Former Petrobras director Paulo Roberto Costa heads up the newly established oil & gas division of Brasilinvest Group, currently managing a $6 billion portfolio of projects. The group was recently named as a special advisor and investment banker to Paraguay’s Dahava Petroleos.
Scott Laing has joined Aberdeen-based Coretrax Technology as BDM. He was previously with MI-Swaco in Egypt.
Allan Browne and Donald Ballantyne have been appointed BDMs at Paradigm Flow Services, Browne focusing on the subsea sector and Ballantyne on topsides technologies. Browne was GM of Halliburton’s SureStream pipeline flow assurance…
Allister Langlands will step up to chairman of Wood Group and Bob Keiller will replace him as CEO when longserving chairman Sir Ian Wood retires in November. Langlands joined the group in 1991, initially as financial director, then deputy CEO before succeeding Sir Ian as chief executive in 2007…
Angus Bowie has been appointed MENA regional director for pipeline engineering group Stats. He has relocated to Abu Dhabi from Aberdeen – where he served previously as the company’s technical director – and will oversee the opening of new workshop and warehousing facilities…
Bill Walkingshaw has been appointed GM of Aberdeen-based QTEC International. He joins the company, which provides fluid-handling and containment services on drilling installations, from TWMA.
Choo Chiau Beng and Loh Chin Hua, respectively CEO and CFO of Keppel Corporation, have been appointed to the board of KrisEnergy as non-executive directors. The appointments follow Keppel’s purchase of a further $115 million worth of…
Datuk Mohd Anuar is the new head of Petronas’ upstream development and production division, responsible for the division’s activities in Malaysia as well as in 23 countries worldwide. Anuar, who joined Shell in 1990 and served most recently as VP Malaysia…
David Keane, BG Group policy and corporate affairs VP, has been appointed to a two-year term as chairman of America’s Energy Coast (AEC) Industry Council, a Gulf Coast initiative of the American Wetland Foundation.
David Stephen has been appointed GM Europe-Africa for Positioneering, an Aberdeen startup company providing GNSS-based positioning services for the offshore market. He joins from Specialist Subsea Services where he was GM of the Caledonian-Geotech division…
Hatem Speta, a well test specialist recruited from Schlumberger, has joined Expro International as Middle East product manager. Expro also recently appointed Ossama Amin, previously with Geoservices, as its MENA early production facilities manager.
John Shaw has been appointed MD of subsea connector specialist First Subsea. He joined the company in 2011 as global operations director, having previously headed up the engineered products group at Trelleborg Offshore.
Martin Grant, CEO of Atkins’ energy business, has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in recognition of his ‘outstanding contribution to the energy sector’.
Nabil Alalawi, co-founder of Al Mansoori Specialized Engineering, has joined the Camcon board as a non-executive director. Since October 2010 Al Mansoori has had the rights to sell, install and support Camcon Oil products throughout the Middle East…
René Kofod-Olsen has been appointed CEO of Dubai-headquartered offshore support vessel fleet operator Topaz Energy & Marine, which serves primarily in the MENA and Caspian regions. He was previously with Svitzer and the AP Møller-Maersk Group.