Elijio Serrano has been appointed SVP and CFO of Tetra Technologies. He joins the company from UniversalPegasus International and previously served in senior management posts with Paradigm and Schlumberger.
Allen Leatt, Subsea 7’s SVP engineering, was recently elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in recognition of his 30-year contribution to the development of subsea construction techniques, underwater robotics and offshore construction vessels.
Former Petrobras director Paulo Roberto Costa heads up the newly established oil & gas division of Brasilinvest Group, currently managing a $6 billion portfolio of projects. The group was recently named as a special advisor and investment banker to Paraguay’s Dahava Petroleos.
Robert Potter has been appointed president of FMC Technologies. Previously EVP energy systems, he takes over this role from John Gremp, who remains chairman and CEO. FMC also has appointed Douglas Pferdehirt as EVP and COO, assuming responsibility…
Boyd Ross has been appointed sales director of the new Alderley Metering Solutions division (see ‘Firms’) and will be based mainly in Alderley’s Aberdeen facility.
Neil Poxon has resigned as MD of global technology facilitator ITF to join US startup company PWAbsorbents as CEO.
Professor Jesus Talamantes-Silva heads up RD26 Ltd, a new company set up within Sheffield Forgemasters to service its internal engineering research and development work as well as taking on external contracts.
Scott Laing has joined Aberdeen-based Coretrax Technology as BDM. He was previously with MI-Swaco in Egypt.
Chartered engineer Brendan Ryan has been named as COO of independent offshore survey company Utec, based in its Houston office.
New from Jotun are two new high performance coatings developed specifically for the the offshore industry and conforming with ISO20340 and Norsok M501 standards.Barrier Plus, a two-component zincrich epoxy primer, is said to provide optimal…
Gas systems specialist Wärtsilä Hamworthy attributes its recent success in securing significant flare gas recovery (FGR) system contracts with Petrobras, Statoil, BP, ConocoPhillips and other operators to three key elements in its FGR system: flare closure…
Swedish polymer and syntactic foam specialist Trelleborg Offshore officially opens its new facility in Brazil next month. It will manufacture the company’s complete product portfolio, including polymer-based solutions for topside and subsea application…
Norwegian multiphase meter manufacturer MPM has opened a new hyperbaric facility at its Forus, Stavanger, plant that will enable it to test its subsea systems for 4000m water depth rating. The company, which started up in 2003 and notched up revenues of NKr230 million last year…
Two complete ROV moonpool handling systems are to be delivered by Norwegian specialist Rapp Hydema for Ezra Marine Service’s newbuild vessel Constellation. The new-generation systems are designed for work class ROV operations down to 4000m.…
The recent run of success at Denmark’s Viking Life-Saving Equipment continues, with the privately owned, Esbjerg-based company insisting it’s all down to ‘solid growth in a market that can be as turbulent as the seas for which its products are designed’ – the offshore industry…
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