairman and chief executive officer. Pferdehirt previously served as executive vice president and chief operating officer…