Christophe Barnini has been appointed as Senior Vice President, group communications for CGG. Barnini will report to Jean-Georges Malcor, CEO of CGG, and has become a permanent member of CGG’s management committee. This appointment took effect on 15th May 2013…
The US Senate confirmed Sally Jewell, CEO of US-based retailer Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI), as the next Secretary of the Interior department.President Barack Obama and Sally Jewell applaud outgoing Interior Secretary Ken Salazar (Official…
The Underwater Centre gains funding for 15 more trainees The Underwater Centre awarded further £130,000 to train a further 15 divers The Underwater Centre in Fort William has been awarded a further £130,000 as part of a major initiative…
Obama taps Sally Jewell for Interior Dept. President Barack Obama and Sally Jewell applaud outgoing Interior Secretary Ken Salazar (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)President Barack Obama announced he will nominate Sally Jewell…
Alaska president John Minge earns BP top spotJohn Minge, BP America Chairman & PresidentJohn Mingé has been appointed Chairman and President of BP America, Inc. and will serve as BP’s chief representative in the United States. He will succeed Lamar McKay…
Dr Steven Cargill, one of GL Noble Denton’s leading technical authorities, was presented with the Marine Technology Society Dynamic Positioning Committee’s 2012 distinguished achievement award in recognition of his contribution to the field of DP over a 28-year oil & gas industry career…
Hock Goh has been appointed to the board of directors of Australian independent Santos. During a 25-year career with Schlumberger, Goh held senior positions in Asia, the Middle East and Europe, including president of network & infrastructure solutions, president Asia, and VP and GM, China.
Recruiting and retaining skills remains one of the industrys biggest talking points. In this OE two-parter examining the issue from differing offshore sector perspectives, operator BP's Simon Drysdale discusses the need for continual nurturing of existing talent…
David Walker has been named as CEO of DNV KEMA. He started his career as a geologist with Amoco and served as president of BHP Billiton’s petroleum operations in the North Sea, North Africa, Middle East and Australia before joining DNV in 2007…
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…
Graeme Coutts (pictured) has been appointed a non-executive director of specialist pipeline isolation group STATS. He retired last year following a 21-year career with Expro, during which he held a number of senior roles including president western hemisphere…
Jerry Baker (pictured), chief engineer at Atkins, received Subsea UK’s outstanding contribution award in Aberdeen last month. In a career spanning over 40 years, he has championed development and promotion of subsea integrity, authoring…
Mark Denkowski (pictured) has been promoted from MD to VP accreditation and certification programs at the International Association of Drilling Contractors. He joined the IADC last year following a 30-year drilling industry career that included working offshore for Smedvig Asia…
The Underwater Centre in Fort William, Scotland, has been an influential training provider for commercial divers and ROV pilots in the offshore oil & gas sector for many years. Now, with a little more investment, the facility believes it can…
With Gorgon, Pluto and other major LNG developments creating boomtown conditions in the Western Australian capital of Perth, this month’s Australasian Oil & Gas show looks to be in the right place at the right time.Perth is certainly the place to be for Australian and other offshore operators…
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