Schlumberger,
Paris, has announced a series of key management changes targeting technology integration and enhanced service delivery. With these changes, the Schlumberger Product Group technology portfolio will be further streamlined while backed by a closely linked Research, Engineering, Manufacturing, and Sustaining organization. In addition to this change in technology development and deployment, closer integration will also improve efficiency across Area and GeoMarket field operations. Reporting to Chakib Sbiti, executive vice-president, will be Product Group presidents Paal Kibsgaard, Reservoir Characterization; Doug Pferdehirt, Reservoir Production; and Jeff Spath, Reservoir Management. Also reporting to Sbiti are Charles Woodburn, vice president, Engineering, Manufacturing, and Sustaining; and Satish Pai, vice-president, Operations. Reporting to Pai are area presidents Mark Corrigan, Europe, Africa, and CIS, with headquarters in Paris; Bill Coates, North America, and located in Houston; Cesar Jaime, Latin America, and based in Rio de Janeiro; and Aaron Gatt, Florida, Middle East, and Asia and headquartered in Dubai. In addition, Miguel Galuccio, president of Schlumberger Integrated Project Management, reports to Pai.
Schlumberger is the world’s leading supplier of technology, integrated project management, and information solutions to the global oil and gas industry.
O’Brien’s Response Management Inc.,
Houston, has named Tim O’Leary vice-president of communications to lead its news media and public relations services, a newly created component to its emergency response and crisis management business. O’Leary previously worked at Shell Oil Co. for nearly 8 years, where he provided communications services to a variety of Shell business units and served as a company spokesperson. He was also the crisis management focal point for Shell in North America. O’Leary is a retired US Navy commander and qualified as a US Navy surface warfare officer. He served on a variety of ships and shore stations and was also designated with a subspecialty in public affairs, a field in which he worked most during his 20-year Navy career.
O’Brien’s is a global provider of environmental compliance, emergency preparedness, response management, disaster services, and crisis management for numerous industry sectors and government agencies.
Subsea 7 Inc.,
George Town, Cayman Islands, has acquired through its subsidiary Subsea 7 Ltd. the exclusive global license rights for a new subsea hot tap technology known as Subsea Grouted Tee (SSGT). SSGT enables intervention activities to be carried out on high- and low-pressure subsea pipelines, without the need for major hyperbaric welding operations. The Grouted Tee technology was first developed by Advantica, now GL Industrial Services UK Ltd., in the 1990s and used on cross-country, high-pressure onshore pipelines and distribution networks worldwide. In 2006, Subsea 7 embarked with GL on an industry-sponsored joint industry project to convert the technology for subsea applications.
Subsea 7 is one of the world’s leading subsea engineering and construction companies, offering all the expertise and assets that make SURF (subsea umbilical, riser, and flowline) field development possible.
ITS Group,
Aberdeen, formed ITS Arabia Ltd. following a joint venture agreement with Saudi Arabian services company Shoaibi Group. The JV will be based in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia, and provide a wide range of drilling equipment and associated services to regional oil and gas companies. Plans are under way to establish a machine shop facility for manufacturing , repair, and inspection activity, which will support further investment in equipment and personnel during the next 18-24 months. The JV offers drill pipe, drill collars, stabilizers, drilling jars, casing running equipment, fishing tools, and pressure control equipment for sale or rent. In addition, ITS Arabia offers fishing, tubular running, and other machine shop services.
ITS, active in Saudi Arabia for 3 years, offers drilling and pressure control equipment, casing running and fishing services, and machine shop manufacturing, inspection, and refurbishment services.
Shoaibi Group provides oil and gas services through strategic partnerships and is also involved in the power, IT, and telecommunications sectors in the Middle East and North Africa.
Mustang Engineering,
Houston, has appointed A.J. Cortez and John W. Dalton Sr. to the newly created positions of executive vice-presidents. Cortez has worldwide oversight of four of Mustang’s six business units: Upstream, Pipeline, Process Plants, and Automation & Control. Cortez has 34 years experience in the design, project, and construction management of oil and gas projects. He is a graduate of Texas A&M University and a member of the National Society of Professional Engineers. Dalton has oversight for global engineering, project services, construction operations, and the Midstream and Process & Industrial Business Units. A graduate of the University of Houston, he has more than 37 years of industry experience and serves as 2009 chairman of the executive committee for the Construction Industry Institute.
Mustang, a unit of Wood Group, provides design, engineering, procurement, project management, and construction management services to the upstream oil and gas, midstream, and refining and petrochemicals industries.