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BP has contracted with i-Tech Services for subsea construction, inspection, repair, and maintenance (IMR) of BP’s portfolio in the West of Shetland and northern UK North Sea regions. Under the terms of the deal, i-Tech will provide a life-of-field support vessel complete with work-class and observation-class remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), capable of performing ins…

Teekay Offshore has agreed to a 3-year contract extension with Petrobras for the Piranema Spirit, an FPSO located in the Piranema field offshore Brazil. The agreement, which includes termination rights for Petrobras with 10 months’ advance notice, was signed in January but takes effect this month.

Dennis Hahn, SPE, former chair of the SPE Canada Board, the SPE Calgary Section, and director of the SPE Canadian Educational Foundation, who was active with SPE at both the section and international levels, died 2 March in Bolivia, where he was teaching a completions course. Hahn, a completions manager at Repsol based in Calgary, was an expert in high-pressure/high-t…

DCN Diving has received a contract from Dana Petroleum to execute work offshore the Netherlands. Under the terms of the deal, DCN will perform the fabrication, installation, and precommissioning of various tie-in spools and a flanged connector for Dana’s DP-012 gas export pipeline.

Tracey Henderson assumed the role of Kosmos Energy's chief exploration officer upon the retirement of chief exploration officer and founding partner Brian F. Maxted, effective 15 February. Maxted will remain on the board of directors and continue to serve as a special advisor on matters related to exploration. Henderson joined Kosmos Energy in 2004, serving as a key m…

Maersk Drilling expects Alastair Maxwell to be elected as a member of the board of directors of Maersk Drilling. He is currently the CFO of GasLogLtd and GasLog Partners LP as well as a board member of several companies within the GasLog Group. Before that, Maxwell had a 29-year career in the investment banking industry, most recently as a co-head of Energy Investment…

Proserv, a controls technology company, promoted Tore Erntsen to chief technology officer, subsea controls, based at the firm’s Trondheim, Norway, facility. Prior to taking on his new role, he was vice president, engineering and technology, within the subsea team. Erntsen joined the company in 2012 when the firm took over the subsea controls business of Weatherford. H…

Sam Gibbs, the inventor of the wave equation method used in the rod pumping diagnostic and predictive software, and an SPE Legend of Artificial Lift, died 17 February. Gibbs earned his BS in mechanical engineering at Texas A&M University in 1954 and worked for Shell Oil Company briefly before being drafted into the US Army. Upon returning, he took a leave of absence f…

TechnipFMC Executive Chairman Thierry Pilenko will retire from the TechnipFMC Board of Directors, effective 1 May. He was appointed executive chairman of the board of directors of TechnipFMC to support the integration and provide continuity on a number of key projects following the formation of the company through merger. Following the completion of the TechnipFMC int…

Freedom Oil & Gas announced that effective 14 January, J. Russell Porter will be joining the company as president, CEO, and a member of the board of directors. J. Michael Yeager, Freedom’s chairman of the board, president, and CEO, will remain as nonexecutive chairman. Porter is an experienced oil and gas CEO with expertise in the US shale development business, proper…