Subsea cable and connector specialist Hydro Group appointed William (Bill) Mildon as president of newly formed Hydro Group Systems Inc. - a wholly owned subsidiary located in Pinellas County, Florida. Image of Mildon…
Douglas Stephens will assume the role of president and chief executive officer of Frank’s International effective 15 November 2016. Image of Douglas Stephens, from Frank's International. Stephens was most recently with Baker Hughes…
Woodside Petroleum's board of directors has appointed former Australian politician Ian Macfarlane as an independent non-executive director, effective 14 November. Woodside chairman Michael Chaney said Macfarlane is held in high regard…
The Board of Directors of Paragon Offshore has appointed Dean E. Taylor, a member of the Board, to serve as interim president and chief executive officer, effective immediately. Taylor, who has served as a director of the company since its founding in 2014…
Bernard J. Duroc-Danner, chairman of the board, president and CEO, of Weatherford International has resigned, effective immediately. Robert Rayne, current vice chairman of the board, will serve as chairman of the board. Krishna Shivram take over as interim CEO…
Statoil has appointed Jannicke Nilsson as its new executive vice president and chief operating officer (COO), taking over for current COO Anders Opedal, who will lead the development of Statoil’s growing and increasingly important operations in Brazil as new country manager…
Daniel Sack, of EMAS Chiyoda Subsea, has spent three decades in the oil and gas industry following and participating in the next big step changes in technology – one subsea project at a time. Audrey Leon found out more. Daniel…
Husky Energy President and CEO Asim Ghosh will retire, with Rob Peabody, Husky's chief operating officer will take over for Ghosh, effective 5 December. 'For the past seven years Asim has brought his extensive business experience and…
AGR, an energy services and software company, has appointed Tore Øian to lead the company’s well management business in Norway. Øian has over 20 years’ experience in the oil and gas industry and has managed complex drilling projects for major operators including Statoil and Det norske…
Sevan Marine CEO Carl Lieungh will step down from the company, effective 1 January 2017. The company's board of directors has appointed current CFO, Reese McNeel, as the new CEO. He will carry out both functions in parallel, the firm said in a statement today (10 October)…
Oil & Gas UK (Oil & Gas UK) appointed four new members to its board. Cory L. Loegering, region vice president and managing director for Apache North Sea; Robin Allan, Premier Oil’s director, North Sea and Exploration; and Bill Dunnett…
Jakob Stausholm resigned from his position as member of the board of directors in Statoil with immediate effect, to avoid potential conflicts of interests following his new appointment as CFO of the Maersk group. Stausholm takes up his new position on 1 December 2016…
io oil & gas consulting, the independent venture backed by GE Oil & Gas and McDermott, has announced the appointment of Richard Dyson as its new CEO. Dyson will be based in io’s head office in The Shard, London and oversee all its global operations including offices in Houston…
Bureau Veritas appointed Paul Shrieve as chief executive officer (CEO) of North Sea offshore operations, marine and offshore. Shrieve. Image from Bureau Veritas. Shrieve is based at the company’s Aberdeen office…
Danish giant AP Møller-Mærsk is dividing its company into two, after reviewing strategic and structural options for months that will also see its CEO, Jakob Thomasen, make his exit. Image from Maersk Flickr…