Yasser Mufti (pictured) has been named Saudi Arabia governor for the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. He replaces Majid al-Moneef, a candidate to succeed Abdalla Salem el-Badri as Opec secretary general later this year.
Iran is a problem that can be resolved as Alexander the Great solved the Gordian knot 鈥 whatever cannot be untied can be cut. Although a sudden and catastrophic event, buoyed by headlines, may push the price of oil to over $150, measures already taken will settle the situation relatively quickly鈥
Richard Jackson (pictured), previously Wireline Engineering鈥檚 sales manager for Europe, has relocated from Aberdeen to Abu Dhabi to take over as the firm鈥檚 Asia Pacific divisional sales manager.
Iran is a problem that can be resolved as Alexander the Great solved the Gordian knot 鈥 whatever cannot be untied can be cut. Although a sudden and catastrophic event, buoyed by headlines, may push the price of oil to over $150, measures already taken will settle the situation relatively quickly鈥
Craig Muir has been appointed MD of Petrofac鈥檚 engineering & consulting services business and will be based in the Sharjah office. Most recently Muir was Amec鈥檚 Abu Dhabibased EVP responsible for regional growth in the Middle East, Africa and the CIS.
The mix of orders for all categories of drillings rigs continues, with Asia Pacific and Middle East shipyards and their overseas affiliates indicating a marked drift away from jackups and towards ever larger semisubmersibles and ultra-deepwater drillships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.
Danny Murray (pictured) has been appointed to the newly created position of business development manager for the Middle East and North Africa at TWMA, which recently announced plans to set up a base in Dubai. He previously worked for R&M Energy Systems and Varco.
Rami Miled has been appointed HB Rentals鈥 BDM for the Middle East and North Africa, based between the company鈥檚 facilities in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah.
Vikas Shangari has joined Stats Group as BDM for the Middle East. He was previously Qatar country manager for Hydratight. Aberdeen-based Stats is in the process of establishing a business unit in Doha, Qatar, and a branch in the UAE.
Weatherford has taken delivery of the first ten of 14 Atlas Copco XAS 186 portable energy compressors ordered for Middle East cementing operations offshore and onshore. Eight of them feature special skid frames and additional 鈥榓dd ons鈥 specified鈥
云顶赌场老虎机 rig and vessel repair continues to produce attractive returns for yards that are well placed strategically and geographically. OE checks out the latest developments at two players 鈥 one in Bahrain, the other in Gibraltar 鈥 still relatively鈥
The big news coming out of Europe is that it is running out of money, but is Europe also running out of gas? Infield Systems' Peter Kiernan(left) and Dr Roger Knight discuss the future of Europe's gas supply in the light of the growing need to secure energy from Russia and the Middle East鈥
Marin Subsea was called out recently for an operation central to allowing Iraq 鈥 the world's fifth largest holder of crude oil reserves 鈥 to properly exploit its estimated 143 billion barrels. David Morgan looks at how the job was planned and painstakingly executed鈥
Iraq's large oil-production potential could put it in a position to vie for leadership with Saudi Arabia in the world oil scene in the coming decades.But a study released by Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy finds that in the near term鈥
