Who can stop the operation, who can approve its continuation, and who carries overriding responsibility for vessel safety?
Italian cabling company Prysmian has acquired a training facility for high-voltage cable jointers in Scotland, bringing on board over 20 apprentice jointers and experienced training staff. Located in North Ayrshire, the academy will support installation and inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) o
Norske Shell, a subsidiary of the UK-headquartered energy giant Shell, has entrusted AGR, part of the Oslo-listed energy and marine consultancy Aqualis (formerly ABL Group), with the task of supplying the human capital for its onshore and offshore operations in Norway.
Dutch integrated subsea solutions service provider N-Sea Group has appointed former Chief Operating Officer (COO) Pim Nelemans as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) after Martin Adler stepped down. Adler, who was the company’s CEO over the past five years, will remain as N-Sea’s shareholder and C
The Board of Directors of French geophysical services company Viridien has appointed Henning Berg as the company’s new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Director. Viridien‘s Board of Directors appointed Berg as CEO following the general meeting held on June 3, succeeding Sophie Zurquiyah, who will r
Multiple offshore members employed by Bilfinger are set to kick off multi-day industrial action due to a dispute over pay, which will lead to an eight-day stoppage at a floating storage unit (FSU) and a floating production facility (FPF) on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).
Multiple offshore workers are poised to cast their votes to determine whether they will embark on industrial action at two platforms in the North Sea on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS), which are operated by Neo Next + Energy E&P, created by the merger between TotalEnergies’ UK North Sea upstream oi
Austria-headquartered oil & gas player OMV has appointed BP executive Emma Delaney as its first female chief executive officer (CEO), succeeding Alfred Stern. Delaney has been appointed by OMV‘s Supervisory Board as the Chairwoman of the Executive Board and CEO as of September 1, and will assume the
The offshore workers’ voices on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) are set to be amplified as Unite, described as Britain’s largest offshore trade union, has secured a new recognition agreement with Apache, a North Sea operator.
The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has appointed Hugo Bouvy, Managing Director of DEME Offshore Energy, as its new president, succeeding Luca Gentili, Head of Asset, Fabrication, and Project Services at Saipem. According to IMCA, Bouvy has served as the Managing Director of the
Jan De Nul has appointed the Dutch company Tree C Technology to develop a training simulator for its XL cable-laying vessel (CLV) Fleeming Jenkin. Jan De Nul placed an order for Fleeming Jenkin at China’s CMHI Haimen shipyard in October 2023, followed by an order for another identical vessel, named
Subsea7’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) John Evans will retire as of July after having been with the company for 40 years, and will be succeeded by the current Seaway7 CEO. Evans has worked for Subsea7 and its predecessor companies for 40 years, having previously been Subsea7 COO for 14 years and CE
UK-based manufacturer of subsea and power cables JDR Cable Systems, part of TFKable Group, has appointed former UK Trade Commissioner Jonathan Knott CMG to the newly created role of Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO). JDR said that the role had been newly created to support the company’s accelerat
