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Aker BP and Archer have agreed on a 15-month extension to an existing platform drilling and maintenance services contract for the Valhall and Ula platforms in the Norwegian North Sea. Effective 1 October, the extension will push the contract through the end of 2020.

Norwegian offshore vessel operator Golden Energy Offshore Services has agreed to a contract extension with Wintershall for its Energy Swan platform supply vessel (PSV). The company chartered the PSV in 2013 for in a four-year deal that included an option for an additional year. The contract was set to expire on 30 November, but now it will continue for an additional 8…

Laredo Petroleum named Jason Pigott to succeed Randy A. Foutch, SPE, as the company’s CEO. Pigott will continue in his role as president. Foutch will remain chairman of Laredo’s board until next year.

Shell awarded TechnipFMC with an integrated engineering, procurement, construction, and installation contract for its Perdido Phase 2 project in the US Gulf of Mexico. The contract covers the delivery and installation of subsea equipment, including flexible flowlines, flexible jumpers, steel flying leads, and electrical flying leads.

Keiran Wulff was named successor to retiring Oil Search Managing Director Peter Botten, effective in February. He is currently Oil Search's executive vice president of Alaska and president of Oil Search Alaska. Wulff was appointed chief executive designate on 30 September and will retain his Alaska responsibilities until mid-December. He worked at Oil Search from 1993…

Marvin Gearhart, a pioneer in measurements-while-drilling (MWD) and loggingwhile-drilling (LWD) technologies for the oil and gas industry, and a JPT Legends of Drilling honoree, died 20 July. He was 92.

Marcelo Alves was appointed president of Rotating Equipment Services in South America at Sulzer, in addition to his role as managing director Brazil at the company. Alves has more than 25 years of experience in engineering solutions such as profit and loss management, operations, supply chain, engineering, manufacturing, and project management. He holds a BEng degree …

Petrobras board of directors elected Nicolás Simone as digital transformation and innovation executive officer. Simone is a software and systems engineer from ORT University, Uruguay, with extensive international experience and knowledge in information technology (IT), digital transformation, cyber security, artificial intelligence, omnichannel, customer relationship …

Maersk Supply Service has agreed to an 18-month contract with Blue Marine Group to support Pemex from the subsea support vessel Maersk Installer. The vessel will perform general support duties, as well as inspection, maintenance, and repair work, for Pemex’s platforms in the Bay of Campeche. Maersk Installer arrived in Mexico on 23 September, and the contract began af…

BP has awarded three contracts to a consortium of Saipem, Bos Shelf, and Star Gulf for the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG) field development offshore Azerbaijan in the Caspian Sea. Two contracts cover pipeline design, pipelay, and related activities, while the other is for the transportation and installation of four jacket pin piles, subsea structures, and spools.