Xodus Strengthens APAC Team
Xodus Group’s Perth office has won more than A$3.5 million (£2million) in new contracts over the last six months. Xodus’ Asia-Pacific (APAC) region has had significant success in the growth of its decommissioning business, both in Australia and South-East Asia, where the company has established relationships with several key players.
New Study Will Examine Hydrate Blockage in Subsea Jumpers
The University of Western Australia (UWA) is leading a joint industry project (JIP), supported by the Industry Technology Facilitator (ITF), to provide industry with a better understanding of the mechanism of hydrate growth and blockages. The 12-month study, entitled ‘Hydrate Deposit Growth in Subsea Jumpers (HyJump)’…
CNPC Sells $3.8 bln of Engineering Assets to Listed Unit
China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC), the country's largest state energy group, will sell $3.8 billion worth of engineering related assets to a listed arm as part of a push to restructure its non-core business. Xinjiang Dushanzi Tianli High & NewTech Co Ltd, a unit listed on the Shanghai exchange…
Milton to Replace Retiring Kelly, President, ExxonMobil
Alan Kelly, president of ExxonMobil Fuels, Lubricants & Specialties Marketing Company, has announced his intention to retire effective Aug. 1, 2016, after more than 34 years of service. It is anticipated that the board of directors of Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) will appoint Bryan Milton as president of ExxonMobil Fuels…
OTC Names 2016 Award Winners
The 2016 Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) will honor this year’s Distinguished Achievement Award recipients on Tuesday, 3 May, in Houston. As part of the OTC Distinguished Achievement Awards Luncheon, the conference will recognize Robert (Don) Vardeman of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation for individual achievement…
Marathon Petroleum Senior VP to Retire
Marathon Petroleum Corp. (MPC) announced the retirement of Richard D. Bedell, senior vice president of Refining, effective March 1. Raymond L. Brooks, currently general manager of MPC's Galveston Bay refinery in Texas City, Texas, will replace Bedell. Bedell joined Marathon in 1979 and held numerous positions of increasing responsibility in the company…
MHPS to Boost AQCS Business
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) and Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. (MHPS) have agreed to transfer operations in the domestic after-sale servicing of desulfurization equipment, currently performed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Environmental & Chemical Engineering Co., Ltd.
LNG Ltd Appoints Chief Development & CTO
Liquefied Natural Gas Limited has announced the appointment of Anthony Gelotti as Chief Development Officer based in Houston, Texas, USA. John Baguley, Chief Operating Officer for Magnolia LNG will assume the additional responsibilities of LNGL Chief Technical Officer. Dr Nimalan Gnanendran has been promoted to the position of LNGL Technology Manager.
MHI, Hyflux JV to Build Waste-to-energy Plant in Tuas
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) group companies will participate in a waste-to-energy (WTE) project in Singapore for the incineration of municipal solid waste (MSW) and the generation of electricity using heat energy from incineration. This morning the National Environment Agency…
SulNOx, LR Join Forces to Promote SulNOxEco Fuels
SulNOx Fuel Fusions Plc. (SulNOx), the leading global producer and supplier of fuel emulsion technology, and Lloyd’s Register (LR), a leading technical, business services organisation and maritime classification society, today signed an agreement that will see LR provide verification, testing…
National Oilwell Varco Appoints Senior VP & CFO
Oilfield equipment manufacturer National Oilwell Varco, Inc. has named Jose A. Bayardo as its new Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective August 28, the company announced today. Bayardo succeeds Scott K. Duff, Interim Chief Financial Officer, who will continue to serve as the company’s Vice President…
Bhutani Joins Solomon Associates as E&P Analyst
Experienced E&P data analyst brings expertise in upstream benchmarking methodologies to Solomon Associates. Solomon Associates (Solomon) has announced that Anish Bhutani has joined the company as a full-time E&P Analyst based in Solomon’s Calgary office. Bhutani will support various upstream operations benchmarking studies and custom consulting projects.
BASF Corporation Names New Chairman, CEO
Wayne T. Smith is the new Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BASF Corporation, headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, effective May 1, 2015. He succeeds Hans Engel, who as Chief Financial Officer for BASF SE, will relocate to the company's global headquarters in Ludwigshafen, Germany…
MHIEC to Refurbish Solid Waste Incinerator in Hiroshima
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Environmental & Chemical Engineering Co., Ltd. (MHIEC), a group company of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), has received an order from Mihara City, Hiroshima Prefecture, to refurbish the core equipment of its municipal solid waste (MSW) incineration plant.
Magnolia LNG Completes Management Team
Magnolia LNG LLC (MLNG), the wholly owned subsidiary of Liquefied Natural Gas Limited has completed the staffing of it’s senior management team through the appointment of experienced LNG industry personnel to the final two open positions. Mr. Richard Wheeler has joined MLNG as Process Technology Manager…
Interview: Oil Spill Repsonse Insights from MSRC's Benze: Steven T. Benz, President and CEO, Marine Spill Response Corporation (MSRC)
As President and CEO of MSRC, Steve Benz presides over the largest oil spill response company in the United States (and worldwide). In that position since January 1996, he has during that tenure, overseen several critical phases in the Company’s evolution. These include a major restructuring in the late 1990s to make it more competitive…
MHIEC's Waste-to-Energy Plant for Yamagata
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Environmental & Chemical Engineering Co., Ltd. (MHIEC), a group company of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), has received an order from the Yamagata Area Environmental Office Association, a body encompassing two cities and two towns in Yamagata Prefecture…
Canada Rail Safety Jobs Vacant due Budget Cuts
Budget cuts have left safety-related engineering positions vacant in the Canadian agency responsible for overseeing shipments of dangerous goods, government records show, fueling worries about trains moving oil across the country. Rail safety is in focus with the boom in oil shipments and a spate of derailments across North America…
President Pryor Retires from ExxonMobil Chemicals
Stephen D. Pryor, president, ExxonMobil Chemical Company and vice president of Exxon Mobil Corporation, has elected to retire on January 1, 2015, after more than 44 years of service. It is anticipated that the board of directors of Exxon Mobil Corporation will appoint Neil A. Chapman as president…
Maersk Drilling Names First Female Director
Maersk Drilling has appointed Moira Ming Ying Li as unit director for the Maersk Deliverer rig working for Chevron offshore Angola. She will assume her new role August 15, 2014. Moira is the first female unit director in Maersk Drilling. “We are very pleased to appoint Moira Ming Ying Li as unit director on the Maersk Deliverer.
