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HOUSTON — Carnarvon Energy Ltd. CEO Adrian Cook will step down immediately from his role. The positions of CEO and COO will be merged, with Carnarvon’s current COO Philip Huizenga being appointed into the new CEO role. In addition, Russell Delroy and William Barker have been appointed non-executive directors. Along with Cook, Carnarvon non-executive director Debra Bakker also has agreed to retire from the board. Carnarvon’s Chair William (Bill) Foster and non-executive director Gavin Ryan both intend to retire prior to, or at, the company’s 2024 annual general meeting.
bp's board has shortlisted interim CEO Murray Auchincloss and two senior female executives as internal candidates to replace Bernard Looney as chief executive, sources told Reuters. Looney resigned on Sept. 12. The company's people and governance committee under bp Chairman Helge Lund is now focused internally on Auchincloss, head of trading and shipping Carol Howle, and Emma Delaney, head of customers and products, the sources said. The committee, which is expected to reach a decision in the coming weeks, is also considering external candidates.
Belgian shipowner Exmar names Carl-Antoine Saverys the new CEO, effective Jan. 1, 2024. He will be taking over from Francis Mottrie, who will stay on board as COO. Joining him at the executive top level are newly appointed CFO Hadrien Bown and Executive Director Infrastructure Jonathan Raes. Read more.
Wood has made changes to its executive committee with the appointment of two new executive leaders: Marla Storm as chief human resources officer and Michael Rasmuson as group general counsel, effective Jan. 2.
Baker Hughes has named Georgia Magno chief legal officer, effective Jan. 1, 2024. She will be responsible for the company’s legal and regulatory affairs, corporate governance and compliance functions.
Seadrill Executive Vice President and Chief Operating & Technology Officer Leif Nelson will be departing Seadrill Ltd. In connection with Nelson’s departure, the company has promoted Marcel Wieggers to senior vice president of operations. Wieggers has been with Seadrill since 2009, most recently serving as vice president of operations.
BW Ideol AS has nominated Laurent Verdier chief business development officer, succeeding Bruno Geschier, who served the company for almost a decade.
Ida Ianssen Lundh has been promoted to OKEA's senior vice president subsurface and will be a permanent member of the company's executive management team.
Integrated logistics and materials management specialist ASCO has appointed Kelly Smith its head of environmental services and decommissioning, effective Jan. 1. The move comes as Chris Lloyd, who stepped into the head of environmental services role in 2020, has taken the decision to retire.
FTI Consulting Inc. has expanded its Energy & Industrials Business Transformation practice with the appointments of Satish Damodaran and Alejandro Vanags as senior managing directors within the firm’s Corporate Finance & Restructuring segment.
Coretrax has appointed Colin Graham the company’s first sales and operations manager for Africa as it plans for further growth in the region.
Taylor Smith Shipyard, the oldest ship repair yard on Mauritius, has appointed Willy van Niekerk general manager.
NuGen Capital Management LLC has formed a Founding Advisory Board, which comprises Kerry Cooper, Lisa Frantzis and Andrew Goldberg.
COMPANY NEWS
Seadrill Ltd. has decided to close its London, England, office and consolidate its corporate office in Houston, Texas.
Maritime freight management provider Veson Nautical has acquired Shipfix, the collaborative data platform for the maritime and trade sectors driven by advanced AI-enabled tools.
PXGEO has acquired 100% of the share capital of AmpSeis AS. Read more.
N-KOM will be known as Qatar Shipyard Technology Solutions, effective Dec. 12.
BiSN, a provider of permanent downhole sealing solutions, has opened a new manufacturing facility in Perth, Western Australia.
Oceantic Network has opened the Offshore Wind Experience Hub. Based in Maryland and funded by a grant from the Maryland Energy Administration, the facility is designed to raise public awareness of and provide education about offshore wind renewable energy.
As of Jan. 1, 2024, Freudenberg Oil & Gas Technologies will be changing its name to Freudenberg Flow Technologies.
12.20.2023
