BUSINESS BRIEFS

Workstrings LLC namedDick Rogers vice president - International and John Tritz vice president - Business Development.

Energy Cranes International Ltd. has announced the appointment ofJohn Jordan as chief executive officer of the group.

Neptune Marine Services Ltd. has made its chief financial officerRichard Wolanski its chief executive officer as part of its strategy to build multiple revenue streams in Australia, Southeast Asia and the United Arab Emirates over the next 12 months.

Clarke Denney, previously from Dong A/S in Denmark, joins The Peak Group as operations manager for the Houston, Texas office and will oversee the planning and execution of the growing well management business in the USA.Nick Muecke, previously from OMV Australia Pty Ltd., joins The Peak Group as the Asia Pacific operations manager and company director, and will be based in the Perth office. He will be responsible for all Peak’s work in the Asia Pacific region, covering well construction and engineering, consultancy services, and the application of performance management systems for well construction operations.

Superior Energy Services has promotedJ.R. Gibbons to vice president - Operations for its Electric Line Division.

FMC Technologies, Inc. announced the election ofC. Maury Devine to the company’s board of directors.

Kerr-McGee Corp. namedRonda Schmidt vice president of financial analysis and planning. Schmidt is responsible for Kerr-McGee’s financial forecasts, budgets, corporate strategic planning, and financial analysis.

The board of directors of Kerr-McGee Corp. namedDavid A. Hager chief operating officer. In this new position, Hager continues to lead the company’s worldwide exploration and production business, including operations, business development and services, environmental, health and safety, and supply-chain initiatives.

Anadarko Petroleum Corp. announced thatPreston M. “Pete” Geren resigned from Anadarko’s Board of Directors to accept an appointment as acting secretary of the U.S. Air Force.

W&T Offshore, Inc. announced the promotions ofJoe Slattery and Jeff Durrant to senior vice president; of Steve Schroeder, Amy Brumfield, Cliff Williams and Dan Huffman to vice president; and Manuel Mondragon and Brian Harvey to assistant vice president.

Devon Energy Corp. announced thatWilliam A. Van Wie has been appointed to the new position of vice president and general manager, exploration. He will be responsible for coordinating Devon’s global exploration activities. Van Wie was previously vice president and general manager of Devon’s Gulf Division.

Brad Adkins has been appointed to vice president of Sales at InterMoor Inc., which designs, provides and installs integrated mooring systems to secure oil and gas platforms worldwide.

EV Offshore Ltd., has appointedDarren Bowyer to the position of general manager of the company’s operations base in Aberdeen, Scotland.

Baker Hughes Inc. announced thatRay A. Ballantyne, president of INTEQ, has decided to retire after 30 years of service with the company.Martin S. Craighead, president of Baker Atlas, will succeed Ballantyne as president of INTEQ.David H. Barr, group president, Drilling and Evaluation will assume the additional responsibilities for Baker Atlas until the company finds a successor.

Larry Rigdon, president and chief executive officer of Rigdon Marine, announced the appointment ofJim Whitley as director of Technical Services. Whitely will be responsible for vessel engineering, new construction, maintenance and repair, vessel documentation, and regulatory compliance.

BJ Process and Pipeline Services announcedDerek Clark as the business development manager for the USA & Latin America Region. Clark will oversee all of BJ PPS’ business development initiatives throughout the United States and Latin America.

Prosafe has appointedHugh Parry as president of their subsidiary, Prosafe Production Services Pte Ltd. He takes over from Bjørn Henriksen who returned to Prosafe ASA to take up the position of executive vice president and CFO.

The board of directors of Studsvik AB appointedMagnus Grothas the new president and chief executive officer of Studsvik.

Sonsub appointedGiorgio Martellias the new managing director of both Sonsub Ltd in Aberdeen and Sonsub A/S in Stavanger. Martelli moves to Sonsub from his previous post with the Saipem Group as commercial manager for the North Atlantic Region.

Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd. hiredHoe Eng Hock as the executive director of Keppel Singmarine Pte Ltd., following the retirement of Goh Boon Kiat.

Companies

Subsea 7 announced contract award by Statoil ASA for the Skinfaks/Rimfaks development, located 190 km west/northwest of Bergen in water depths of around 140 m. The contract is valued at $29 million.

WellDynamics and BP have signed a multi-well contract for the provision of SmartWell downhole flow control and ancillary completion equipment to manage water injection in BP’s deepwater, Greater Plutonio development offshore Angola.

InterMoor Inc. and Brazilian-based Fluke Engenharia Ltda have entered into an exclusive cooperation to design, fabricate and install mooring systems servicing both Petrobras and private foreign operators in waters offshore Brazil.

Hercules Offshore LLC, a jackup drilling rig and liftboat contractor based in Houston, Texas with operations in the Gulf of Mexico, has completed the acquisition of theJupiter jackup drilling rig from Transocean Inc. The Jupiter is an independent leg cantilever jackup capable of working in water depths from 16 to 170 ft. The Jupiter, which will be renamed Rig 16, is currently stacked in the Middle East.

Woods Hole Group is opening a new office in Houston, Texas, through which it will provide dedicated Meteorological and Oceanographic services to the offshore oil and gas industry.

Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd. (Keppel O&M) has entered into an agreement with Consafe Offshore to sell its entire 85% stake in the Special Purpose Company (SPC).

A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S’s subsidiary, Maersk Olie og Gas AS (MOG), will acquire the majority of Kerr-McGee’s UK oil and gas interests.

Roxar, a technology solutions provider to the upstream oil and gas industry, donated over $26 million of its IRAP RMS reservoir modeling software for academic use at seven European Universities.