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Venterra Group Plc has appointed Ed Daniels CEO, effective Oct. 1. He replaces Philippe Kavafyan.
Talos Energy Inc. announced Aug. 29 that Tim Duncan stepped down from his role as president and CEO. A search for a successor has been initiated. Joseph A. Mills, who has served on the company's board of directors since March, will serve as interim president and CEO until a successor is in place.
Amerino Gatti has been appointed executive vice president (EVP) of Baker Hughes' Oilfield Services & Equipment (OFSE). Maria Claudia Borras, EVP of OFSE since 2022, has been promoted to chief growth and experience officer. In addition, Muzzamil Khider Ahmed, senior vice president and chief people officer since 2023, has been promoted to chief people and culture officer. Thus, Deanna Jones, EVP of people, communications and transformation, and chief human resources officer, will transition into an advisory role before departing the company in 2025.
Gabriel Yamal has been promoted to EDP Renewables North America's executive vice president of Central & Western Regions, Mexico, and Energy Storage
Following Noble's recent acquisition of Diamond, Patrice Douglas has been appointed from the Diamond board of directors to serve as a new director of Noble.
Robert Scott has joined Technip Energies as managing director for the Americas. He will be responsible for the operating centers in Houston, Claremont, Boston and Bogota.
Renewable energy consultancy and service provider Natural Power has named Joseph Gibbons principal technical adviser. He will lead a new advisory and analytics team in the company’s Dublin base.
Subsea Supplies Ltd., an independent supplier of offshore and underwater equipment, has selected Gary Kelly for a newly created business development manager role.
NextGeo, an international company in the field of marine geosciences and offshore construction support services, has appointed Jurgen Beerens business manager development director for the North Sea and Baltic Sea area.
Company news
Motive Offshore Group has acquired Acteon Group's Aquatic, a specialist in laying and retrieving flexible products from the seabed.
Bureau Veritas has acquired ArcVera Renewables, a provider of finance-grade consulting and technical services for wind, solar and battery storage projects worldwide.
Noble Corp. has completed its acquisition of Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc.
Weatherford has acquired Datagration Solutions Inc., a specialist in unified data integration, analytics and machine learning.
Harbour Energy has completed its acquisition of Wintershall Dea's E&P business, excluding the Russia-related activities. The transaction includes production and development interests and exploration rights in Norway, Denmark (excluding offshore Ravn field), Mexico, Argentina, Germany, Egypt, Algeria, Libya (excluding Wintershall AG), and Wintershall Dea’s carbon storage licenses.
Natural Power has opened its 13th global office in Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland.
ABS is expanding its footprint in Western Australia, establishing a new site in Port Hedland.
About the Author
Ariana Hurtado
Editor-in-Chief
With more than a decade of copy editing, project management and journalism experience, Ariana Hurtado is a seasoned managing editor born and raised in the energy capital of the world—Houston, Texas. She currently serves as editor-in-chief of Offshore, overseeing the editorial team, its content and the brand's growth from a digital perspective.
Utilizing her editorial expertise, she manages digital media for the Offshore team. She also helps create and oversee new special industry reports and revolutionizes existing supplements, while also contributing content to Offshore's magazine, newsletters and website as a copy editor and writer.
Prior to her current role, she served as Offshore's editor and director of special reports from April 2022 to December 2024. Before joining Offshore, she served as senior managing editor of publications with Hart Energy. Prior to her nearly nine years with Hart, she worked on the copy desk as a news editor at the Houston Chronicle.
She graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Houston.