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Scorpion Offshore Ltd. has appointedMark L. Mey to its board of directors.
Rigdon Marine Corp. has appointedMatthew Rigdon as manager of sales and marketing. He will be responsible for domestic sales and brokerage, business development, and special projects for the company’s fleet of platform support vessels, fast supply vessels, and crewboats.
Hallin Marine has appointedMike Cornish as its Western division’s business development manager. Cornish will head up the Aberdeen-based sales team for the subsea service company.
InterAct PMTI has appointedWes J. Spincic as VP of well operations and intervention. The company has also named Andrew Wainright as project manager. He will handle the company’s offshore and subsea construction, installation, and decommissioning projects.
Wood Group Production Testing (WGPT) has appointedPhil Lomax as GM. He will be responsible for the management and expansion of WGPT’s operations.
Marathon Oil Corp. has appointedLinda A. Capuano as VP of emerging technology. According to Marathon, its emerging technology organization will provide an increased focus on renewable and alternative fuels, energy efficiency, carbon intensity, and carbon capture and sequestration.
Medco Energi US has promotedJohn Young to the newly-created position of senior VP of exploration and development. Young previously served as manager of business development for the company.
Lloyd’s Register EMEA has namedNick Jackson as the company’s new consultancy services manager. He has been appointed to support the growth of the organization’s consultancy services in Europe, Middle East, and Africa. Amy Annand, Andrew Blue, and Graeme Sharp have also joined the consultancy team.
BioBlend Renewable Resources has promotedSam Burkett to company president. Burkett joined BioBlend in April 2007 and oversees developing the company’s distributor network for renewable, biodegradable products.
CETCO Oilfield Services has appointedEuan Morrison as GM for North Sea. Morrison will be responsible for the operation and profitability of the Aberdeen-based business unit, which includes the company’s activities in the UK, Norway, Oman, UAE, Australia, Malaysia, and Kazakhstan.
Offshore Marine Services (OMS) has appointedSteve Zehenny as operations manager. He will be responsible for running OMS’s new office in Abu Dhabi. Zehenny will focus on business development in Abu Dhabi and across the Middle East region.
Atwood Oceanics Inc. has promotedAlan Quintero to senior VP of operations, Barry Smith to VP of technical services, and Randal Presley to VP of administrative services.
Enventure International has appointed two senior technical sales advisors,Richard Craig and Mervyn Newberry, to its European sales team in Aberdeen. Craig will be responsible for optimizing SET technology applications within the Danish and Norwegian markets. Newberry has been appointed to help expand SET system application in continental Europe and the UK.
First Subsea has appointedAndrea Castoro as head of projects. He will be responsible for a team of project engineers designing and delivering Ballgrab subsea products to the oil and gas and marine renewable markets.
Tidewater has promotedJoseph Bennett from senior VP to executive VP and chief investor relations officer. The company has also promoted Gerard Kehoe to senior VP; Craig Demarest to VP, principal accounting officer and controller; and Kevin Carr to VP of taxation.
Devon Energy Corp. has elected three members to its board of directors:David A. Hager, John A. Hill, and Mary P. Ricciardello. Devon also announced the retirements of two directors: David M. Gavrin, a director since 1979, and William J. Johnson, a director since 1999.
Newpark Resources has appointedWilliam D. Moss as president of the company’s mats and integrated services business.
Heerema Marine Contractors has appointedBob Post as CFO and statutory director, effective Sept. 1, 2008.
DWM Petroleum has appointedMalfor Nuri to manage Manas Petroleum’s Albania operations. Nuri previously served as GM of OMV Albania.
Knight has promotedBrian Sokol to VP of strategy and development, domestic and international. He will be responsible for identifying and building business opportunities to enhance the company’s strategic growth both nationwide and internationally.
KCA DEUTAG has appointedNeil Stevenson as director of business development and commerce.
Aker Yards has appointedMagne Hovden as chief of staff. Hovden previously served as senior VP for corporate HR & HSE for Aker Solutions. The company has also appointed Torstein Dale Sjøtveit as president and CEO.
