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Solstad Offshore, a Norwedian offshore vessel owner, has been awarded a long-term contract with Global Offshore for the construction support vessel (CSV) Normand Clipper. The contract will begin in the first quarter of 2020 and last for 3 years. The deal also includes 5 years of options after the fixed term.

Delek Group appointed Idan Wallace as CEO beginning 1 January. He is currently serving as deputy CEO. Asaf Bartfeld, the current CEO of Delek Group, will be retiring at the end of 2019 after serving in various functions at the company for more than 30 years.

Exxon Mobil Corp.named Joseph L. Hooley to its board of directors, effective 1 January. Hooley currently serves as the nonexecutive board chairman of State Street Corp. and was its CEO from 2010 to 2018. His previous experience leading a large global financial services organization, along with operational and risk management expertise, will bring valuable skills to th…

OneSubsea has agreed to a contract with Nexans for the design and supply of two 75-mi power umbilicals for a subsea multiphase compression system at Shell’s Ormen Lange gas field in the Norwegian North Sea.

Marvin LaVerne Katz, who served as 1980 SPE President and was instrumental in helping SPE become an international association, died 22 November. He was 83.

Steve Holditch, who served as SPE President in 2002 and was a fixture of the Texas A&M University Department of Petroleum Engineering, died 9 August. He was 72.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE), the UK's workplace health and safety regulator, has announced the appointment of Sarah Albon as its chief executive. Albon comes to the position from the Insolvency Service, which she joined in February 2015. Her previous roles in the UK government include director of strategy and change at Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunal Servi…

Sarah McGavin has rejoined Deloitte as an audit director after a four-year stint with Hungarian oil and gas company MOL. McGavin was a senior audit manager with the firm during her previous career there, having initially joined as a trainee. She served as accounting and reporting manager at MOL.

Var Energi has awarded Rosenberg Worley with an EPCI contract for the redevelopment of the Balder and Ringhorne fields in the Norwegian North Sea. Rosenberg Worley will manage the life extension of the Jotun FPSO to help secure production from the Balder field until 2045. Var hopes to move the FPSO to a fabrication yard in Stavanger next spring for a 15-month stint, d…

DeAnn Craig, the first woman to hold the position of SPE President and who also held the top role at Phillips Petroleum Resources Canada, died 13 August. She was 68.