People on the move

Compiled by Ariana Hurtado, Editor and Director of Special Reports

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Murphy Oil Corp.'s board of directors has appointed Eric M. Hambly, Murphy’s current president and COO, to succeed Roger W. Jenkins as the company's president and CEO, effective Jan. 1, 2025. Hambly also will become a member of the board of directors. Jenkins will retire from the board on Dec. 31, 2024. He will remain with Murphy in a non-executive role as an adviser until his retirement on Dec. 31, 2025. Read more.

geoLOGIC systems has named Satvinder Flore CEO and a board member. Former CEO David Hood, who remains a significant shareholder, has assumed the role of chair of the company’s board of directors.

Geoquip Marine has appointed Rune Olav Pedersen CEO, effective Jan. 1, 2025. He has spent the last 14 years at PGS and led its successful turnaround and merger with TGS. Pedersen will be based at Geoquip’s headquarters in Switzerland and takes over from outgoing CEO Richard Turner, who has accepted a role closer to his family in the UK. Read more.

Björn Stignor has accepted the position as CEO of Furetank, a Swedish, family-owned shipping company active in tanker shipping.

Offshore drilling contractor Northern Ocean has named Eirik Sunde its new chief commercial officer. Effective Dec. 1, Sunde will join Northern Ocean from Transocean, where he has served as senior marketing manager, overseeing commercial processes for the Norwegian sector.

Technip Energies has appointed Benjamin Lechuga chief strategy and sustainability officer and a member of the Group Executive Committee. He will oversee strategy, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and sustainability agendas. Technip Energies also appointed Robert Scott managing director for the Americas. He is now responsible for Technip Energies’ operating centers in Houston, Claremont, Boston and Bogota. Read more.

FAR Ltd. has named Linh Gigler CFO and Michael Sapountzis company secretary. Claire Newstead-Sinclair resigned as company secretary and CFO on Sept. 26.

Tom Osterman has been selected as president of Aimbridge Energy Group, a manufacturer and solutions provider for renewable energy systems and primarily DC-coupled microgrid implementations.

EnerMech has promoted Ruairi Kerr to the role of senior vice president, business development.

Well-Safe Solutions has selected Adrin Shafil as the company's country manager for the Malaysian market.

CONSUB, a subsea engineering and project management consultancy, has named Adrian Baxter field services manager.

Renewable energy consultancy and service provider, Natural Power, has appointed Christopher Smith head of grid services.

Lara Jewinat, one of the employee-elected members of the board of directors of Ørsted, has stepped down as board member. The first alternate, Leticia Torres Mandiola (lead strategy consultant, commercial), has replaced Jewinat as a board member.

SEACOR Marine Holdings Inc. has appointed Lisa P. Young an independent member of its board of directors, in a move that expands the marine services company's board from five to six members.

Susan Jones has been appointed a non-executive director of Carnarvon Energy.

Company news

Eni has completed a combination of much of its UK upstream assets with those owned by Ithaca Energy. Not included are Eni’s interests in the East Irish Sea and its UK carbon capture and storage activities. Read more.

Macquarie Asset Management, via Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund 7, entered into an agreement late last month to acquire ZITON, an offshore wind operations and maintenance business. Read more.

Vallourec has reached an agreement to acquire thermal insulation pipe coating services provider Thermotite do Brasil for $17.5 million. Read more.

SLB will inaugurate its new Integrated Performance Excellence (IPX) Center in Luanda next month. This is designed to support full life-cycle oil and gas projects in Angola. Read more.

The New Bedford Foss Marine Terminal has opened its first deepwater berth in Massachusetts after two years of demolition and construction to support North America’s emerging wind energy sector. Read more.

Windar Renovables has begun work on adapting the land it has acquired in Asturias, Spain, for the manufacture of monopiles for offshore wind turbine foundations. The new factory will be complete in 2027. Read more.

JDR Cables has opened a new service center in Macaé, Brazil, to provide local technical and service support for umbilicals and subsea cables.

Houston-headquartered JDR Cables, part of the TFKable Group, has opened a new service center in Macaé, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The service center began operations in third-qaurter 2024, providing in-country technical and service support for umbilicals and related equipment, including asset management, repairs and maintenance, and supply of products such as hydraulic jumpers. Read more.

Rovco and Vaarst have entered into merger, creating a new brand Beam to boost their offshore wind services. Read more.

WTS Energy, a provider of workforce solutions for the energy and infrastructure sectors, has expanded into Saudi Arabia with the establishment of WTS Energy Arabia. The new entity has operations in Riyadh and the Eastern Province.

Independent consultancy Safetec Nordic AS has been sold to testing service provider TÜV Rheinland.

3t, a UK-headquartered provider of training for safety-critical industries, has made its seventh acquisition with the purchase of GTSC, an energy training business in the Middle East, which increases its presence across the region in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt.

Fulkrum, a specialist in inspection, expediting, auditing and technical staffing services, has opened its new regional support center in Abu Dhabi.

South Bow Corp. is launching as an independent company after completing its planned separation from TC Energy Corp. South Bow is a liquids pipelines company that connects Canadian crude oil supply to the refining markets in the US Midwest and Gulf Coast.

Chesapeake Energy Corp. and Southwestern Energy Co. closed on their combination Oct. 1, rebranding as Expand Energy Corp. Expand Energy says it is the largest independent natural gas producer in the US.