Offshore accommodation provider Ferguson Modular has appointed Graham Cowperthwaite as Chief Operating Officer of its accommodation support vessel (ASV) division.

HB Rentals has named Tim Murphy as technical sales and marketing manager.

MODEC has appointed Norio Nagata as director and Kiyoshi Nakamura and Akira Nishihata as corporate auditors.

Clough has appointed Mark Goodwin as group manager of corporate finance and former John Whitehand as company secretary.

Xodus Group has appointed Matt Kirk to lead the company’s subsea operational support and integrity management services and Frank Smith as head of detailed design within its subsea division.

Knight Oil Tools has promoted Chris Rosson to business development manager and Pat Clark to business manager.

Husky Energy President and CEO John C.S. Lau has elected to retire.

Jon Khachaturian, founder and president of Versabar, is among the 68 new members and nine foreign associates recently elected to the National Academy of Engineering.

Statoil has awarded Aker Solutions a $70.9-million engineering, procurement, and construction contract for the Gudrun field jacket in the Norwegian North

Apache North Sea has awarded EnerMech a $1.56 million contract to supply rigging lofts and portable lifting equipment to the four Forties field platforms, Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, and Echo.

Norwegian independent Noreco has become operator and 50% co-owner of production license PL396 in the Barents Sea.

Central Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sale 213, held Wednesday, March 17, attracted $949.3 million in high bids.

TG World Energy Corp. has signed a farm-in agreement for 12.5% equity in SC 54A offshore northwest Palawan basin, Philippines.