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Europa Oil & Gas Names New CFO

Europa Oil & Gas Names New CFO   Europa Oil & Gas, an oil and gas company with assets in the UK, Ireland, and Morocco focused has appointed Will Holland as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director of the Company effective June 1, 2022. "Mr. Holland is a proven financier with a career spanning over 25 years in the upstream industry. He started as an engineer focused on North Sea operations before moving into upstream banking at Macquarie Bank. Since 2013 he has r...

Industry Stalwart Peter Mather Joins Net Zero Technology Centre Board

Industry Stalwart Peter Mather Joins Net Zero Technology Centre Board   The Net Zero Technology Centre (NZTC) has today [21 April 2022] announced that Peter Mather has joined the Board as Senior Independent Director. With nearly 40 years’ experience in the energy industry, Peter has demonstrated a passion for transitioning the industry towards net zero. Having recently left his position at bp as SVP and Regional President for its UK/European integrated business, where he play...

Craig International appoints three new directors to support rapid global growth

Craig International appoints three new directors to support rapid global growth   Aberdeen headquartered, global procurement specialists, Craig International, have made three new appointments to the board of directors to support its rapid international growth. Bruce Cormie becomes Director of North American operations; Steve Gibson Director of Middle East operations and Andrew Adams is appointed as Finance Director. All three have been with Craig International since it embarked...

Baker Hughes vice president announced as new chair of energy industry diversity and inclusion group

Baker Hughes vice president announced as new chair of energy industry diversity and inclusion group   Offshore Energies UK, the leading trade body for the UK’s integrating offshore energy industry, has announced that Findlay Anderson, Vice President & General Counsel, Oilfield Equipment at Baker Hughes, will become the new chair of the OEUK Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) Task Group. The D&I Task Group was created in the summer of 2019 to drive forward diversity a...

Bill Henn and Rip Stringer Join Intelligent Wellhead Systems

Bill Henn and Rip Stringer Join Intelligent Wellhead Systems Two industry veterans join IWS to accelerate the adoption of digital completion technologies.   HOUSTON, TEXAS (April 7, 2022) – Intelligent Wellhead Systems Inc. (IWS), a leading supplier of digital technologies that improve oil and gas well completion operations, announced that Bill Henn and Rip Stringer have joined the IWS team to help the industry accelerate the adoption of digital completion technologies. Henn...

Ashtead Technology appoints new Regional General Manager for the Middle East

Ashtead Technology appoints new Regional General Manager for the Middle East   International subsea rental equipment and solutions specialist Ashtead Technology has appointed Scott Stephen as the new Regional General Manager for its Middle East business to support its continued growth in the region. Based in Abu Dhabi, Mr Stephen will help to solidify the company’s existing market position in the region and spearhead further business expansion as part of its international gro...

Westwood bolsters rig market capabilities with new senior appointment

Westwood bolsters rig market capabilities with new senior appointment   Westwood Global Energy Group (Westwood), the specialist energy market research and consultancy firm, today announces the appointment of Aberdeen-based Teresa Wilkie to its RigLogix team as Research Director. With over a decade of experience under her belt as an analyst and product manager in the energy industry, Teresa is returning to Westwood following a previous four-year tenure working across the suite of ri...

Aker Solutions Appoints Paal Eikeseth as New EVP of EMM

Aker Solutions Appoints Paal Eikeseth as New EVP of EMM   To enhance the business, Paal Eikeseth has been appointed as executive vice president (EVP) of Aker Solutions’ Electrification, Maintenance and Modifications (EMM) business segment. In his new role, Eikeseth will be part of the company’s executive management team, reporting to CEO Kjetel Digre. "We are enhancing the business and the financial results, and we are in parallel also growing the organization with...

Aker Solutions Appoints Trine Svalestad as SVP Sustainability

Aker Solutions Appoints Trine Svalestad as SVP Sustainability   Aker Solutions has appointed Trine Svalestad to the new position of senior vice president for sustainability. The company sees significant increase in demand for its solutions powering the ongoing energy transition. Aker Solutions is a leading supplier to international oil and gas projects with multiple solutions to reduce carbon emissions. The company is also rapidly increasing its deliveries to renewable energy produ...

Imrandd bolsters leadership team with new appointmentto support continued growth

Imrandd bolsters leadership team with new appointmentto support continued growth   Agile technology, data intelligence and asset integrity consultancy Imrandd announces a senior hire to its leadership team. Steven Saunders takes on the role of Head of Business Development, with a focus on accelerating growth and increasing Imrandd’s internationalisation efforts. The Aberdeen-headquartered asset integrity consultancy, specialising in data analytics has seen a revenue increase...

