An offshore scaffolding safety innovation from RBG has attracted industry plaudits aplenty since its launch last year and has already been adopted by Apache North Sea on a number of its platforms. In this opener to OE's HSE two-parter, Bill Abbott outlines the thinking behind PlusGard…
Norwegian operator Statoil acknowledged last month that it could have been clearer in its dialogue with Norway's Petroleum Safety Authority following the May 2010 incident where pressure build-up in well 34/10-C06A resulted in a near blowout and the shutdown of the Gullfaks C platform…
‘An exciting future for the subsea business' was predicted by Ross Kinnear, head of subsea operations in BP's North Sea SPU, when he addressed Subsea UK's annual flagship conference in Aberdeen last month. David Morgan reviews some of the Subsea 2011 highlights…
Aberdeen-based Churchill Drilling Tools had on display at ONS an innovative dart activation system now being deployed for technically challenging high-angle sections in Norwegian continental shelf wells. According to Churchill, DAV MX mechanical…
Åge Landro has rejoined Norway’s AGR Group after a short break. Previously with the group’s field operations unit for seven years, he returns as EVP of its global Petroleum Services division.
Anne Drinkwater has become a non-executive director of Tullow Oil. She previously served in senior posts with BP, including president of BP Indonesia.
Bob Coates has been named COO of Aberdeen headquartered FPSO moorings and marine engineering services company Sigma Offshore. Previously a director of London Marine Consultants, now part of Singapore-based Ezra Holdings, Coates is tasked…
Carri Lockhart is Marathon’s new UK North Sea asset team MD. Her earlier posts include asset team manager for Marathon Alaska operations and business development director for North and South America.
Chris Charman takes over from the retiring Hugh Williams as CEO of the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) in December. Since leaving the Navy he has worked as a loss adjuster and held various risk management and risk financing posts.
Chris Peeters has been appointed EMEA region director of Schlumberger Business Consulting, based in Paris. Previously with McKinsey, he will manage SBC’s utilities practice.
David Hayden has stepped up from technical manager to MD of Harris Pye UK, with Steve Blake slotting in to Hayden’s former role.
David Hunt and Faris Lutfy head up an expanded engineering division at Aberdeen-based Ecosse Subsea Systems. Both are chartered engineers, Hunt hailing from Flexlife and Acergy and Lutfy from Subsea 7 and DOF Subsea UK.
John Hunter has been appointed project engineering manager at Divex’s Westhill, Scotland headquarters. Greg Hewitt becomes the saturation diving systems supplier’s Asia Pacific region GM.
Jens Pace became COO of African Petroleum on 1 October. A geoscientist, he worked internationally for BP and its heritage company Amoco (UK) Exploration for over 30 years.
Jon Robertson has taken over the role of MD at ROV supplier Saab Seaeye following the departure of Dave Grant to pursue other interests.