Keppel FELS has delivered the Laurus high-specification jackup to Mexican oilfield services company Integradora de Servicios Petroleros Oro Negro.

Atlantic Offshore Rescue has commissioned the Ocean Troll emergency response and rescue vessel after a £2 million ($3 million) conversion and overhaul.

GE (NYSE:GE) plans to expand its Batam manufacturing facility with a high bay for construction of a new line of subsea wellhead equipment.

BP has contracted Maritime Assurance and Consulting to provide marine services in support of its UK offshore operations.

Noble Corporation has been awarded a drilling contract by Statoil for a newbuild ultra-high specification jackup for use at the Mariner project in the UK sector of the North Sea.

Technip received an engineering, procurement, construction and installation contract from Statoil for the Norne field development in the Norwegian Sea.

Petrel Resources has opened a data room in London for its two Licensing Options, 11/4 and 11/6, in the Porcupine basin, Irish Atlantic Margin.

GDF SUEZ Bonaparte has contracted Wood Group Kenny (WGK) for a pre-FEED subsea concept definition study for the Bonaparte LNG project off northern Australia.

Effective June 1, Bjørnar Iversen will become CEO of Songa Offshore SE (OSE:SONG) and relocate to Limassol, Cyprus.

Paradigm has appointed Arshad Matin as president, CEO, and a member of the board of directors.

Peter Voser has chosen to retire as CEO of Shell in the first half of 2014.

Jonathan Roger will step down as managing director of Centrica Energy Upstream at the end of June. He will be succeeded by Sarwjit Sambhi.