Reidar Hustoft named Norway managing directorReidar Hustoft named managing director of Dana's Norwegian activities (Image: Dana Petroleum)Aberdeen-based Dana Petroleum appointed a new managing director for its Norwegian activities. Reidar…
Obama taps Sally Jewell for Interior Dept. President Barack Obama and Sally Jewell applaud outgoing Interior Secretary Ken Salazar (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)President Barack Obama announced he will nominate Sally Jewell…
Neil Gordon, Subsea UK One of the fastest-growing sectors in recent years, the subsea industry is set to continue on its upward curve in 2013. Having demonstrated high growth through the recession, the subsea sector is enjoying a positive…
Aquatic Engineering & Construction, an Acteon company, has appointed Bill Smart business development manager, North America. Smart joins Aquatic from Prime Source Packaging, where he was vice president of sales & service. Previously…
Thomas M Botts has joined John Wood Group’s board as a non-executive director. Previously, Botts spent 35 years with Shell, beginning as a production engineer, later becoming treasurer for Shell’s US activities, and global head of manufacturing.
Brad Farnsworth joins Greene’s Energy Group as chief financial officer. He comes to Greene’s from NATCO Group where he served as CFO. Previously, Farnsworth was chief administrative officer at Dynegy and KN Energy. Based in Houston, he will report to CEO Bob Vilyus.
After 17 years at DNO International, managing director Helge Eide (pictured) has resigned his post. Bjørn has been named interim replacement. Eide will continue to advise DNO on strategy and business development.
Stephen Lovegrove is the new permanent secretary at the UK’s Department of Energy & Climate Change. Lovegrove replaces Moira Wallace, who left in October.
Maria Lindenberg has taken over as Chevron’s chief procurement officer, replacing Leo Lonergan who retires this month. Based in Houston, Lindenberg will head Chevron’s enterprise-wide, supply-chain management activities. She joined the company…
Samsung Engineering has appointed Michel Lainé as chief operating officer of its newly established offshore segment. Lainé comes to Samsung from Saipem (France) where he served as chairman and CEO. His appointment underpins Samsung Engineering’s bid to move into the offshore market.
Houston-headquartered MicroSeismic Inc. has hired Ganesh Murdeshwar as Vice President for its Calgary office. Murdeshwar will lead the sales, analysis, and operations teams. He comes to MicroSeismic from Tagle Information Technology, where he served as president and chief operating officer…
IHC Merwede has named René Raaijmakers (pictured) as offshore sales director, succeeding Twan Voogt. Raaijmakers is charged with all commercial activities within the offshore division. Since April 2012, he served as product director for renewables and manager of IHC Offshore Systems…
Robert P Peebler has retired as Ion Geophysical’s executive chairman. Former board chair James M Lapeyre Jr has replaced Peebler, who will remain a consultant to the company. Peebler served as president and CEO from 2003.
Universal Pegasus has appointed Terry Mienie as business development director for the UK and international. Mienie, who joins from Penspen, will focus on growing the firm’s UK subsea business.
Nina M. Rach COLLOQUY: Editor's Column 'Innovation isn’t about new products, it’s about changing behavior,” explains Tom Koulopoulos, author of eight business books on the intersection of business and technology, including Cloud Surfing (2012) and The Innovation Zone (2011)…