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Worley Names New CFO

Aug 24, 2021

Australian engineering firm Worley has appointed Tiernan O'Rourke to the position of Chief Financial Officer (CFO).'Tiernan will commence in the position later this calendar year and will be based at Worley’s headquarters in North Sydney,' Worley…

Crowley, Massachusetts Maritime Academy Setting Up Offshore Wind Training

Aug 24, 2021

Crowley Maritime Corporation and Massachusetts Maritime Academy (MMA) said Tuesday they'd create a first-of-its-kind training and workforce development program dedicated specifically to the New England region’s offshore wind energy industry…

Xodus, BSG Launch Project in U.S. to Bring Offshore Wind Jobs to Underrepresented Groups

Aug 24, 2021

UK-based energy consultancy Xodus is teaming up with Browning the Green Space (BGS) coalition to create a workforce program aiming to increase the participation of underrepresented populations in the offshore wind industry across Massachusetts…

Report: Chevron Starts COVID-19 Vaccination Mandates

Aug 23, 2021

Oil major Chevron Corp has begun requiring some employees to receive COVID-19 vaccinations and is evaluating mandates throughout its entire workforce, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday citing people familiar with the matter.Chevron is now requiring expatriate employees…

READ Cased Hole Names New MD

Aug 18, 2021

READ Cased Hole, a provider of cased hole logging services and technologies to the global oil and gas industry, has appointed Kevin Giles as its new Managing Director.Prior to this role, Giles spent the last 3 years as READ Cased Hole’s Global Commercial Director…

Chevron Delays Office Return in California, Texas

Aug 16, 2021

Oil major Chevron Corp is postponing the full return of employees in California and Texas, joining a clutch of companies like Facebook Inc and Amazon.com Inc that have done the same because of a resurgence in coronavirus cases related to the fast-spreading Delta variant…

TGS CFO Amundsen Resigns, Replacement Named

Aug 16, 2021

Fredrik Amundsen has resigned from his position as CFO of TGS, a Norwegian oil and gas seismic data company.Amundsen had been the CFO since February 2020, having previously served as Executive Vice President (EVP) Europe at TGS.'The company…

Harland & Wolff Names General Manager for Appledore site

Aug 10, 2021

Belfast-based shipyard Harland & Wolff has appointed a new General Manager, Tom Hart to its Appledore site.Harland & Wolff, famous for building the Titanic, is today a multisite fabrication company, operating in the maritime and offshore industry through five sectors: commercial…

SBM Offshore Eyes Offshore Wind Project Opportunities

Aug 05, 2021

Oil and gas services company SBM Offshore on Thursday reported a better than expected decline in core profit for the first half of 2021 as it looks to develop floating offshore wind projects.After reducing spending sharply in the face of a pandemic-induced demand collapse…

McCarthy Joins EnerMech as Strategic Proposals Director

Aug 04, 2021

EnerMech announced that Daniel McCarthy has joined the company as its strategic proposals director to help accelerate its planned growth across the business.McCarthy started his 18-year career in the oil and gas, engineering and construction sector at Kentz…

Offshore Wind Turbine Maker Siemens Gamesa Posts Quarterly Loss

Jul 30, 2021

Wind turbine maker Siemens Gamesa posted a loss for the three months to June on Friday and confirmed a warning it made earlier this month that its profit margin could be negative over the full year.The world's biggest maker of the huge offshore generators…

Kent Acquires Majority of SNC-Lavalin's Oil and Gas Business

Jul 30, 2021

Bluewater-backed energy services firm Kent, formerly known as Kentech, has completed the acquisition of the majority of SNC-Lavalin’s oil and gas division, with a minority portion to follow at a later date. 'The Company now harnesses the strength…

Shell's 2Q Profit Jumps to Two-year High

Jul 29, 2021

Royal Dutch Shell boosted its dividend and launched a $2 billion share buyback program on Thursday after a sharp rise in oil and gas prices drove second-quarter profits to their highest in more than two years.As profits across the industry recovered…

Subsea Tech Firm Ashtead Appoints Chief Technology Officer

Jul 28, 2021

Ashtead Technology has appointed Graham Clark to the newly created position of Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to accelerate its technology and digitalization strategy.The subsea equipment rental and solutions provider for the offshore energy industry…

Ex-Marathon Oil Exec Joins Helix Energy Solutions

Jul 26, 2021

Houston-based offshore well intervention firm Helix Energy Solutions has appointed T. Mitch Little as a new member of the board of directors.Little, 58, served as Executive Vice President – Operations for Marathon Oil Corporation from August 2016 until his retirement in December 2020…

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