John Stobart has been named EVP and COO at Transocean. He has been worldwide drilling manager for BHP Billiton Petroleum since 1994, serving in Australia, the UK and latterly Houston. Transocean has also appointed Ihab Toma as its EVP, chief of staff.
Kevin Short has become sales director of interactive learning solutions provider Atlas.
Kim Hedegaard Sørensen is the new MD at Danish transport and logistics company Blue Water Shipping following founder Kurt Skov's decision to step down after 40 years at the helm. Sørensen was most recently CEO of TransAtlantic Industrial Shipping…
Michael Chia and Wong Kok Seng have been appointed MD (marine) and MD (offshore), respectively, at Keppel Oil & Marine. Chia, who will oversee a division which includes Keppel Shipyard, Keppel Singmarine and other marinerelated overseas yards…
Mike Main has joined Viking SeaTech as UK and Africa MD. He served most recently as MD for UK operations at BIS Salamis, having earlier held director-level posts with Petrofac, Kvaerner Oil & Gas and PGS Atlantic.
Mitch Little has stepped up from Norway business manager to VP international production operations at Marathon Oil.
Nick Hull has been promoted to COO at metering specialist Alderley. Brian Johnstone has joined Alderley Systems in Aberdeen as regional sales director, produced water treatment.
Nicki Bourne has joined SLR as a principal in its Maidstone, UK office. Bourne has 10 years' consultancy experience supporting upstream oil & gas sector clients, among them BG, BP, ConocoPhillips, ChevronTexaco and Total.
Remi Volpe has been named VP-GM for Honeywell Sensing & Control's Europe, Middle East and Africa region, based in Rolle, Switzerland.
Rick Robinson (pictured) has been appointed EVP projects at Clough, tasked with delivering the Australian contractor's existing capital projects and nearshore marine project portfolio while winning new work. He has been Clough's project…
DHL has launched an Energy Center in Houston to showcase the logistics company's offerings in the E&P sector as well as addressing compliance and innovation testing. Steve Harley, energy sector president at DHL Customer Solutions & Innovation…
Emerson Process Management is teaming with Statoil for a 'total uncertainty management' programme focusing on how E&P companies can improve history matching and uncertainty management & quantification across the reservoir characterization workflow using Emerson's Roxar ENABLE software.
Dana Petroleum (E&P) last month took over the operatorship of the Triton FPSO from Hess in a move that according to Dana's UK MD Paul Griffin 'underlines our strategy to move from largely non-operated activities to full-operated field management on the UKCS '…
Forum Energy Technologies has acquired Syntech Technology, a Lorton, VA-based manufacturer of syntactic foam buoyancy materials used for ROVs and other deepwater flotation applications. Cris Gaut, Forum's chairman and CEO, said the deal 'integrates an important part of the ROV supply chain'.
Helix Energy Solutions Group is selling its Caesar, Express and Intrepid pipelay vessels with related equipment in separate transactions. Coastal Trade is purchasing the Express and Caesar for US$238 million in deals expected to close next year…
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