EnerGulf has appointedCampbell Cassidy as exploration manager for its exploration activities on the Lotshi block in the Democratic Republic of Congo and any other future exploration activities in West Africa.
IFP has appointedRémi Eschard as director of its Geology-Geochemistry-Geophysics division.
Mark Burns is the new president of ENSCO Offshore International Co. Burns will replace Paul Mars, who is retiring effective July 2, 2008, and will be based in ENSCO’s Dallas headquarters.
Knight Oil Tools has promotedMickey Broussard to VP of operations. He will be responsible for capital expenditures, overseeing all physical stores and facilities, equipment inventory, and equipment maintenance. Pat McLaughlin has been promoted to executive VP. In his new role, McLaughlin will be responsible for overseeing Knight Oil Tools, Knight Fishing Services, Knight Well Services, Knight Manufacturing, Hub City Iron Works, Tri Drill, and Robinson. Knight Fishing Services has promoted Clark Carnes to VP where he will be responsible for the company’s continued growth. Doug Keller has been promoted to VP of sales.
Diamond Offshore Drilling has appointedLawrence R. Dickerson as president and CEO. James S. Tisch, former chairman and CEO, will remain chairman of the company and will continue to focus on major strategic decisions.
ExxonMobil Corp. has electedEdward E. Whitacre Jr.to its board of directors.
The National Association of Manufacturers has appointedAlexis J. Bayer as director of energy and resources policy. Bayer was previously a legislative assistant for Sen. John Ensign for more than five years, advising him on matters related to energy, trade, and foreign affairs.
OPE has appointedSteve Craig as senior project manager, responsible for the detailed engineering through construction of its patented SSP design.
ENSCO International has elected three new directors to its board, replacing two retiring directors and filling one vacancy. The three new directors areJ. Roderick Clark, former president and COO of Baker Hughes (retired); Keith O. Rattie, chairman, president, and CEO of Questar; and C. Christopher Gaut, president of Halliburton’s drilling and evaluation division. Clark and Rattie join Dan Rabun, ENSCO’s chairman, president, and CEO, as class II directors, with terms expiring in 2011. Gaut was elected to a one-year term as a class I director.
ARKeX has appointedSteve Carter as North America sales manager. He will be responsible for marketing ARKeX’s BlueQube gravity gradiometry surveys in the region.
ATP Oil & Gas Corp. has promotedLeland E. Tate to the position of president. George R. Morris will fill Tate’s previous position as COO.
Transocean has electedJon A. Marshall, Martin B. McNamara, Robert E. Rose, and Ian C. Strachan as class III directors to serve three-year terms expiring in 2011.
Emerson Process Management has appointedStuart Young as sales manager, upstream, based at the company’s recently opened offices in Dyce, Aberdeen. Young will manage the Aberdeen upstream sales team.
Saudi Aramco has announced three new appointments:Amin H. Nasser as senior VP of exploration and producing; Abdallah I Al-Saadan as VP of information technology; and Ali H. Al-Twairqi as VP of the office of the chairman of the board of directors.
Deep Marine Technology has appointedJohn Whites as VP of business development. Whites will be responsible for managing the sales department and leading and directing new business activities.
Spectraseis has appointedVassil Bliznakov as CFO. Bliznakov will be responsible for developing Spectraseis’ financial and operational controls, and managing expansion.
SensorTran has appointedPaul Ruiz as CFO.
Company News
Edda Accommodation has awarded Wärtsilä a contract to supply six Wärtsilä Nitrogen Oxides Reducer units for an accommodation vessel. The units will be installed on the six nine-cylinder Wärtsilä 26 generating sets, which were ordered at the end of 2006 in addition to other auxiliary equipment and automation.
Subsea 7, through its i-Tech division, has relocated its office in Perth, Australia, to support its expanding ROV and remote intervention tooling businesses in the Asia-Pacific region.
Aker Solutions has opened Brazil’s only manufacturing center for deepwater marine drilling risers. The center is located on the east coast in Rio das Ostras.
