John Stobart has been named EVP and COO at Transocean. He has been worldwide drilling manager for BHP Billiton Petroleum since 1994, serving in Australia, the UK and latterly Houston. Transocean has also appointed Ihab Toma as its EVP, chief of staff.
Kim Hedegaard Sørensen is the new MD at Danish transport and logistics company Blue Water Shipping following founder Kurt Skov's decision to step down after 40 years at the helm. Sørensen was most recently CEO of TransAtlantic Industrial Shipping…
Michael Chia and Wong Kok Seng have been appointed MD (marine) and MD (offshore), respectively, at Keppel Oil & Marine. Chia, who will oversee a division which includes Keppel Shipyard, Keppel Singmarine and other marinerelated overseas yards…
Mitch Little has stepped up from Norway business manager to VP international production operations at Marathon Oil.
Nick Hull has been promoted to COO at metering specialist Alderley. Brian Johnstone has joined Alderley Systems in Aberdeen as regional sales director, produced water treatment.
Nicki Bourne has joined SLR as a principal in its Maidstone, UK office. Bourne has 10 years' consultancy experience supporting upstream oil & gas sector clients, among them BG, BP, ConocoPhillips, ChevronTexaco and Total.
Remi Volpe has been named VP-GM for Honeywell Sensing & Control's Europe, Middle East and Africa region, based in Rolle, Switzerland.
DHL has launched an Energy Center in Houston to showcase the logistics company's offerings in the E&P sector as well as addressing compliance and innovation testing. Steve Harley, energy sector president at DHL Customer Solutions & Innovation…
Dana Petroleum (E&P) last month took over the operatorship of the Triton FPSO from Hess in a move that according to Dana's UK MD Paul Griffin 'underlines our strategy to move from largely non-operated activities to full-operated field management on the UKCS '…
Forum Energy Technologies has acquired Syntech Technology, a Lorton, VA-based manufacturer of syntactic foam buoyancy materials used for ROVs and other deepwater flotation applications. Cris Gaut, Forum's chairman and CEO, said the deal 'integrates an important part of the ROV supply chain'.
Reflex Marine has established a new accredited service centre (ASC) in Houston for its FROG and TORO personnel carriers.
Schat-Harding opened two new Norwegian offices and service centres, in Bergen and Stavanger. Both bases will focus on delivering in-service support and maintenance for lifeboats and davits in the North Sea.
Aker Solutions has established a subsea lifecycle service base in Labuan, Malaysia, to support installed and future Asia Pacific shallow and deepwater projects, starting with Murphy Sabah Oil's current Kikeh and upcoming Kikeh phase two…
WorleyParsons has officially opened an Aberdeen office, its first operational base in Scotland. Run by location manager Neil McMillan, it will offer five of the company's service lines: Select pre-FEED engineering, subsea engineering through Intecsea…
Bechtel and Subsea will work together to develop offshore wind and associated transmission projects in Europe, including the UK and Germany. Under a nonexclusive joint approach they will offer developers and utilities a single contracting group…