Joint integrity specialist Hydratight employed a Morgrip connector to repair a damaged super duplex pipe located within the constrained space of a Troll C subsea manifold off Norway. The company was called in by Statoil when it was discovered鈥
The first of several riser replacements for Statoil on the Norwegian continental shelf was successfully completed recently by Emas AMC using the construction vessel AMC Connector. This one took place on Snorre B and the Emas AMC contract鈥
Archer has purchased Aberdeen-based X-it Energy Services, developer and manufacturer of proprietary single-trip milling systems used for casing exits including controlled directional, multilateral and sidetrack drilling.
Produced water and production services specialist Cetco Oilfield Services is investing £1.5million in new equipment for its offshore rental fleet, including two CrudeSep produced water polishing units each capable of processing up to 40,000b/d and two Smart-tank oil water separators鈥
Aberdeen-headquartered mooring design firm Viking Moorings has been renamed Viking SeaTech and will now supply industry personnel, in addition to rig positioning, inspection, maintenance and associated rig support services globally from its bases in the UK, Singapore, Australia and Norway.
Eric Cayeux (pictured), chief scientist, drilling & well modeling, at the International Research Institute of Stavanger (Iris), is the 2012 recipient of Statoil鈥檚 research prize which comes with NKr200,000 and a Håkon Bleken lithograph鈥
Euan Sellar and Rob Harris have joined Aberdeen-based project management firm EPC 云顶赌场老虎机 to serve, respectively, as project manager on the final phases of Endeavour Energy鈥檚 Central North Sea Rochelle subsea development and as study team鈥
Graeme Coutts (pictured) has been appointed a non-executive director of specialist pipeline isolation group STATS. He retired last year following a 21-year career with Expro, during which he held a number of senior roles including president western hemisphere鈥
Jørn Berg has joined subsea acoustic communication and positioning systems specialist Nautronix as VP sales for Norway. Berg, who has 25 years鈥 oil & gas industry experience, will be based at the company鈥檚 newly established Stavanger office.
Keith Gordon (pictured) heads up oil & gas consultancy Maxoil Solutions鈥 new OPS (operations performance strategy) division as consultant. He has more than 40 years鈥 experience in the sector, having held production operations and asset management posts internationally with BP and鈥
Dr Kirsi Tikka, (pictured), a VP and currently chief engineer at ABS, is relocating to London to assume the role of president and COO of the ABS Europe Division, which includes the wider Mediterranean region and Africa. She takes over鈥
Mike Bowyer was presented with Oil & Gas UK鈥檚 prestigious 2012 award for services to safety last month in recognition of his many years supporting the North Sea鈥檚 Step Change in Safety initiative. As co-chair of its workforce engagement steering group鈥
Sietze Hepkema, a Dutch qualified lawyer and former partner with Allen & Overy, has joined SBM 云顶赌场老虎机 as chief governance and compliance officer and will serve on the company鈥檚 management board. The appointment follows a recent review of the company鈥檚 compliance procedures鈥
Rob Fisher (centre) has joined Senergy Development Solutions (SDS), the fast-evolving engineering and project management group established in Aberdeen last August. Previously with Technip, he joins fellow directors Stuart McAuley (left)鈥
The well intervention operation undertaken by Total and Wild Well Control has succeeded in stopping a gas leak at Elgin鈥檚 G4 well, the French supermajor announced on 16 May 2012. Total鈥檚 president of E&P Yves-Louis Darricarrère called the outcome a 鈥榤ajor turning point鈥
