Iran is a problem that can be resolved as Alexander the Great solved the Gordian knot – whatever cannot be untied can be cut. Although a sudden and catastrophic event, buoyed by headlines, may push the price of oil to over $150, measures already taken will settle the situation relatively quickly…
Aw Chin Leng has been promoted to executive director of Singapore-based ship building, repair and conversion firm Otto Marine.
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.
Christoph Thiel (pictured) is the new head of business development and sales for GL Garrad Hassan worldwide, based in Hamburg.
Gary Smith and Claudia Carvajal have joined the Aberdeen-based consultancy team of oil & gas service provider AGR.
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.
Kerry Pelley heads the new marine consultancy department set up by Viking Moorings in Aberdeen to offer the full-spectrum of rigmoving services including, for the first time, the provision of personnel. Karl Fear recently joined him as marine superintendent.
Jeremy Punnett has been named as global president of Offshore Installation Services, an Acteon company based in Aberdeen. He joins from Bibby Offshore where he oversaw business planning and strategic development.
Liv Monica Stubholt, a former deputy minister of petroleum and energy in Norway, joins Kvaerner’s executive management team as SVP strategy and communication at the end of April.
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.
Asia Pacific has become the latest happy hunting ground for Bergen-headquartered construction vessel operator DOF Subsea, which already employs 220 professionals at its project management and engineering centre in Perth, Western Australia. Well established in the North Sea and Brazil…
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