Germany's Lufthansa continues to beef up its international oil & gas routes with the launch of Airbus A380 service between Houston and the company's Frankfurt hub. Russell McCulley was invited along for the inaugural flight.Lufthansa flight 440 departed Frankfurt Airport 1 August…
Robert Potter has been appointed president of FMC Technologies. Previously EVP energy systems, he takes over this role from John Gremp, who remains chairman and CEO. FMC also has appointed Douglas Pferdehirt as EVP and COO, assuming responsibility…
Boyd Ross has been appointed sales director of the new Alderley Metering Solutions division (see ‘Firms’) and will be based mainly in Alderley’s Aberdeen facility.
Professor Jesus Talamantes-Silva heads up RD26 Ltd, a new company set up within Sheffield Forgemasters to service its internal engineering research and development work as well as taking on external contracts.
Neil Poxon has resigned as MD of global technology facilitator ITF to join US startup company PWAbsorbents as CEO.
Scott Laing has joined Aberdeen-based Coretrax Technology as BDM. He was previously with MI-Swaco in Egypt.
Chartered engineer Brendan Ryan has been named as COO of independent offshore survey company Utec, based in its Houston office.
Joe Gardner has been appointed a member of the United American Petroleum advisory board. A 45-year veteran of the oil & gas exploration and drilling sector, Gardner most recently served as a drilling consultant for Talisman Energy USA.
Allen Leatt, Subsea 7’s SVP engineering, was recently elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in recognition of his 30-year contribution to the development of subsea construction techniques, underwater robotics and offshore construction vessels.
Elijio Serrano has been appointed SVP and CFO of Tetra Technologies. He joins the company from UniversalPegasus International and previously served in senior management posts with Paradigm and Schlumberger.
Mike Chapman, founder of Duvall, Washington based Mecco, has been appointed a US sales agent by underwater acoustic positioning systems provider Sonardyne.
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.
New from Jotun are two new high performance coatings developed specifically for the the offshore industry and conforming with ISO20340 and Norsok M501 standards.Barrier Plus, a two-component zincrich epoxy primer, is said to provide optimal…
Gas systems specialist Wärtsilä Hamworthy attributes its recent success in securing significant flare gas recovery (FGR) system contracts with Petrobras, Statoil, BP, ConocoPhillips and other operators to three key elements in its FGR system: flare closure…
Swedish polymer and syntactic foam specialist Trelleborg Offshore officially opens its new facility in Brazil next month. It will manufacture the company’s complete product portfolio, including polymer-based solutions for topside and subsea application…