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Boulder Relocation

Nov 10, 2012

Aberdeen-based Ecosse Subsea Systems used its Scar1 trenching tool on a seabed clearance project for the Total operated Laggan-Tormore project West of Shetland. The system was deployed to remove up to 1000 boulders that were stalling cablelaying and umbilical installation work…

Pre-salt hose delivery

Nov 10, 2012

Flexomarine is slated to deliver 44 hoses for Modec’s FPSO Cidade de Mangaratiba in November. A mix of the floating and subsea varieties, the hoses will be 10.7m long by 500mm in diameter and are meant for the pre-salt Cernambi Sul project in 2300m of water…

Under surveillance

Nov 10, 2012

Raytheon unveiled its latest surveillance cabin for the oil & gas market during demonstrations in Galveston, Texas, last month. Intended to improve incident management through maritime domain situational awareness, it has a number of potential…

Total fire protection

Nov 10, 2012

Specialist firefighting knowledge, strategic support and equipment is to be provided by Chubb Fire & Security for Total E&P UK under a five-year contract. Chubb’s Offshore Marine division will deliver the renewed contract, which covers the operator’s Alwyn North…

Allison Walker steps up at Falck Nutec

Nov 10, 2012

Allison Walker has stepped up from UK sales manager to director of sales & marketing at health and safety training specialist Falck Nutec, based at the firm's Aberdeen training centre in Dyce.

Andrew Pfaff appointed Oilex's GM operations

Nov 10, 2012

Andrew Pfaff has been appointed Oilex's GM operations, based in India. The appointment will transition to full-time when project approvals for the firms Cambay JV are finalised. He was previously operations manager for Burlington Resources and ConocoPhillips in China.

Danny Hall promoted at Crowley Maritime

Nov 10, 2012

Danny Hall, former VP of legacy company Jarvis Freight International, has been promoted to VP strategic business development for the Houston-based Crowley Maritime logistics group. David Higgs, former director of Crowley's product logistics…

Dominic Wright joins Xodus

Nov 10, 2012

Dominic Wright has joined Xodus as flow assurance lead in Houston. He has more than 10 years' subsea engineering experience.

Donald Bearb named assets and maintenance manager of Devin International

Nov 10, 2012

Donald Bearb has been named assets and maintenance manager of Devin International, based in Lafayette. He served most recently as Devin's operations manager in Macaé, Brazil, and prior to that was with Weatherford International for 38 years.

Francisco Villagran appointed to Inchcape Shipping Services role of regional operations manager

Nov 10, 2012

Francisco Villagran has been appointed to the new Inchcape Shipping Services role of regional operations manager, Americas, based in Chile.

Gretchen Watkins recently took over as Marathon's VP North America production operations

Nov 10, 2012

Gretchen Watkins who recently took over from the retiring Jim Bowzer as Marathon's VP North America production operations.

Iain Stevenson joins DeepSea

Nov 10, 2012

Iain Stevenson has joined subsea engineering consultancy DeepSea in the role of Asia Pacific GM, based at the firm's Kuala Lumpur office. He was previously VP subsea business line at UniversalPegasus.

Jan Houtved Hansen appointed GM marine boilers at Harris Pye

Nov 10, 2012

Jan Houtved Hansen has been appointed GM marine boilers at maritime and offshore engineering company Harris Pye, based at the group's Danish office.

John Stobart named EVP and COO at Transocean

Nov 10, 2012

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.

Kim Hedegaard Sørensen new MD at Blue Water Shipping

Nov 10, 2012

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…

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