KBR Inc.
Houston, has announced creation of three new business units: technology, downstream, and services. Named to lead these new business units are Tim Challand, president, KBR Technology; John Quinn, president, KBR Downstream; and David Zimmerman, president, KBR Services.
Challand previously was senior vice-president of KBR Downstream. Quinn and Zimmerman will continue in their previous positions until successors are identified: Quinn as chief executive officer for M.W. Kellogg Ltd., KBR’s 55% owned operation in Greenford, UK, and Zimmerman as senior vice-president of engineering, procurement, construction, and services.
KBR Technology will encompass the company’s portfolio of intellectual property assets, and will grow this sector through acquisition and development of new technologies across the hydrocarbon value chain.
KBR Services includes KBR’s industrial and maintenance services businesses, North American construction, and Canadian fabrication operations.
These announcements follow the recent appointments of John Rose as president of KBR Upstream, and Bruce Stanski as president of KBR Government and Infrastructure.
KBR Inc. is a global engineering, construction, and services company supporting the energy, petrochemicals, government services, and civil infrastructure sectors.
Hercules Offshore Inc.
Houston, has appointed Larry Francois as chief executive officer and president of its subsidiary, Delta Towing. Francois most recently served as senior vice-president of operations for Trico Marine Services Inc. Earlier in his 30-year industry career, he held operational and management positions with Seabulk Offshore, Tidewater Inc., Zapata Gulf Marine Corp., Western Co. of North America, and Dillingham Maritime.
Hercules Offshore Inc. operates a fleet of 33 jackup rigs, 27 barge rigs, 65 liftboats, three submersible rigs, nine land rigs, one platform rig, and a fleet of marine support vessels. The company offers a range of services to oil and gas producers including drilling, well service, platform inspection, maintenance, and decommissioning operations in shallow waters.
ABB
Zurich, Switzerland, has announced agreement to sell its Lummus Global business to Netherlands-based Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. (CB&I). With this divestment, ABB finalizes its strategy of focusing on its core business in power and automation technology.
Lummus Global is a leading provider of proprietary process technologies, project management, and engineering, procurement and construction management services to the upstream and downstream oil and gas, petrochemical, and refining industries worldwide. The company employs about 2,400 people.
