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ROVOP, a provider of subsea remotely operated vehicle (ROV) services, appointed Lee Wilson to the newly created role of head of technology. He will lead the company's technology development in line with key client drivers such as cost optimization, digital transformation, and enhanced HSEQ performance, and will also oversee all business applications and IT aspects of …

Petrobras has awarded TechnipFMC with an engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) contract for the Mero 1 pre-salt field, located in the Santos Basin at 2100 m offshore Brazil. The contract covers the engineering, procurement, and construction of all rigid lines, as well as the installation and precommissioning of all the infield risers and the …

Halliburton’s board of directors appointed Jeff Miller, president and CEO, as chairman of the board, effective 1 January. Consistent with the company’s corporate governance guidelines, Executive Chairman Dave Lesar retired on 31 December 2018. Robert A. Malone will continue as lead independent director of the Halliburton board of directors. In this role, he will perfo…

Fortis Energy Services promoted Susan Censoni to CFO, effective immediately. She has over 20 years of experience in both the private sector and in public accounting and has served as the VP finance since joining Fortis in March 2013. Before joining Fortis, she was a senior manager at KPMG LLP, an audit, tax, and advisory firm, where she worked 9 years managing financi…

IDC Energy Insights appointed Andrew Meyers, research director, oil and gas. Meyers will be responsible for developing and leading IDC's global research on upstream, midstream, and downstream oil and gas operations. His core research coverage will include the ongoing and accelerating digital transformation in the industry. Based on his background covering the energy s…

Enerplus Corporation announced the appointment of Karen Clarke-Whistler to its board of directors. In 2018, Clarke-Whistler retired as chief environment officer at TD Bank Group after 10 years with the company. Prior to that, she spend more than 15 years working as an environmental consultant to clients in North America, South America, Europe, and Africa. Clarke-Whist…

The XLe Spirit from Forum Subsea Technologies is the first observation-class ROV to utilize the company’s Integrated Control Engine. The control electronics pod fitted allows for greater connectivity and expansion capabilities, and Ethernet interfacing allows for integration with other industry sensors using common IP Architecture and ease of remote data transfer. The…

Halliburton promoted Mark Richard, currently senior vice president of the Northern Region, to succeed Jim Brown as president of the Western Hemisphere effective 1 February. He began his career with Halliburton in 1984 in the Gulf of Mexico. Since then, he held numerous positions of increasing responsibility at the company, including vice president of the Gulf of Mexic…

The SPE Board of Directors has approved the publication of its first technical report, titled “The Human Factor: Process Safety and Culture,” intended to provide guidance on the identification and mitigation of risks associated with human factors in upstream E&P operations.

Ben H. Caudle, SPE, professor emeritus and former chair of The University of Texas at Austin’s Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering and a former member of the SPE Board of Directors, died 6 February at the age of 95.