Jaime Kammerzell • Gulf of Mexico Editor
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Anadarko Petroleum Corp. has appointedH. Paulett Eberhartto serve on Anadarko's board of directors. Eberhart is a retired senior executive of Electronic Data Systems Corp. where she held a number of positions throughout her 26-yr career.
Foster Wheeler Ltd. has namedGiuseppe Bonadiesas managing director, global sales, marketing, and strategic planning, Foster Wheeler International Corp. Bonadies succeeds Steven J. Davies,who has moved to chairman and CEO of Foster Wheeler Energy Ltd. in the UK. The company has also appointed Stephen P. Spicerto global sales and marketing business line director, Foster Wheeler International Corp. Spicer will report to Bonadies.
Veritas DGC Inc. board of directors has appointedMark E. Baldwinexecutive vice president, CFO, and treasurer. Prior to his appointment and since 2003, Baldwin was an operating partner in First Reserve Corp., a privately held oilfield services equity firm.
Murphy Oil Corp. has electedNeal E. Schmaleto its board of directors. Schmale is executive vice president and CFO at Sempra Energy in San Diego, California, and is a member of its board of directors.
NuTech Energy Alliance announced the promotion ofSteve Rothto vice president, sales, and marketing. With more than 15 years in the oil and gas industry, Roth was most recently NuTech's manager of international business development.
Professional services firm Ernst & Young LLP has named Superior Energy Services President and CEOTerence E. "Terry" Hallthe 2004 Entrepreneur of the Year, Energy Services category, for the Houston and Gulf Coast area.
Unocal Corp. has namedJoseph H. Bryantas president and COO. Bryant has been president of BP Angola since 2000. Previously, he was president of BP Canada and an Amoco joint venture in China.
Larry T. Rigdon,president and CEO of Rigdon Marine LLC, has promoted Richard M. Currenceto vice president, operations.
Wood Mackenzie, supplier of strategic research and knowledge based consulting to the energy and life science industries globally, has appointedNick Kamenas executive director, marketing, and communications. Kamen will assume responsibility for directing the strategic marketing process across Wood Mackenzie and will join the board.
PGS has promotedRune Engto marine geophysical president. He will report to CEO Svein Rennemoand be part of the Group Leader Team (GLT). Diz Mackewn,presently president marine geophysical, will take on a new assignment as group senior vice president geophysical. The purpose of this position is to help clarify options for further developing the geophysical business.
Fugro GEOS Inc., a member of the Fugro group of companies, has namedChris Riffemanager of its measurement division. Riffe's expertise is in field operations, surveys, and oceanographic research.
Companies
J. Ray McDermott SA,a subsidiary of McDermott International Inc., has sold its Oceanic 93 crane to Marine Management Group BVfor $18.7 million.
Compressor Products Internationalhas announced the opening of a new sales, manufacturing, and service facility in Houston, Texas. The UK-based company specializes in the design and manufacture of sealing components for reciprocating compressors. CPI North America will offer highly technical solutions to compression-related problems faced by operators of process gas, petrochemical, and natural gas applications in the US, Canadian, and Mexican markets.
Petroleum Development Oman and Enventure Global Technologyhave expanded a 5 1/2 x 6 1/8 in. open hole clad system in Oman. This application marks Enventure's 250th installation worldwide of its solid expandable tubular technology.
Shell International Exploration and Production BVhas selected Invensys as one of the strategic partners for its Smart Fields initiative. The decision was made based on Invensys' domain expertise, the unique enabling technologies provided by the ArchestrA architecture and the ArchestrA Collaboration Environment (ACE), and Invensys' business process consulting capabilities.
Sondex,a British oilfield technology company, has signed an agreement to develop a downhole telemetry interface tool exclusively for Halliburton. The agreement calls for Sondex to develop, supply, and license its technology for use with Halliburton's family of pulsed neutron tools, including the Thermal Multigate Decay-Lithology, Spectra Flow, and RMT Elite tools. The new telemetry interface will provide an enhanced telemetry interface for tool-to-surface communication and offer improved compatibility with a range of Sondex products, including production logging sensors and radial bond tools.
The founders and former owners and operators of theTomoSeis Corp. have announced the formation of Z-Seis,a company staffed and equipped to provide a wide range of reservoir-seismic methodologies and services on a global basis. Based in Houston, Texas, Z-Seis uses advanced bore-hole seismic (crosswell) technology to develop reservoir information.
Tenaris SA has acquired Tubman International Ltd., the company that holds 84.9% of the equity of the Romanian company SC Silcotub SA and controlling interests in three minor subsidiaries. Under the agreement, Tenaris paid $42 million.
DSND Inc., an industrial investment company, has changed its name to Siem Offshore Inc.
Wood Group E&PF Holdings Inc., a subsidiary of John Wood Group PLC,has acquired Multiphase Solutions Inc., a Houston-based company that provides engineering and consulting services and software applications for use in the design, operation, and optimization of oil and gas pipelines and production facilities.
TransCanada Turbines Ltd., part of the gas turbine services division of John Wood Group PLC,has won a long-term service agreement worth $37 million over 10 years with BP America Production Co. for 11 General Electric LM2500 gas turbines on three deepwater platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. Work began on the contract mid-2004.
Grant Prideco Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement with NQL Drilling Tools Inc. to acquire Diamond Products International Inc. DPI is a designer and manufacturer of specialized polycrystalline diamond compact drill bits and coring equipment.
ChevronTexacohas expanded its relationship with Halliburton for drilling operations in North America. Halliburton is vendor of choice for ChevronTexaco's WellDECC (Well Design and Execution Collaboration Center).
Rigdon Marinehas signed a long-term contract to provide offshore vessel services in the Gulf of Mexico to Terra Seismic Services, a Norwegian oil and gas seismic company.
