Image: silhouette of an offshore rig. Erin Energy Corp. announced changes within its management structure. The changes are in response to recent drilling and production successes, and to support the company’s growth strategy…
José Formigli has been appointed by Aker Solutions to serve as an adviser for overall strategic decisions and to join its innovation board. Formigli, a Rio de Janeiro native and engineer by training, has more than 30 years' experience in the oil and gas business…
Elaine Maslin speaks with new Oil & Gas Innovation Centre (OGIC) COO Ernie Lamza about his early career, his new role and the part technology has to play in the oil and gas industry. Ernie Lamza…
Global FPSO orders have fallen off a cliff in 2015. But, SBM Offshore is weathering the storm and there’s more to the company than FPSOs, says its Schiedam managing director. Saskia Kunst, Managing Director of SBM Offshore’s Dutch base in Schiedam…
National Oilwell Varco (NOV) appointed Jose A. Bayardo as senior vice president and chief financial officer (CFO) of NOV, effective 28 August 2015. Bayardo succeeds Scott K. Duff, interim CFO. Prior to joining NOV, Bayardo, age 43, served as senior vice president…
Elaine Lisenbe has been appointed to the position of chief financial officer (CFO) and will join Wood Group Mustang’s executive leadership team. Lisenbe joined Wood Group Mustang as financial controller in 2011 and served most recently as vice president of finance for the Americas…
Oceaneering International appointed Clyde Hewlett the company's new chief operating officer. In this capacity he will have expanded responsibility for managing all of Oceaneering’s oilfield business…
Tendeka, a provider for completions systems and services to the upstream oil and gas industry, has appointed Scott Watters as COO and Annabel Green as CTO. Watters brings with him more than 20 years of oil and gas industry experience in operations…
Dubai-based fabrication and engineering firm Lamprell's CEO James Moffat (pictured) is to retire 30 June 2016. Lamprell says a search to find his successor is under way. Moffat joined Lamprell in 2013, at a time when it had been under financial strain…
Image: Phyllis Mitchell/Borets Borets, provider of the engineering, manufacturing, sales and service of electric submersible pump (ESP) systems, announced that Phyllis Mitchell has been named vice president of human resources and Kent C…
AGR's board of directors has made internal promotions to appoint a new CEO and CFO, as current CEO, Åge Landro, moves on to a new role after 11 years with AGR. Svein Sollund, part of AGR’s executive team for eight years, has been appointed as CEO…
Wärtsilä's board of directors appointed Jaakko Eskola as the new president and CEO of Wärtsilä Corp. effective 1 November 2015. Eskola will succeed Björn Rosengren, who will become the CEO of Sandvik, a global engineering group based in Sweden…
In Houston, UTEC Survey promoted Cory Goodyear to the position of general manager after eight years with the company. Goodyear has 18 years’ offshore-related experience having started as a field surveyor before becoming a project manager…
Norwegian-based Siem Offshore has appointed Idar Hillersøy its new CEO, effective 1 August, replacing current CEO Terje Sørensen, who will stay until a transitional phase is completed. Since April, Idar Hillersøy has been responsible…
Air Energi launched a dedicated division for permanent workforce solutions and appointed Donna Chapman as vice president to lead the new service stream. Air Energi has been delivering permanent workforce services for several years…