Independent oil and gas company Iona Energy has made changes to its senior management team. The company, which has a number of assets in the North Sea, announced four new appointments. Robert Gair will join the team from Trinity Exploration and Production as chief financial officer and Kevin Holley has become its corporate controller.
Speeding down the runway at 160mph, Divya Reddy was leaving everything she ever knew – her family, her home, the only country she had ever lived in. At an age when most young women are off fulfilling gap years or just starting to consider which career path they should embark upon, Divya was on her way to one of the most remote parts of the world to work long hours in unforgiving conditions. For the India native, the assignment wasn’t forced. Instead the young Shell engineer graduate volunteered for the post in Siberia, hoping it would give her the kind of industry exposure she could only dream of. It was a move that would later see her scoop the Young Asian Woman of Achievement award and become one of Shell’s youngest ever subsurface field leads.
Centrica, the UKs biggest energy supplier, has announced its managing director of international downstream Chris Weston, will leave the company in December. Mr Weston has been with company for the past 11 years, leading a number of businesses in both North America and the UK.
The new managing director of Opito said there are “significant parallels” between the RAF and the oil and gas industry.
Philippe Sauquet has been appointed as the new president of refining and chemicals with Total, following Patrick Poyanne’s promotion to chief executive officer. His appointment follows the death of Total boss Christophe de Margerie earlier this month in Russia.
Norwegian oil, gas and renewables engineering and construction firm Aibel is set to cut 300 jobs. The company said the employees in Stavanger, Oslo, Haugesund and Stjordal would be affected by the move.
A director with rig company Seadrill has stepped down from his position on the board. Carl Erik Steen resigned from the board with immediate effect, and a successor has been chosen to take his place.
Norwegian Energy Company ASA (Noreco) has named its recommendations to replace its existing board.
Statoil has appointed a new senior vice president.
A special commission has been set up by Azerbaijan’s state owned oil company SOCAR, after three workers were killed in an accident at an oil and gas platform in the Caspian Sea. A statement from SOCAR said structures had collapsed during repair works after a wagon-house fell into the sea and caused a fire.
The former chief operating officer of BG Group, Martin J Houston, has launched an LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) business. Parallax Energy announced the launch of its worldwide headquarters in Houston this week.
The chief executive and deputy of Russia’s Vnukovo airport have both resigned following the death of Total boss Christophe de Margerie. In a statement the airport said it had accepted the resignations of Andrei Dyakov and his deputy Sergei Solnstev.
Total SA will appoint Patrick Pouyanne chief executive officer, succeeding Christophe de Margerie, killed in a plane crash earlier this week.
GDF Suez SA promoted chief financial officer Isabelle Kocher to deputy chief executive officer, putting her on track to succeed Gerard Mestrallet at the helm of Europe’s biggest natural gas pipeline operator and ending an internal leadership battle.
A new managing director has been appointed to Cairn India, the company has announced. Mayank Ashar has more than 36 years’ experience in the oil and gas industry, working at BP, Petro-Canada and Suncor Energy.
French oil giant Total said it will continue to "move froward" following the death of chief executive officer Christophe de Margerie.
Oil giant Total said a meeting will be held between its Governance and Ethics Committee and the board of directors following the death of CEO Christophe de Margerie. The 63-year-old died when his airplane struck a snowplow on a Moscow runway, ending a career in which he oversaw the biggest expansion of oil reserves at the French energy giant in at least 15 years.
Oilex has launched a search for new non-executive directors.
BG Group Plc appointed Statoil ASA’s Helge Lund as chief executive officer, ending a leadership crisis at the UK’s third-largest oil and gas producer.
Ferguson Group of Kintore, Aberdeenshire, has appointed a new chief executive hot on the heels of its £320million acquisition by Australian group Brambles.
Building science centre BRE has appointed a new chief scientist and engineer.
Young people are much more in favour of renewables than fracking for shale, a poll suggests. The survey revealed that 18-24-year-olds who were aware of fracking wanted the Government to develop other sources of energy in the UK, with 44% backing solar as one of the technologies they most favoured, 41% for wind and 38% for tidal power.
Warrego Energy, the Aberdeen-based gas developer and producer with a potentially lucrative onshore asset in Western Australia, has appointed a full-time chief financial officer.
The 2014 Press and Journal Energy Ball once again lived up to its reputation as the premier night of the region’s social calendar.
Norwegian energy firm Statoil may lose an additional 500 workers on top of 1,400 positions which have already been eliminated. The cuts are believed to affect offshore workers and will be made in a bid to cut costs and improve efficiency.