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Vol. 232 No. 6 |
C. Maury Devine has joined the Technip board of directors. Her career includes executive positions with ExxonMobil, the US White House and the US Department of Justice. She spoke to World Oil about upcoming changes in the oilfield sector. “Over the next decade, I expect governments will try to increase revenues by discontinuing incentives and subsidies and by raising taxes on carbon fuels. At the same time, there will be an increase in safety regulations because the public is demanding just that,” Devine said. “Given this context, the industry will face increasing pressure on costs and on margins, and we will have to offer our products and services in a more energy-efficient manner. Innovation is now, more than ever, the key factor to respond to this new business climate. Shale gas is a good illustration of industry innovation. New technologies and new approaches to some of our intractable problems of supply and distribution are the best answers to increased government regulations and actions.” Asked how oilfield operators and service companies could work together, Devine replied, “One of the most successful things is to establish long-term agreements. That’s what Technip has done with Shell in FLNG by signing a frame agreement for up to 15 years, or with Statoil in Brazil for engineering studies, and with BP for the spar platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. These relationships should not only aim to increase energy production, but also to cope with safety and environmental issues.”
Woodside Petroleum Ltd. has appointed Peter Coleman as the company’s CEO and Managing Director. Coleman will succeed Don Voelte, who is retiring. Coleman has 27 years of industry experience with the ExxonMobil group, where he has filled a variety of roles in Australia, Africa, Asia and the US. His most recent position was VP of ExxonMobil Development Co.
Oceaneering International appointed M. Kevin McEvoy as President and CEO. He has been with Oceaneering for 32 years, serving since late February 2010 as Executive VP and COO. He started his offshore career as an officer in the US Navy, working in the areas of diving, salvage and submarine rescue. During his tenure at Oceaneering, McEvoy has held a variety of domestic and international positions in marketing, administration and operations. The company also named Marvin J. Migura, Oceaneering’s Senior VP and CFO since 1995, to the position of Executive VP and CFO.
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) Director Michael R. Bromwich named Dr. James Kendall as the Director of the Alaska Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Region. Kendall has been serving as the Acting Director for the region since January 2011. Before that, he served as the Chief of BOEMRE’s Environmental Division, where he was responsible for overseeing the Bureau’s applied environmental and socioeconomic research program.
Multi-Chem has named Travis Thibodeaux as Director of Operations Support. He joined Multi-Chem from Baker Hughes-Petrolite in Kilgore, Texas. While running the Kilgore site, Thibodeaux was responsible for managing the annual operating budget, for the direction of HSE and QC managers, and for the training maintenance of 84 employees.
Nabors Industries Ltd. announced that John Yearwood has been appointed as Lead Director on the company’s board of directors. He will succeed Martin J. Whitman, who is retiring. Yearwood served in senior executive roles at Schlumberger and as CEO of Smith International until its sale to Schlumberger in 2010.
Lamprell, a UAE-based provider of specialist engineering services to the international oil and gas and renewable energy industries, announced that Jonathan Cooper will take the role of CFO later in the year. He will succeed Scott Doak, who will continue as CFO and will facilitate the handover to Cooper. Previously, Cooper served as Finance Director at Sterling Energy plc beginning in 2008.
PetroBakken Energy Ltd. announced that John D. Wright, currently the Chairman and CEO of the corporation, has assumed the role of President and CEO. Gregg Smith will continue in his role as COO. Wright resigned as Chairman of the board of directors, but continues to serve as a board member.
Robert P. Wallace has been named Director of Marketing for Knight Oil Tools. Wallace, a certified business communicator (CBC), has more than 30 years of experience in business-to-business marketing in the oil and gas industry. He has held various marketing management positions for Dow Chemical, NL Industries, Baroid Corp. and Dresser Industries. He will be based in Houston.
Lee Keeling and Associates, international petroleum consultants in Tulsa, Oklahoma, announced a change of ownership and officer appointments. The new owners and officers of the company are Gordon L. Romine, President; John R. Wheeler, VP; and Phillip W. Grice, Secretary/Treasurer. Former owners and officers, Lee A. Keeling and Kenneth Renberg, remain as employees of the firm.
Knowledge Reservoir has appointed James Thomas to the position of VP, Global Resourcing. Thomas is a veteran staffing and business development professional with over 30 years in the international oil and gas projects and operations sectors. Based in London, Thomas will lead the technical resourcing team, comprising engineering and geosciences recruiting staff located in Houston, London, Oman, the UAE and Kuala Lumpur.
TGS-Nopec Geophysical Co. has appointed Rod Starr as Senior VP, Africa, Middle East and Asia Pacific. Starr has been with TGS for more than 10 years and has held a variety of leadership positions in both the Geophysical and Geological businesses. Most recently, he served as General Manager, Asia Pacific, in Perth, Australia. In his new position, he will be based in Houston.
Oil spill response and environmental solutions specialists American Pollution Control Corp. (AMPOL) has hired Randy Shepherd to manage its HUBZone (historically underutilized business zones) program. HUBzone encourages economic development of small businesses through the institution of preferences for federal contracts. Shepherd has more than 25 years of federal contracting and procurement management experience at both the project and executive levels.
United States Steel Corporation announced that David L. Britten has joined US Steel in the newly created position of VP, Tubular Technology and Business Development. Most recently, Britten served as Executive VP of Sweden-based
steelmaker SSAB and President of SSAB’s Americas division.
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