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Meet Granherne’s Richard D’Souza

Jul 01, 2015

Richard D'Souza Richard D’Souza’s career reads like a history of offshore energy development. Jeannie Stell gets his perspective. Reading the resume of Richard D’Souza, current vice president of Granherne Global Operations…

VAALCO hires new COO

Jun 30, 2015

VAALCO Energy appointed Cary Bounds as the new chief operating officer starting 6 July 2015. Houston resident, Bounds is a petroleum engineer and has almost 25 years of domestic and international asset management, business development…

Xodus names Sewell to global subsurface lead

Jun 25, 2015

Xodus Group appointed Andrew Sewell as global subsurface lead to oversee its global subsurface capabilities. Sewell has more than 24 years’ experience working in the oil and gas industry, initially as a geophysicist, and joined Xodus in 2012 as subsurface manager…

Unique Group plans business expansions

Jun 24, 2015

Unique Group, formerly known as Unique Maritime Group, has set in place measures to double its size and global infrastructure by 2019 through capital investment, acquisitions and expansion into key markets. With a current turnover in excess of US$100 million…

Vallourec announces North American appointments

Jun 23, 2015

Vallourec, provider of premium tubular solutions primarily serving the energy markets, announced several key appointments in its North America region. William Gamisans has been appointed managing director for Vallourec Tube-Alloy worldwide effective 1 August 2015…

Seatronics names new VP global operations

Jun 22, 2015

Seatronics promoted Derek Donaldson from vice president Asia Pacific to vice president global operations. Donaldson. From Seatronics. Donaldson enters into a new position within the Seatronics Group management structure…

Lundin's Heppenstall to step down

Jun 22, 2015

Swedish explorer Lundin Petroleum has appointed a new CEO after long-serving CEO Ashely Heppenstall announced he is to step down, as of 1 October. Alex Schneiter will resume the role of President and CEO, which Heppenstall (pictured) has held since 2002…

ONS gets new chairman

Jun 19, 2015

A senior executive at new joint venture Forsys Subsea has been appointed chairman of the ONS Foundation Board of Directors - the organization behind Norway's biennial ONS conference and exhibition. Arild Selvig (pictured) is senior vice president and head of front-end…

Ceona appoints new CEO

Jun 16, 2015

Ceona appointed Mark Preece as the company’s chief executive officer (CEO). Previously, he served as executive vice president of commercial and business development for the company. Preece takes over from current CEO, Steve Preston…

AFGlobal names new president/CEO

Jun 15, 2015

AFGlobal Corp. appointed Curtis Samford as the company’s new president and chief executive officer. Samford joined the company in 2012 as president - oil and gas and was later promoted to chief operating officer in July 2013. Samford…

Sparrows appoints Americas operations director

Jun 15, 2015

The Sparrows Group has boosted its senior management team with the appointment of Steve Bertone, to head up its operations across the Americas. In his new role, Bertone will be based in Houston and will oversee all of Sparrows Group’s operations in the US…

Wellesley Petroleum appoints new CEO

Jun 15, 2015

Wellesley Petroleum Holdings, a new exploration company focused exclusively on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), announced that Chris Elliott has been appointed as CEO. Elliott’s last role was exploration manager UK and Norway for Cairn Energy…

Afren CFO resigns

Jun 12, 2015

Afren’s Group Finance Director Darra Comyn (pictured) has resigned, effective this summer, the company announced on 12 June. The London-based, Africa-focused, explorer will now begin a search for a new CFO. Afren said Comyn will stay…

DNV GL appoints new senior executives

Jun 12, 2015

DNV GL Group appointed Tor Svensen as group executive vice president. Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen will succeed Tor Svensen as chief executive officer of its maritime business area. Both will report to the incoming group president and CEO Remi Eriksen…

Roar Tessem named Rocksource CEO

Jun 12, 2015

Bergen, Norway-based Rocksource has selected former Tullow Norway head, Roar Tessem, as its new CEO, following the departure of Terje Arnesen, whose exit was announced on 1 June. Tessem has 30 years’ experience within the exploration and production industry…

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