Philip Luna is the new CEO of Universal/Pegasus International. Interim CEO Bob Deason will remain as executive chairman. Luna, who began his career with ExxonMobil, joined UPI from Jacobs Engineering where he held various positions, including VP business development…
René Kofod-Olsen has been appointed CEO of OSV fleet operator Topaz Energy & Marine. He joins from the AP Møller-Maersk Group.
Roderick Larson has joined Oceaneering International as SVP and COO. With Baker Hughes for over 20 years, he served as BHI’s VP operations, Gulf of Mexico, before taking over as its Latin America region president in January 2011. Another Oceaneering newcomer is Mark Peterson…
Stewart Maxwell has been appointed senior applications engineer at Coretrax Technology and will head up the company’s new wellbore chemicals division in Aberdeen. Another arrival at Coretrax is Scott Laing (pictured), who joins the company…
Steve Cossé has stepped up from EVP to president and CEO of Murphy Oil following the retirement of David Wood. Roger Jenkins, Murphy’s EVP for exploration & production since 2009 and a key figure in its development of the deepwater Kikeh field offshore Malaysia…
Former Saipem COO Yves Inbona joined Petrofac on 10 June as MD of its Offshore Capital Projects (OCP) business, a newly created unit within the group’s Engineering, Construction, Operations & Maintenance (ECOM) division.
Having consolidated all its coring activities under the one brand and under the stewardship of Doug Kinsella, the Reservoir Group is now billing Corpro as the world’s largest coring provider. Corpro was in the group’s original line-up when it was created five years ago…
Hazardous area electrical equipment specialist Dron & Dickson has established a new base in Dubai, headed up by newly appointed managing director Stuart Bell.
Craig Clarke has been named VP Americas for the Aberdeen-headquartered EFC Group, based in Houston. He was previously the company’s Asia Pacific BDM.
Venkatraman Sheshashayee succeeds the retiring Chan Mun Lye as CEO of Singapore vessel operator Jaya Holdings. Max Alexander Hafstad Hartvigsen becomes the company’s president, offshore.
Dana Ourso (pictured) has joined InterMoor as HR manager in the company’s Morgan City, Louisiana office. He was previously with the Shaw Group, Global Industries, Albemarle and J Ray McDermott.
Jaeho Ko (pictured) has been appointed president and CEO of Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME), replacing Sang-Tae Nam who served as CEO for six years.
Subsea cables specialist Alan Jordan has joined Jee as a principal cables engineer.
Carlos Chagas de Oliveira, Jnr (pictured) has been promoted to GM Brazil of integrated testing, rentals and specialty services company Greene’s Energy Group, based in Macaé.
Pekka Vauramo steps up from COO to EVP marine at Cargotec effective 1 August. He will continue as deputy to CEO Mikael Mäkinen. Olli Isotalo switches from EVP marine to EVP terminals and Unto Ahtola, currently EVP terminals, transfers to EVP development projects.