Orwell Offshore has announced the appointment of Nigel Clark as a director of the company. Clark’s appointment is effective immediately. Clark brings to the position over 30 years of experience in the offshore oil and gas and marine consultancy sectors…
Weatherford International has shaken up its executive team with the appointment of Mark McCollum as president and CEO of the company, effective April 2017. The company's interim CEO Krishna Shivram has resigned from Weatherford, effective immediately…
Pacific Exploration & Production Corp. has appointed Barry Larson as its new chief executive officer, effective 20 February 2017. Larson will be based at the company's operating headquarters in Bogotá, Colombia. Jim Latimer will continue…
Tullow Oil announces several changes to its board of directors. Paul McDade, currently chief operating officer, will be appointed chief executive officer following Tullow’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 26 April 2017. This follows an…
EnQuest has named Neil McCulloch as the company’s new chief operating officer (COO), who will also join the board as an executive director. McCulloch, currently EnQuest’s president, North Sea, is being promoted to the group position of COO…
Integrity, maintenance and engineered solutions group ICR executive chairman Bob Forbes is to retire. He will be replaced by Bill Bayliss who has held multiple senior level appointments in international oil and gas businesses including Brown and Root…
Oceaneering International has announced the appointment of Martin J. McDonald as senior vice president (SVP), remotely operated vehicles (ROV), with global responsibility for Oceaneering's ROV business, effective 1 January 2016. McDonald's career spans 26 years with Oceaneering…
Petróleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) has announced the board of directors’ approval of the appointment of Mário Vinícius Claussen Spinelli as the Petrobras’ new ombudsman general. As disclosed on 15 May 2015, Petrobras approved the restructuring of the ombudsman general’s office…
Wood Group announces the appointment of Robin Watson as chief executive officer (CEO), effective 1 January 2016. Watson succeeds Bob Keiller who has decided to retire from Wood Group on 31 December 2015. Watson has served on the board since 2013…
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, 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…
Yang Hua has been appointed as chairman of the board and chairman of the nomination committee of CNOOC. This appointment followed the resignation of Wang Yilin from his positions at CNOOC as chairman of the board, chairman of the nomination committee and non-executive director of CNOOC…
At the Saipem general shareholders’ meeting on 30 April 2015, the current board of directors appointed Stefano Cao as CEO. Cao’s appointment grants him the powers to manage the company, with the exception of the specific responsibilities…
Energy Secretary Ed Davey has announced that civil servant Sir Patrick Brown will take up the role of chairperson of the North Sea's new regulator Oil and Gas Authority (OGA). Sir Patrick, former Permanent Secretary to the Department for Transport from 1991-1997…
Andy Samuel, Chief Executive of the UK's new offshore industry regulatory body, the Oil and Gas Authority, has made his first senior appointments to the nascent body. Samuel has appointed the first three of six directors to his leadership team: Simon Toole…
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