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Capital drilling equipment company Henderson has named Chris Naquin as senior business development manager. Naquin has more than 28 years of experience in fabrication and rig building to the position. Prior to joining Henderson, he served as project manager for Sundowner Offshore and Nabors Industries and as owner of Advanced Rig Services and Applied Machinery Corp., …

Siccar Point Energy has awarded a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract to Sembcorp Marine Rigs & Floaters for the design of a Sevan cylindrical FPSO for its Cambo field development in the UK North Sea. In addition to the FPSO contract, Baker Hughes, a GE company, is undertaking other FEED work for wells, subsea, and riser systems. Genesis is also working o…

The latest edition of Journal Citation Reports® 2019 was recently released, and according to the report, SPE’s peer-reviewed journals have significantly improved their impact factors. This is the first time that all of SPE's journals had an impact factor greater than 1.

Enbridge Offshore Facilities has contracted Balltec to supplu its PipeLOK pipeline recovery tools and flangeless subsea PIG launchers for the Vito deepwater project in the US Gulf of Mexico. THe equipment will be rented for contingency purposes during subsea installation of the 18-in. oil and 10-in. gas export pipelines, as well as the 14-in. and 10-in. steel catenary…

McDermott Marine Construction has contracted Nexans to supply approximately 62 miles of subsea umbilicals and components for BP's Greater Tortue Ahmeyim gas project offshore Mauritania and Senegal. Nexans' scope covers management, procurement, engineering, manufacturing, and testing activities for the consignment. The company will manufacture electrical cables and fib…

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.…

Malaysian FPSO provider Yinson has secured a long-term contract extension through October 2022 with Nigerian company Addax Petroleum Development for its Adoon FPSO. The deal’s value is estimated to be $137.5 million. Yinson had previously won a one-month extension for the FPSO, which is moored at Block OML 123 offshore Nigeria, as it discussed the framework of a long-…

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…

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…