Search results for:

Offshore Installation Services (OIS) named Colin Shellard as its managing director. Shellard has more than 16 years of experience in offshore construction and subsea engineering. He joined OIS as vice president of operations in December 2014, helping to lead the company’s well decommissioning campaign with Centrica Energy and Antrim Energy. Shellard has also worked in…

OPITO International, a developer of safety training standards, hired Richard Edwards as its Americas approvals manager. Edwards joins the company from Falck Safety Services, where he was a facility training manager. He entered the oil and gas industry in 2013 as a health, safety, and environment training instructor at Falck, eventually moving on to a number of senior …

KBR appointed Ann Pickard to its board of directors. Pickard has held several positions during a 15-year career at Shell, including her most recent position as executive vice president of the company’s Arctic operations. She spent 3 years as executive vice president of Shell’s exploration and production business and country chair of the company’s Australian operations…

Lauren Engineers and Constructors promoted Randy Lipps to president, Tom Modisett to chief financial officer (CFO), and Cody Bryant to senior vice president. Lipps, who also serves as Lauren’s executive vice president and chief operating officer, joined the company in June. He began his career in construction management and was previously the executive vice president …

Michael J. Stover retired from his position as vice president of operations services at Marathon Oil after 30 years with the company. Stover began his career at Marathon as a roustabout, eventually being promoted to operations and reservoir engineering work for the Yates field in Texas. In 1991, he transferred to the company’s international group based in Houston and …

Wood Group Mustang promoted Kent McAllister to president of its offshore business unit. McAllister, who was executive vice president of the company’s business unit, has nearly 30 years of engineering experience and 20 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. He previously served as vice president of offshore operations at Jacobs and as vice president of the of…

ABS Group’s board of directors elected David Weinstein as president and chief executive officer (CEO). Weinstein joined ABS in October 2010 after more than 25 years as a strategy consultant in the transportation, energy, and manufacturing sectors. He most recently served as ABS vice president of strategic development.

Bernard Looney has been promoted to chief executive for BP. Looney has been chief operating officer (COO) of production in the upstream segment since 2013. He joined BP in 1991 as a drilling engineer, holding positions in the UK North Sea, Vietnam, and the US Gulf of Mexico before moving to executive roles within the company.

BP promoted Lamar McKay to deputy group chief executive. McKay’s responsibilities will include strategy and long-term planning, safety and operational risk management, technology, and corporate governance. He had previously served as the company’s upstream chief executive since 2013 and has been on its executive team since 2008, a year before his appointment as chairm…

Samir Brikho stepped down from his position as chief executive officer (CEO) at Amec Foster Wheeler. Brikho had been Amec’s CEO since 2006, overseeing the company’s USD 3 billion acquisition of Foster Wheeler in 2014. Prior to joining Amec, he served as chief executive at ABB Lummus Global, head of the power systems division at the ABB Group, and was a member of the S…