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Saipem named Stefano Cavacini CFO, effective 15 November. Cavacini has more than 18 years of experience in finance, administration, and IT at various multinational groups in the industrial sector. He has been the CFO of Esaote since June 2015. Prior to that, he worked at Indesit, serving as CFO and group planning and control director 2011 to 2015. Cavacini joined Inde…

Intrepid Financial Partners appointed Antonio (Tony) Fernandez, SPE, managing director of its acquisitions & divestitures (A&D) team based in Houston. The newly formed group sits within Intrepid’s advisory business and will be dedicated to A&D advisory and transaction execution for the firm’s energy clients. Fernandez was most recently a senior A&D banker at JP Morgan…

Chesapeake Energy Corporation appointed Mark A. Edmunds to the board of directors. Edmunds will serve as a member of the Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee and will stand for re-election at the 2019 annual meeting of shareholders. He is currently a senior partner and vice chairman at Deloitte and has served on its board of directors. Edmunds joined Deloitt…

i-Tech Services’ mini ROVs are quick to deploy and can be transported to a site via helicopter or airline carrier. The vehicles have high maneuverability and power-to-weight ratio, allowing them to carry small tools and manipulators for operating effectively in strong currents. They are also suited for rapid mobilization and manual deployment from any platform, FPSO, …

Every year, SPE recognizes members who have made an exceptional effort to ensure the technical excellence of the Society’s peer-reviewed journals. For their contributions, the following individuals are recipients of the 2018 Outstanding Technical Reviewer Award.

Petrofac appointed Fady Sleiman chief digital officer. Fady joins from MENA investment company Waha Capital, where he was chief information officer/group head of IT for the Abu Dhabi-based company from 2014. Prior to that he was CIO and head of Innovation Centre Strategy for General Electric MEA based in Dubai, having held a number of roles across GE’s business portfo…

Bernt Sigve Aadnøy, SPE, was recognized as the Oil Professional of the Year by the SPE Stavanger Section for his 40 years of commitment to both petroleum education and technology development, and his strong contribution to Norway’s international reputation in the oil and gas industry. Aadnøy is a professor of petroleum engineering at the University of Stavanger, speci…

Gorilla Safety’s oil and gas product caters to specific needs of fleet operations. If features dynamic logbook management for transparency into driver availability and history; bulk document management, which enables quick retrieval of documents; bulk unidentified logbook management; non-vehicle logs; multiple location and Department of Transportation number support; …

Azinam, an oil exploration company, has named Philip Loader as a non-executive director and as a strategic adviser. He is a geologist with more than 30 years’ experience in the oil and gas industry. He previously served as executive vice president of global exploration at Woodside Petroleum and as a non-executive chairman of Chariot Oil & Gas. Before joining Woodside,…

GC Rieber Shipping CEO Christian Wilhelm Berg resigned from his position effective 14 Sept in order to pursue other opportunities through his wholly owned company, Bech Offshore. Bech was established in 2017 to initiate investments of distressed offshore assets and off third-part owners with commercial management and consultancy services. It was acquired by and integr…