Stephen Colville has been named as president of the International Association of Drilling Contractors following the retirement of Dr Lee Hunt.
Steve Preston (pictured) and John Smith join the 云顶赌场老虎机 Installation Group (OIG) this month as CEO and executive vice chairman, respectively. Preston joins OIG from Heerema Marine Contractors where he served as EVP, commercial & technology鈥
FMC Technologies has signed a definitive agreement to acquire control and automation system solutions provider Control Systems International (CSI). Founded in 1968, CSI is headquartered in Lenexa, Kansas, and has operations in Irvine, California鈥
Captain Adarash Kumar (pictured) has been appointed group COO of Ezra Holdings, tasked with spearheading its expanding global operations. His successor as CEO of Emas Marine, the group鈥檚 offshore support services arm, is Robin Kirkpatrick (pictured), previously the division鈥檚 COO.
Andrew Hurst, professor of production geoscience at the University of Aberdeen, has been presented with the American Association of Petroleum Geologists鈥 2012 Grover E Murray award for 鈥榙istinguished and outstanding contributions to geological education鈥.
Bart Heijermans is the new group CEO of recently restructured subsea engineering and trenching services provider DeepOcean. He previously served as EVP and COO of Helix Energy Solutions and before that held senior posts with Enterprise Products Partners, El Paso and Royal Dutch Shell.
Bill Bayliss (pictured) has been appointed group chief executive of Viking Moorings, the mooring solutions provider which recently underwent a financial restructuring involving the existing shareholders. Bayliss, who is based at the company鈥檚 Aberdeen operations centre鈥
Bjørn Jalving (pictured) has been appointed EVP of Kongsberg Maritime鈥檚 subsea division in succession to Rolf Arne Klepaker, who is now working on strategic projects elsewhere in the KM group. Jalving has served as VP for Hugin AUV activity since 2007.
Boma Pepple (pictured) has been appointed operations director in the Xodus Group鈥檚 newly established office providing integrated integrated subsurface and surface services in The Hague. Pepple was previously MD of SGS Horizon鈥檚 Nigerian business鈥
Clark Carnes has been named as president of Knight Oil Tools International, with Doug Keller taking over as SVP and Nicholas Knight appointed VP.
Claus Feyling has assumed the role of president of Cayman Islands-based Hercules International Holdings following the retirement of Don Rodney. Feyling previously served as Hercules 云顶赌场老虎机鈥檚 VP, international business development.
Daniel Rabun (pictured), chairman, president and CEO of Ensco has been elected 2012 chairman of the International Association of Drilling Contractors. David Williams, Noble鈥檚 chairman, president and CEO, was elected vice chairman.
Gordon Stevens (pictured) has been appointed GM of CSA International鈥檚 Step (scientific tools & equipment pool) program developed to respond swiftly to a wide range of emergencies in the Gulf of Mexico and globally. He previously headed CSA鈥檚 Louisiana operations.
Ian Stokes has been named as CEO of the UK鈥檚 Energy Industries Council following Mike Major鈥檚 relocation to run the EIC Houston office.
James Tuppen (pictured) has joined Wild Well Control as manager, international well control operations. Tuppen, a 30-year veteran of oil & gas industry snubbing services, pressure control and well control operations, will operate globally鈥
