Ian Stokes has been named as CEO of the UK’s Energy Industries Council following Mike Major’s relocation to run the EIC Houston office.
James Tuppen (pictured) has joined Wild Well Control as manager, international well control operations. Tuppen, a 30-year veteran of oil & gas industry snubbing services, pressure control and well control operations, will operate globally…
Jim McAleese (pictured) has been promoted from GM to MD at Alderley Systems. McAleese, who joined Alderley in 1980 as a project engineer, is tasked with further developing the business globally.
John Bodin has been named as director of global business development of offshore mooring specialist Delmar Systems, based out of the company’s Houston sales/technical office.
Kevin Reinhart, EVP and CFO of Canada’s Nexen, has been appointed interim president and CEO following the sudden departure of Marvin Romanow last month. Gary Nieuwenburg, EVP of Canada, has also left the company.
Mark Denkowski (pictured) has been promoted from MD to VP accreditation and certification programs at the International Association of Drilling Contractors. He joined the IADC last year following a 30-year drilling industry career that included working offshore for Smedvig Asia…
Martin Craighead (pictured) formally assumed the mantle of Baker Hughes’ president and CEO last month, taking over from Chad Deaton who remains chairman. Craighead, whose tenure with the company dates back to 1986, previously served as president and COO.
Matt Fox (pictured), a former president of ConocoPhillips Canada and most recently EVP international at Nexen, rejoined ConocoPhillips last month in an interim role preparatory to assuming the post of EVP exploration and production in the…
Mike Robertson (pictured) has been appointed development and operations manager of North Sea operator GDF Suez E&P UK. He joined the company in 2008, having previously held engineering and project management positions at both major service companies and operators including BP and Talisman.
Dr Nicolas Phillips has been named as head of marketing, technology and key accounts at Clariant Oil Services, based at the company’s Houston headquarters. Before joining Clariant two years ago to run the oil services business line’s marketing…
Patrick Phelan (pictured) became MD of drilling equipment and support services provider Aquaterra Energy last month. He joined from JDR Cable Systems, where he served as MD from 1999 to 2011. George Morrison, Aquaterra’s MD for the past six years…
Paul Tollefson (pictured) has been named manager, marketing and business development, multi-client and processing, at Dolphin Geophysical. Since joining the seismic industry in 1975, he has worked for Geco, Digicon, Veritas, CGG and CGGVeritas.
R Brian Hanson (pictured) succeeded Robert Peebler as CEO of ION Geophysical last month, adding to the role of president he assumed last August when the company announced a planned leadership transition. Peebler became ION’s executive chairman on 1 January.
Umberto Vergine has been appointed COO of Eni Gas & Power Division following Domenico Dispenza’s assignment to another post in the Italian group.
The offshore engineering team at Aquaterra Energy is hailing the 10,000psi-rated, 20in ID full bore drilling riser it recently installed for Apache North Sea as a world first. Designed specifically for Apache to drill three subsea wells on the Bacchus field from the Rowan Gorilla VII…