Getting the drilling facilities design process right not only ensures the operator gets the ideal rig for the job but also increases HSE and operational efficiencies and cuts rig construction and commissioning costs. Andy Kay and Rodrigo Rendon discuss the RDS approach…
French premium tubular solutions specialist Vallourec reports that its new-generation Vam 21 threaded connection is now also enjoying commercial success in the Middle East after making early market inroads in the North Sea, Brazil and Southeast Asia…
Rental equipment provider Ferguson Group has set up a new company near its port and storage yard in Jebel Ali, Dubai, to support its range of offshore and refrigerated containers plus accommodation units and workspace modules in the Middle East.
Angus Bowie has been appointed MENA regional director for pipeline engineering group Stats. He has relocated to Abu Dhabi from Aberdeen – where he served previously as the company’s technical director – and will oversee the opening of new workshop and warehousing facilities…
Hatem Speta, a well test specialist recruited from Schlumberger, has joined Expro International as Middle East product manager. Expro also recently appointed Ossama Amin, previously with Geoservices, as its MENA early production facilities manager.
Nabil Alalawi, co-founder of Al Mansoori Specialized Engineering, has joined the Camcon board as a non-executive director. Since October 2010 Al Mansoori has had the rights to sell, install and support Camcon Oil products throughout the Middle East…
René Kofod-Olsen has been appointed CEO of Dubai-headquartered offshore support vessel fleet operator Topaz Energy & Marine, which serves primarily in the MENA and Caspian regions. He was previously with Svitzer and the AP Møller-Maersk Group.
Stuart Bell has been appointed MD of the newly established UAE office of hazardous area electrical equipment supplier Dron & Dickson.
Zalmay Khalilzad, a former US ambassador to Afghanistan and Iraq, has been appointed to the board of Tethys Petroleum. Tethys has interests in Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
René Kofod-Olsen has been appointed CEO of OSV fleet operator Topaz Energy & Marine. He joins from the AP Møller-Maersk Group.
Hazardous area electrical equipment specialist Dron & Dickson has established a new base in Dubai, headed up by newly appointed managing director Stuart Bell.
Aker Solutions has agreed to acquire National Petroleum Services’ NPS Energy business unit, which employs approximately 900 people and provides well intervention services in the Middle East and North Africa.
Following the 2011 acquisition of Smit’s terminal and anchor handling tug supply activities by Lamnalco, the marines services group has been officially rebranded Smit Lamnalco. Chief executive Daan Koornneef said the new identity reflected the…
UAE-based Topaz Energy & Marine has signed phase one of a US$ 330 million loan agreement with a syndicate of banks towards the refinancing of some of its existing loans. As well as extra liquidity, the deal paves the way for new investments in Topaz’s offshore support vessel operations.
The land-locked Caspian Sea returned to offshore industry centre-stage last month with BP’s confirmation that front end engineering and design had begun for stage two of the huge Shah Deniz gas field development. Terry Knott reports.The Shah Deniz consortium…
