Norwegian shipowner, Farstad Shipping, has appointed Olav Haugland as the company’s new chief financial officer (CFO) after current CFO, Torstein L. Stavseng, has decided to take an early retirement after 28 years of company service. “Torstein L. Stavseng has been an important and valuable person to the company for 28 years. Farstad Shipping would like to… Continue Reading »
DeepOcean has elected Philippe Barril as non-executive director to serve on its board of directors. Philippe Barril is currently the chief operating officer of SBM Offshore. He has more than 25 years of experience in the oil and gas contracting and service sectors. He started his career at Bouygues Offshore for 12 years as an engineer, moving… Continue Reading »
Gassco, a Norwegian operator of gas pipes transporting natural gas from the Norwegian Continental Shelf to Continental Europe and Great Britain, has introduced its new management team which takes over today, March 29. Gassco’s new management team includes Øystein Rossebø, responsible for development and innovation, and Inghild Storesund, head of finance and improvement processes. In… Continue Reading »
Applied Acoustic Engineering (AAE) has announced changes to the structure and leadership of the company. The most significant development sees the establishment of a group of companies, operating under the guidance of AAE Technologies (AAET). With AAET at the helm, the trading group is comprised of three separate companies – Applied Acoustic Engineering, Ensign Subsea… Continue Reading »
Boskalis has appointed Bram Gräber (50) as group director Maritime Services for its Offshore Energy division. Gräber will be responsible for the maritime services activities including heavy marine transport and subsea services within Boskalis. Peter Berdowski, CEO Boskalis: “We are very excited that Bram has taken on this position. I believe his extensive and successful track… Continue Reading »
JFD has appointed Valerio Percoco as sales director. The appointment follows the company’s contract win with NATO, as well as the merger of James Fisher Defence, Divex and the National Hyperbaric Centre. Valerio Percoco joins JFD from Offshore Installation Services (OIS), the subsea integrated project management service provider. Giovanni Corbetta, managing director, JFD said: “We… Continue Reading »
As part of a reorganization of its executive team, oil and gas supermajor BP plc announced Monday that Lamar McKay will assume the position of Deputy Group Chief Executive. McKay currently serves as BP’s upstream chief executive and has been with the company for 35 years. In McKay’s new role, he will take on some… Continue Reading »
An oil and gas industry skills and workforce development body, OPITO, has appointed Graham Gall as new managing director to lead its international business. Gall is a former managing director of Falck Safety Services in Brazil. Prior to joining Falck, he was also standards and approvals director for OPITO’s North Sea business. Based in Dubai, he takes… Continue Reading »
Infinera has named Scott Jackson as vice president, responsible for overseeing the Infinera Subsea Business Group. In this role Jackson will focus on enabling subsea network operators to maximize capacity and reach on their subsea cables, reduce operational expense, and to deploy services faster than competing systems, the company explained. Jackson has more than 31… Continue Reading »
SeaBird has appointed Christophe Debouvry as new Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Debouvry will assume the position with the Company on January 18, 2016. The current CEO Dag Reynolds will be stepping down from his position with effect from January 01, 2016. Annette Malm Justad, Chairman of the Board, will assume the position of interim… Continue Reading »
