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Offshore Hydrocarbon Mapping has restructured its board of directors. Dave Pratt, currently CEO has been appointed as executive chairman.Thierry Joseph Marie Le Roux has been appointed as a non-executive director. Stephen John Ludlow has been appointed as a non-executive director. Non-executive director Keith Lough will take on the additional role of senior independent director. Dr. Pierre Jungels, who has served as non-executive chairman, has retired from the board.
National Oilwell Varco’s CTES group has namedTrevor Pugh as VP of engineering.
Mike Brady has been named director of HR for Knight and its operating companies.
EPCO Inc. has appointedLeonard W. Mallett as senior VP of engineering.
Acceleware has appointedShawn Lorenz as VP of sales.
Enventure Global Technology has appointedJolene Chipiuk as technical sales representative for its North America team.
SOCO International has promotedAntony Maris to VP of operations.
StatoilHydro has nominatedSvein Rennemo as the new chair of the board of directors. Marit Arnstad will remain deputy chair.
KBR has appointedBrad Lankford as senior VP of sales.
Oddvar Slettevold, executive VP of projects and technology for Aker Yards, has died. He was 56 years old.
TGS-NOPEC has appointedRobert S. Hobbs as COO.
Greg Bondar has been appointed executive director of the Australia New Zealand and South Pacific division of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science, and Technology.
Hess Corp. has namedSachin Mehra as VP and treasurer effective March 1, 2008.
Baker Hughes has appointedJan Kees van Gaalen as VP and treasurer.
BG Group’s former general counsel,Stefan Ricketts, has joined Fulbright & Jaworski LLP’s energy practice in London and will later move to the firm’s Hong Kong office.
Petrobras Energía has appointedDécio Fabricio Oddone da Costa as CEO.
BJ Process and Pipeline Services has appointedToni Loder as operations manager for eastern Canada.
Superior Energy Services has appointedPatrick Zuber as executive VP of international sales.
SeeByte has promotedDr. Ioseba Tena to sales and marketing manager, Matt Fitchett to support manager, and Daniel Serrano to development manager.
Devon Energy has appointedMary Ricciardello to its board of directors.
Leif Borge has been appointed CFO of Aker Kværner.
Jamie Efurd has been promoted to account associate at Foster Marketing Communications.
Noble Corp. has namedDavid W. Williams as chairman of the board, CEO, and president.
EMS Group has appointedMilo “Budd” Melvin as director of EMS Canada, a wholly-owned subsidiary of EMS Group.
D. K. Sarraf has joined ONGC as director of finance.
2H Offshore has appointedPeter Falconer to lead the company’s integrity management business development in the Eastern Hemisphere. 2H has also appointed Dirk Oostendorp to a similar role for the Americas, with focus on the Gulf of Mexico.
Marcus Jones has joined the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology as its first COO.
Tap Oil has appointedPeter Stickland as CEO. He succeeds Paul Underwood.
IADC has named its 2008 leadership team:
- Secretary-Treasurer:Phil Rider, assistant controller of Accounting, Reporting and Compliance for Transocean
- President:Lee Hunt, International Association of Drilling Contractors
- Senior VP - government affairs:Brian Petty, International Association of Drilling Contractors
- VP of land division:David Russell, executive VP of drilling operations for Rowan.
- VP of offshore division:Tim Juran, Seadrill, senior VP of deepwater units - Americas
- VP of drilling services division:Steve Richards, VP of operations support for Key Energy Services.
Jan Mouthaan, Vryhof Anchors CEO, has died.
Companies
Signal International has completed a sale of shares. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
StatoilHydro has filed its plan of development and operation (PDO) for the Yttergryta field with the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy.
Mobil Producing Nigeria, part of ExxonMobil, has awarded a five-year contract to a consortium of AMEC, JAGAL, and NETCO for the upgrade and expansion of offshore and onshore oil and gas production facilities in southeast Nigeria.
Aker Kværner has signed two contracts with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering for complete deepwater drilling riser systems, including buoyancy packages and associated equipment.
Venture Production has acquired three additional asset interests. Two are on existing Venture licenses and the other is on a discovery in the East Irish Sea.
Senergy has acquired Aberdeen-based Floyd & Associates.
Hallin Marine has been awarded two contracts for saturation diving services valued at $7.25 million.
The terms of a sale of gas from the Kambuna field offshore North Sumatra, Indonesia, have been agreed, according to field operatorSerica Energy.
Premier Oil Plc and Emirates International Investment Co. LLC have formed two new joint venture companies to pursue the acquisition of upstream oil and gas assets across the Middle East and North Africa region.
Petrobras and the Companhia Cubana de Petróleo have signed a wide-ranging exploration and production, lubricant, refining, maintenance, research and development, and human resource cooperation agreement.
SOCO International subsidiary SOCO Vietnam Ltd. says the prime minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam has extended until June 6, 2008, the deadline of the Hoang Long Joint Operating Co.’s obligation to surrender the remainder of the block 16-1 contract area.
Xodus Group has won new environmental business contracts totaling £1.5 million ($3 million). The new business includes contracts with Aker Kværner, Venture Production, and M Power.
CHC Helicopter Corp. has deployed three new Eurocopter aircrafts to Total E&P UK.
Kuwait Oil Co. has renewed its project management consultancy services contract with AMEC Plc. The contract is worth about $319 million over the next five years.
Petrofac and the Dubai Petroleum Establishment have entered agreed to invest in and develop a safety and technical training center in Dubai.
Wavefield Inseis ASA shareholders have voted “to prevent the completion of the merger” with TGS-Nopec Geophysical Co. ASA and to “seek a termination of the merger.” TGS-Nopec has called for application of the merger agreement arbitration clause.
Oil and gas skills and standards bodyOffshore Petroleum Industry Training Organization is planning to open a new regional office servicing the Middle East/Africa market.
