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Kosmos adds former Total exec to board

Dec 09, 2015

Kosmos Energy announced that Yves-Louis Darricarrère has been appointed to its board of directors effective immediately. Darricarrère retired earlier this year from Total after a distinguished 37 year career in which he served most recently as executive vice president of Total…

Ensco names new COO

Dec 08, 2015

Ensco appointed Carey Lowe as the new chief operating officer. Lowe is based in London and succeeds Mark Burns, who is retiring from the company. Lowe has held various executive management positions at Ensco since joining the company in 2008…

TAM International names Davis global technical director

Dec 07, 2015

TAM International has appointed Tim Davis global technical director for TAM, overseeing global technical support for operations, training, product line management, and marketing.   Image: Tim Davis…

Seanamic gets new manager

Dec 02, 2015

Image: David Henderson/ Seanamic Seanamic has appointed David Henderson as business development manager responsible for growing the company’s profile in the supply of integrated surface to seabed systems for offshore applications…

Stephen Colville resigns from IADC roles

Dec 01, 2015

The International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC) announced the resignation of Stephen A. Colville as president and chief executive officer and the appointment of Jason E. McFarland as interim president, effective immediately.   McFarland is a 20-year veteran of the IADC…

Sewing seeds

Dec 01, 2015

We’re in tough times, but that also means there’s an opportunity to seek new solutions, according to Proserv’s David Lamont. Elaine Maslin went to hear the CEO’s views. Lamont. In 1982…

Petrobras chairman resigns

Nov 30, 2015

Petrobras announced that its chairman, Murilo Pinto de Oliveira Ferreira, who was in leave of absence since 14 September, 2015, presented his resignation. Luiz Nelson Guedes de Carvalho, who was performing the duties of the chairman since 14 September…

Wild Well Control increases in Asia-Pacific

Nov 25, 2015

Wild Well Control increased its presence in the Asia-Pacific region this month.  Steve Nas, regional manager of Well Control Engineering – Asia-Pacific region, brings nearly 35 years of experience with a focus on underbalanced and managed…

Total appoints chief digital officer

Nov 25, 2015

Gilles Cochevelou has been appointed Chief Digital Officer of French oil major Total.  Cochevelou joined Total in 1994 and has held, successively, the positions of Operations Manager at Donges Refinery and Head of Strategic Planning in Refining and Marketing…

MacGregor appoints Høyesen over new division

Nov 20, 2015

MacGregor create a new division 'Advanced Offshore Solutions' by merging its two Norway-based divisions and combining the strengths in offshore mooring, loading and load handling businesses. With the new joint division MacGregor aims to gain…

Petrobras appoints new ombudsman general

Nov 13, 2015

Petróleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) has announced the board of directors’ approval of the appointment of Mário Vinícius Claussen Spinelli as the Petrobras’ new ombudsman general. As disclosed on 15 May 2015, Petrobras approved the restructuring of the ombudsman general’s office…

API elects two new members

Nov 11, 2015

Ryan Lance, ConocoPhillips chairman and CEO has been elected chairman of API’s board of directors effective 1 January, 2016. Greg Garland, Phillips 66 chairman and CEO, has been elected chair of the finance committee. Lance is a petroleum…

Wood Group Mustang names new offshore president

Nov 10, 2015

Image from Wood Group. Wood Group Mustang has promoted Kent McAllister to the position of president, Offshore Business Unit. He was previously executive vice president for the business unit…

Ziebel gets new CEO

Nov 10, 2015

Image: Francis Neill/Ziebel Ziebel, a provider in composite rod well intervention for the oil and gas industry, announced that Francis Neill has been appointed to the position of chief executive officer…

Northern Offshore appoints new CFO

Nov 10, 2015

Image: R. Bradley Forth/ Northern Offshore Northern Offshore announced that R. Bradley Forth has joined the company as senior vice president and chief financial officer. “[Forth] will…

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