Michael Wilson has returned to Australia as chief geophysicist of WHL Energy. He worked for Esso/Exxon Australia and Woodside Energy before relocating to Vietnam to provide geophysical consultancy services for a number of companies.
Remi Eriksen (pictured) has been promoted to CEO of DNV Maritime and Oil & Gas, based in Oslo, with Tor Svensen continuing as president and deputy CEO. Eriksen relocates from Singapore, where he served as COO of DNV’s Asia Pacific and Middle East operations.
Richard Jackson (pictured), previously Wireline Engineering’s sales manager for Europe, has relocated from Aberdeen to Abu Dhabi to take over as the firm’s Asia Pacific divisional sales manager.
Runar Tunem (pictured) has joined Norwegian winch and deck machinery specialist Rapp Hydema in the company‘s newly established Stavanger office as head of global sales and marketing. He brings to the role 17 years’ experience in the drilling, subsea and maritime sectors.
Tom Lennon of Chevron has become a VP of PIDX International in Houston and will work closely with president Tony Aming. Suresh Rajamani, an IT specialist previously with GE Oil & Gas, has been appointed chair of the PIDX standards and guidelines committee.
Mike McKay (pictured) has stepped up to the board of Aberdeen’s BIS Salamis as commercial director after serving as commercial manager for four years.
Alexandre Imperial has been named MD of DNV’s new deepwater technology centre in Singapore.
Bill Stobaugh (pictured) has been promoted to EVP corporate planning & business development at Murphy Oil Corporation. He will continue to report to president and CEO David Wood. Tom Mireles moves up to VP in Stobaugh’s team.
Brian Moore (pictured) has been appointed senior EVP North America for Superior Energy Services and will oversee the company’s completion and production service lines. From March 2007 until the merger between Complete Production Services and Superior…
Claudi Santiago, former president and CEO of GE Oil & Gas has joined First Reserve as MD and COO, based in the energy investment firm’s London office.
Colin Erskine and Mike Grubb have been appointed global business director and technical manager, respectively, at Forum Subsea Technologies’ rental equipment and calibration services business unit, DPS Offshore.
Craig Muir has been appointed MD of Petrofac’s engineering & consulting services business and will be based in the Sharjah office. Most recently Muir was Amec’s Abu Dhabibased EVP responsible for regional growth in the Middle East, Africa and the CIS.
Curt Terje Espedal has become the new European regional manager for Roxar Software Solutions. He joined the Emerson Process Management business unit from Landmark Graphics, where he was MD Norwegian operations.
Dirk Warzecha (pictured) will take over from the retiring Ralf to Baben as COO and an executive director of Hamburg-headquartered RWE Dea on 1 January 2013. Warzecha, a petroleum engineer, is currently GM of RWE Dea Egypt in Cairo.
Glynn Rhinehart (pictured) has been named president of Fugro Chance, replacing Phil Stutes who has been promoted to Americas regional director of Fugro’s survey division. Dr Guy Oliver (pictured) has been named president of Fugro Robertson in Houston…
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