ENSCO 8505, the sixth in a series of seven ultra-deepwater semisubmersibles, recently arrived in Texas for final trials before launching a two-year stint under contract to Anadarko, Apache and Noble Energy in the Gulf of Mexico. Russell McCulley was on hand in Corpus Christi…
In a perceptive and timely contribution to the ongoing Macondo debate, US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement director James Watson spelled out the key lessons learned from the disaster in a Houston Chronicle opinion piece last month…
Protective coatings specialist Hempel has centralized its global oil & gas sector activities in Houston. Dimitris Likouressis, group protective marketing manager, described this new center of excellence for the industry as ‘another milestone’ in Hempel’s aggressive global growth strategy.
Lafayette, Louisiana-based rental tools and fishing services company Knight Oil Tools is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year.
Joe Miller (pictured) has been promoted to VP and GM of Greene’s Energy Group subsidiary Devin International. Based in Lafayette, Miller will oversee company management as well as sales efforts.
Mike Dushinske (pictured) has joined the Houston sales staff of Cuming and will focus his efforts on the corporation’s C-Float and C-Therm syntactic foam deepsea buoyancy and thermal insulation product lines.
Larry Burleson has been appointed director of business development for corporate services at Cudd Energy Services, tasked with building a global clientele for the company's integrated solutions. A 36-year petroleum industry veteran, he joins from Cudd Weir Seaboard, where he was VP sales.
Chris Reinsvold (pictured) joins Preng & Associates in Houston as an executive search consultant in its oilfield services & equipment practice. He was most recently CEO of Decision Strategies, having earlier worked for Shell, Baker Hughes, Smith International, IHS, Cera and AT Kearney.
Gil Howell has been appointed Dolphin Geophysical’s Houston-based manager of design, marketing and sales of NASA region multi-client 2D and 3D seismic surveys.
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.
In the aftermath of Macondo, the E&P industry is preparing to invest heavily in upgraded BOP equipment. For some drilling professionals, including Fraser Offshore’s Douglas Nunn, this is a questionable use of resources. ‘Hardware upgrades and…
Subsea connector specialist SECC Oil & Gas reports that a full-bore, straightthrough, pressure-balanced hot stab – hailed as an industry first – based on its patented technology is being specified for a series of subsea injection and pumping projects in the Gulf of Mexico…
FMC Technologies has signed a definitive agreement to acquire control and automation system solutions provider Control Systems International (CSI). Founded in 1968, CSI is headquartered in Lenexa, Kansas, and has operations in Irvine, California…
Tenaris and CRC-Evans have entered into a commercial agreement to offer an integral package of tubular line pipe and welding technologies for offshore operations. The deal follows the technical cooperation agreement signed early last year, which…
Scotland’s Weir Group has acquired Novatech, a Dallas, Texas-based and family-owned manufacturer of well service pump valves and valve seats for upstream oil and gas applications, for $176 million.
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