Carlos Chagas de Oliveira, Jnr (pictured) has been promoted to GM Brazil of integrated testing, rentals and specialty services company Greene鈥檚 Energy Group, based in Macaé.
Temporary power specialist Aggreko has entered into an agreement to acquire the entire share capital of South American fellow traveler Companha Brasileira de Locacoes (鈥楶oit Energia鈥) for a cash consideration of £140 million and potentially鈥
Felipe Carvalho has been named as Castrol 云顶赌场老虎机鈥檚 sales manager in Brazil. The company also added certified lubrication specialist Sean Komatinsky, a former US Coast Guard officer, to its regional team.
The water depth record for conventional mooring offshore Brazil was improved by another 12m 鈥 to 2027m 鈥 by InterMoor recently under its one-year mooring and positioning support operations contract with Shell using the mobile offshore drilling unit Noble Clyde Boudreaux (pictured)鈥
Caterpillar鈥檚 new Piracicaba, Sao Paulo manufacturing facility has made its first deliveries to the burgeoning Brazilian offshore market: four Cat 3512 diesel electric propulsion gen sets to Navship, a local shipbuilder operated by Edison Chouest 云顶赌场老虎机.
Torsten Marten (pictured) has taken up the new post of Brazil operations manager at NCS Survey, based in Rio. He joins NCS from Subsea 7, where he was a project surveyor on the Petrobras PRA-1 deepwater tie-in project.
Salaries for oil & gas industry engineers shot up over the past year, rising an average 6.1% across several professional disciplines, according to a new survey released by recruitment firm Hays.The average permanent salary across the survey's sample of 144鈥
One portion of the Golden Triangle 鈥 the Gulf of Mexico 鈥 has slipped a notch in its dominance of the global deepwater play while activities in the other two corners 鈥 West Africa and Brazil 鈥 amped up. In addition, a new region has joined the report this year鈥
A technician works on a manipulator at Schilling Robotics鈥 new regional service and support center in Brazil. The 3000ft2 facility, on the FMC Technologies campus in Macaé, will provide spares, repair, technical training, equipment leasing and logistics management鈥
Norwegian technical ship and rig management services provider Star Information Systems (SIS) is establishing a permanent base in Rio de Janeiro, headed by Hans-Kristian Fjaerem. SIS customers operating in Brazil鈥檚 burgeoning offshore sector include Teekay Petrojarl鈥
José Miranda Formigli Filho (pictured) is the new head of E&P at Petrobras, replacing Guilherme de Oliveira Estrella. Formigli, a civil engineer, has served the Brazilian state oil company in E&P roles for 29 years, latterly as Pre-salt E&P executive manager鈥
National Oilwell Varco is looking to establish a major foothold in the flexible pipe business with the acquisition of Danish manufacturer NKT Flexibles, a joint venture between NKT Holding and Subsea 7 since 1999.The $670 million deal, announced early February鈥
Mustang has acquired a majority stake in Latin American automation and control engineering and consulting firm ISI Solutions for an initial consideration of $5.2 million. The company will be rebranded ISI Mustang and will continue to be led by Pedro Santamaria and the existing management team.
Bruno Santos Pinton has been named as McCrometer鈥檚 regional sales manager for Brazil. He joins the company from Atlas Copco, where he was key account sales representative for oil & gas in Brazil.
Matt Walsh has been named as American Electric Technologies鈥 VP, South America business development, a newly created role focused on building the company鈥檚 market share in the Brazilian oil & gas and marine markets. Walsh rejoins the company鈥
