An offshore scaffolding safety innovation from RBG has attracted industry plaudits aplenty since its launch last year and has already been adopted by Apache North Sea on a number of its platforms. In this opener to OE's HSE two-parter, Bill Abbott outlines the thinking behind PlusGard…
Norwegian operator Statoil acknowledged last month that it could have been clearer in its dialogue with Norway's Petroleum Safety Authority following the May 2010 incident where pressure build-up in well 34/10-C06A resulted in a near blowout and the shutdown of the Gullfaks C platform…
‘An exciting future for the subsea business' was predicted by Ross Kinnear, head of subsea operations in BP's North Sea SPU, when he addressed Subsea UK's annual flagship conference in Aberdeen last month. David Morgan reviews some of the Subsea 2011 highlights…
Aberdeen-based Churchill Drilling Tools had on display at ONS an innovative dart activation system now being deployed for technically challenging high-angle sections in Norwegian continental shelf wells. According to Churchill, DAV MX mechanical…
Recent tests on Mobil Industrial Lubricants’ Arctic performance hydraulic oil have reportedly shown that it can help reduce hydraulic system energy consumption by up to 6.2%, when compared with standard mineral hydraulic oils. Given pride of…
Åge Landro has rejoined Norway’s AGR Group after a short break. Previously with the group’s field operations unit for seven years, he returns as EVP of its global Petroleum Services division.
Aimee Marsh is the new Energy Industries Council executive director, North and Central America, based at the EIC Houston office. She previously worked for Canyon Offshore and Saipem America.
Alfonso Leon has been promoted to SVP and chief of staff at Apache. Brady Parish joined the company as VP investor relations.
Amy Myers Jaffe has joined the University of California, Davis, as executive director of energy & sustainability in a joint appointment to the UC Davis Graduate School of Management & Institute of Transportation Studies. She has spent the past 16 years at Houston’s Rice University…
Anne Drinkwater has become a non-executive director of Tullow Oil. She previously served in senior posts with BP, including president of BP Indonesia.
Bob Coates has been named COO of Aberdeen headquartered FPSO moorings and marine engineering services company Sigma Offshore. Previously a director of London Marine Consultants, now part of Singapore-based Ezra Holdings, Coates is tasked…
Calixto Deberaldini has been appointed BDM and strategy adviser at Brazil’s Fluke Engenharia, reporting to MD Laurent Maubré. Deberaldini joins the Acteon group business unit from GE Oil & Gas where he served as the subsea division’s Brazil sales manager.
Carri Lockhart is Marathon’s new UK North Sea asset team MD. Her earlier posts include asset team manager for Marathon Alaska operations and business development director for North and South America.
Chor How Jat, executive director of Singapore’s Keppel Shipyard has assumed the role of acting MD of the yard’s businesses and operations following the sudden death of Nelson Yeo.
Chris Charman takes over from the retiring Hugh Williams as CEO of the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) in December. Since leaving the Navy he has worked as a loss adjuster and held various risk management and risk financing posts.
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