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Apache appointed Jon A. Graham as region vice president and managing director of its North Sea operations. Graham previously served as the company's vice president of health, safety, security, and environment since May 2011 and, before that, as its region vice president and country manager in Argentina. He joined Apache in 1994 as a reservoir engineering manager in th…

Conval's Camseal ball valves are designed for high-pressure, high-temperature applications. It can be used on electric, pneumatic, and hydraulic actuators and comes with single and double limitswitches. The valve's body is not subject to pipeline stresses, and it does not have an inline body bolting that is subject to loosening and fatigue, allowing the body to stay l…

M2 Subsea announced the appointment of Paddy Hardey as general manager and senior vice president of commercial . Hardey will be based in Houston and oversee the company's commercial and tendering activities as well as its contract negotiations. Hardey was recently commercial manager of Bibby Offshore's North American subsea division. Prior to this, he was commercial m…

Petrobras announced the re-election of Pedro Parente as its chief executive officer (CEO). In a meeting held on 26 March, the company's board of directors extended Parente's contract for two additional years. Parente was elected CEO on 31 May 2016. Prior to that, he served as CEO at Bunge Brasil from 2010 to 2014. Parente began his career working for Banco de Brasil i…

Eni appointed Claudio Descalzi to a new three-year term as chief executive officer (CEO) and general manager. Descalzi has been Eni’s CEO since May 2014. He joined Eni in 1981 as an oil and gas field petroleum engineer and became project manager for the development of North Sea, Libya, Nigeria, and Congo. In 1990, he was appointed head of reservoir and operating activ…

Phoenix Petroleum, an independent petroleum contracting company, named Henry Albert "Bong" Fadullon as its chief operating officer, replacing Romeo De Guzman. Fadullon has more than 25 years' experience in the petroleum industry most recently serving as general manager for Shell Shared Services' global businesses. De Guzman will become vice chairman of Phoenix's board…

The SPE Asia Pacific Advisory Council held its inaugural meeting on 25 March in Bangkok, Thailand, discussing how SPE can further benefit members and the wider oil and gas industry in the region.

Phaneendra Kondapi, SPE, was appointed founding director of engineering programs and professor of subsea engineering at the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering Katy Campus. Kondapi was previously director of subsea engineering and professor of practice at Texas A&M University. He has more than 20 years of experience in the industry including with FMC T…

BCCK Holding, a company specializing in engineering, procurement, fabrication, and field construction services, appointed John Peterson as director of business development. Peterson joins the company from STV Energy Services, where he served as director of business development. He has more than 20 years of experience in business development and sales roles.

Chinese scientists have proposed the world's first underwater magnetic levitation train, theoretically capable of 2000 km/hr, in Zhoushan, Zhejiang province. The 10-km long vacuum tunnel would float in water, which would bear 90% of its weight. China Railway Tunnel Survey and Design Institute, a subsidiary of China Railway Group, is reported to have completed prelimin…