The facility, which has a 2,450-sq m (26,372-sq ft) workshop, will offer client services ranging from engineering and manufacturing to maintenance and technical support, the company says.
Nuon has acquired 100% of the share capital of Burlington Resources Nederland Petroleum from ConocoPhillips Inc. With this transaction, Nuon becomes a shareholder in 35 gas fields in the Dutch North Sea, as well as gas pipelines and processing facilities.
Halliburton has entered into a definitive agreement with Shell Technology Ventures Fund 1 B.V., to acquire its 49% equity interest in WellDynamics B.V., subject to regulatory approvals. Following completion of the transaction, Halliburton will own 100% of WellDynamics.
XTO Energy has entered into a definitive merger agreement with privately-held Hunt Petroleum Corp.and other associated entities for $4.186 billion. XTO Energy’s internal engineers estimate proved reserves on the properties to be 1.052 tcfe, of which 62% are proved developed. Daily production of 197 MMcf of natural gas, 8,500 bbl of oil, and 2,300 bbl of natural gas liquids will be added to XTO’s production base upon closing of the transaction.
Grenland Group has signed a contract with China National Offshore Oil Corp.that initially involves an evaluation of prolonged production at Liuhua 11-1 in the eastern South China Sea, one of the oldest producing oil fields of China.
CCS Midstream Services has entered into a representative agreement with Enviro Voraxial Technology to market, sell, and use Voraxial in the Gulf of Mexico E&P market.
Schlumberger has acquired Integrated Exploration Systems (IES), the Aachen, Germany-based supplier of petroleum systems modeling software, and services for the E&P industry. IES specializes in the modeling of the generation, migration, and entrapment of oil and gas using its PetroMod software.
Providence Resources has completed the $67.5 million acquisition of GoM assets from Triangle Oil and Gas. Triangle’s portfolio of assets comprises interests in eight producing fields and two development assets.
Halliburton has acquired all the intellectual property and assets of Protech Centerform in Houston; Ravenna, Italy; and Aberdeen, Scotland.
AMEC has acquired Geomatrix Consultants for $85 million. Geomatrix is a technical consulting and engineering firm headquartered in Oakland, California.
Smith International Inc. and W-H Energy Services Inc. have signed a definitive merger agreement whereby Smith will acquire W-H Energy at a transaction value of $3.2 billion.
Devon Energy has completed the $2.2 billion sale of its oil and gas business in Equatorial Guinea to GEPetrol. The divested properties in Equatorial Guinea include estimated proved reserves of 55 MMbbl of oil. Devon’s share of production from the properties was about 20,000 b/d of oil.
Wilton Engineering Services has acquired Aberdeen-based Project Design & Management Services (PD&MS). PD&MS provides technical support, engineering, and project management services to the oil and gas industry.
GulfMark Offshore has entered into a definitive purchase agreement with Rigdon to acquire Rigdon Marine Corp. (RMC). According to GulfMark, the purchase will add the RMC management team, an experienced group of mariners, and a fleet of modern vessels designed to support the expanding demand in the deepwater GoM.
TGS-Nopec Geophysical Co.has acquired most of Center Line Data’s assets for $5 million plus TGS shares.
Aker Solutions has acquired Scotland-based PSV Solutions. According to the company, the acquisition will enable Aker Solutions to provide a modern fabrication facility in support of local projects, for which there is a growing demand. The business will become part of Aker Solutions’ Aberdeen-based operations.
Reservoir Group has acquired London-based Storecore. The company specializes in the storage and handling of core samples.
MHD Offshore Group has acquired the “sea tensioner” riser tensioner technology from WorleyParsons Sea. The sea tensioner is a deck-mounted, pull style, riser tensioning system designed for dry tree floating platforms or vessels in water depths to 10,000 ft (3,048 m). MHD says the system can be used on either drilling or production risers with strokes to 60 ft (18 m) and tension capacity of more than 2,500 kips. According to MHD, the sea tensioner design works for ultra deepwater rigs in mild to hostile environments. It is above the wave zone and there is no exposure to direct wave loads, and the design doesn’t drive the deck height. The cylinders are out of the load path and are in tension.
