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Kenneth Vareide has been appointed as CEO of DNV GL’s digital solutions business area, which specializes in risk management and asset performance improvement. Vareide joined DNV GL in 1996 as a trainee and has served in different positions across its business areas and regions, providing classification, technical, and management advisory services to the maritime and o…

One of the largest pre-sanction fields on the UK Continental Shelf, Rosebank, could significantly bolster the company’s UK portfolio. However, the field’s water depth and harsh environment may run development costs into the multibillion-dollar range.

Anadarko Petroleum selects JV companies to provide EPC for the onshore LNG development. Saipem scores the biggest contract in its history. Work will begin upon FID, expected this month.

The round marked a continuation of a recent trend on the UKCS in which lesser-known firms and newcomers have gained stature, replacing more-familiar, bigger operators that have pared down their North Sea positions.

Cudd Energy Services named Gene Sweeney director of well intervention and integrity. He will take on responsibilities for Cudd’s domestic snubbing, well control, and special services disciplines. Sweeney returns to Cudd after leading BP’s global well control team for the past 7 years where he was responsible for strengthening BP’s well control capabilities in the wake…

The criticality of above-water riser hull piping requires frequent inspections. Traditional manual inspection methods present safety and efficiency concerns, but work is being done to see if robotic technologies—such as drones and crawlers—can do the job as good as, or even better than, humans.

Apache named Juliet Ellis to its board of directors. Ellis served as a managing director and senior portfolio manager for Invesco and as the chief investment officer for Invesco’s US Growth Equities Investment Management Unit until her retirement in March. She was senior portfolio manager for Invesco’s Small Cap Growth Fund and Small Cap Equity Fund from 2004 to 2017.…

C-Innovation, an affiliate of Edison Chouest Offshore, named John Michael Boquet as health, safety, and environment (HSE) manager. Based in Mandeville, Louisiana, Boquet’s responsibilities include managing the HSE aspects of personnel, equipment, and activities involved in subsea operations, including ROV, AUV, survey, and tooling functions. He will also be responsibl…

Boskalis Subsea Services said it has been awarded more than £100 million ($126 million) in contracts for operations in the UK North Sea over the past six months. These deals include an inspection, maintenance, and repair (IMR) campaign for Repsol Sinopec, a decommissioning contract with Spirit Energy, a scale squeeze scope for Premier Oil’s Huntington field, and Total…

Sabine Pass Train 6 gets the nod, Bechtel gets the go-ahead for construction. Apache Corp. signed a deal with Cheniere to supply natural gas produced from its Permian Basin Alpine High area to the Corpus Christi LNG facility

As drones become a more significant part of energy projects, the guide outlines the steps operators should take in assessing their capabilities to run a drone program and the elements such programs should consider, including safety and regulatory concerns.

The evolution of hydraulic fracturing is a long and circuitous one that deserves examination. Engineering and completions leaders from Liberty Oilfield Services did just that, authoring a paper that encapsulates the high points in the development of the groundbreaking completions practice.