Polarcus Limited (Polarcus) announce the appointment of Duncan Eley as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Company. Effective May 01, 2013, Eley will assume the position of COO and head the Company’s three business lines; Sales and Marketing, Multi-Client and Marine Acquisition, together with the EHSQ and Information Technology support departments. The establishment of this [...]
Standard Drilling (SDSD) has signed a separation agreement with its COO, Mike Kelley. Kelley will be relieved from his day-today responsibilities with immediate effect but will remain at the Company’s disposal until August 2013. Standard Drilling CEO, Martin Nes, says : “In light of the recent rig new build sales transactions executed by SDSD Plc. and its subsidiary companies, SDSD will not [...]
Rowan Companies plc, a U.S.-based provider of drilling services, announced yesterday that Thomas P. Burke, the Company’s current Chief Operating Officer, has been promoted to President. He will remain as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer. W. Matt Ralls will continue to serve as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer until his retirement in mid-2014, when it [...]
Drilling contractor Songa Offshore SE has received the resignation of the company’s COO, Trond Christensen. Christensen will leave his position at the end of March and remain at the company’s disposal as a consultant for a further 2 months, until the end of May 2013. “During the 8 years Trond Christensen has been with Songa, [...]
Samsung Engineering has appointed Michel Laine as chief operating officer of its newly established offshore segment, effective December 20, 2012. Laine’s career in offshore began in 1982 with ETPM, followed by Technip and Bouygues Offshore S.A. (acquired by Saipem). Since 2002, he held key management positions such as managing director of Saipem Indonesia and Saipem [...]
RWE Dea AG, an international exploration and production company for oil and gas, has announced the appointment of Dirk Warzecha as its Chief Operating Officer. Effective as of 1 January 2013, Dirk Warzecha assumed the function of Chief Operating Officer (COO) at RWE Dea AG. In this position, he is the successor to Ralf to [...]
National Oilwell Varco, Inc. announced yesterday that Clay Williams has been named President and Chief Operating Officer of National Oilwell Varco. Williams has served as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since March 2005. He served as Varco International, Inc.’s Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from January 2003 until its merger [...]
Lamprell, a leading provider of diversified engineering and contracting services to the onshore and offshore oil & gas and renewable energy industries, announces that Nigel McCue is standing down as Chief Executive and as a director of the Company. Peter Whitbread, former Chief Executive who was with Lamprell from 1992 until 2009, has been appointed [...]
William S. Chadwick, Jr., Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Ensco plc, will retire from the company effective 31 August 2012. Mark Burns, currently Senior Vice President – Western Hemisphere, will succeed Mr. Chadwick as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. “It has been a joy to work with such a group [...]
DNV, a global provider of risk management services, today announces it has acquired Norwegian Petro Services AS, the company focussed on oil-spill preparedness. The Arctic has large oil and gas resources and operations in this sensitive and harsh area will require efficient oil-spill preparedness solutions. “The acquisition of Norwegian Petro Services (NPS) in Norway and [...]