Subsea 7 Executive Management Team

Subsea 7 Executive Management Team   Subsea 7 today announced that Marcelo Xavier will join its Executive Management Team as Executive Vice President Strategy and Sustainability, effective 1 April 2022. Marcelo joined Subsea 7 in 2001 and has held a number of operational and commercial roles in the UK, Brazil and Africa. Most recently he was Group Vice President Sales and Marketing and prior to this he was Vice President Brazil. The full Executive Committee is: John Evans,...

Steve Greenland appointed as Chief Commercial Officer of FourPhase

Steve Greenland appointed as Chief Commercial Officer of FourPhase   FourPhase, the solids and production performance specialist for the oil and gas sector, has announced the promotion of Steve Greenland to the newly created role of Chief Commercial Officer. The appointment follows a successful 2021, which saw the company rapidly expand into new markets including the Gulf of Mexico and Asia Pacific. As Chief Commercial Officer, Steve will be responsible for driving forward FourPhas...

Changes in Equinor’s Corporate Executive Committee

Changes in Equinor’s Corporate Executive Committee   Geir Tungesvik has been appointed Executive Vice President for the Projects, Drilling and Procurement business area with effect from 1 May, after Arne Sigve Nylund has decided that he would like to retire. Aksel Stenerud has been appointed Executive Vice President for the People and Organisation function with effect from 1 March , as Executive Vice President Ana Fonseca Nordang has agreed with the CEO to take on a new role in...

Engineer Mohamed Mounes Shahat, Neptune Energy Egypt MD

Engineer Mohamed Mounes Shahat, Neptune Energy Egypt MD   It is with profound shock and sadness that we announce the death of Engineer Mohamed Mounes Shahat, Managing Director of Neptune Energy, Egypt, who passed away today, 17 February 2022. Engineer Mounes was highly respected both at Neptune and across the industry in Egypt. We are grateful for his leadership in his short time with Neptune, and we will miss him dearly. Neptune Energy CEO, Pete Jones, said: “The thoughts...

Dräger appoints safety industry expert to its Aberdeen operation

Dräger appoints safety industry expert to its Aberdeen operation   Draeger Marine and Offshore, a division of The Dräger Group, an international leader in the fields of medical and safety technology, has announced the appointment of Euan McIntosh as a senior manager at its Aberdeen operation. McIntosh, 38, whose career in safety spans 16 years, joins Dräger having held a variety of senior roles in the safety industry, including as UK Upstream General Manager of Tota...

OGA Looking For New CEO As Samuel Setting Up For Exit

OGA Looking For New CEO As Samuel Setting Up For Exit   The chief executive officer of the UK’s petroleum regulator the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has decided to step down at the end of the year after eight years in the role. As was previously agreed, Andy Samuel will be stepping down as the chief executive of OGA in December after eight highly successful years, the petroleum regulator said last week. OGA added that the board was planning ahead to ensure a smooth transit...

Saipem To Try Fixing Finances With New Management

Saipem To Try Fixing Finances With New Management   Saipem SpA appointed new executives and overhauled its management organization in a bid to restructure its business and finances after a surprise profit warning. Cassa Depositi e Prestiti SpA, which together with oil major Eni SpA controls Saipem, pushed the company to name new executives that will work side-by-side with Chief Executive Officer Francesco Caio. Eni’s Alessandro Puliti will become Saipem’s general ma...

Harbour Energy's Phil Kirk steps down

Harbour Energy's Phil Kirk steps down   Harbour Energy's Europe Chief Executive Phil Kirk will step down at the end of the month, after helping transform the company from a small North Sea oil and gas firm to the basin's largest producer. Harbour, which is led by CEO Linda Cook, is unlikely to replace Kirk's role, a company spokesperson told Reuters. "Phil has been instrumental in the building of Harbour Energy over the past years," Cook said in a state...

Wood’s Craig Shanaghey appointed to AFBE-UK advisory board

Wood’s Craig Shanaghey appointed to AFBE-UK advisory board   Diversity and inclusion organisation AFBE-UK has appointed an energy industry leader to its advisory board. Craig Shanaghey, President of Operations Services for Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) at global consulting and engineering firm Wood, becomes the tenth member of the AFBE-UK advisory board. Craig is also chair of OGUK’s Diversity and Inclusion Task Group, and is a member of the Energy Leaders&...

Petrofac's New Energy Services Chief joins OGUK Board

Petrofac's New Energy Services Chief joins OGUK Board   John Pearson, Chief Operating Officer of Petrofac's New Energy Services business, is the latest industry leader to join OGUK's board as it focuses on accelerating oil and gas industry efforts to deliver low carbon energy to the UK. Mr Pearson has overall accountability for growing Petrofac's global portfolio in low carbon projects including wind, hydrogen, Carbon Capture Usage and Storage (CCUS), plus initiati...
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