Foreship Appoints Sward to Head US Operations
,” says Sward. “Obviously, COVID-19 has disrupted the business world in 2020 but I look forward to meeting the challenges we face working alongside my friends and colleagues at Foreship.”Sward can also call on oil and gas expertise, having served as a Technical Consultant for Granherne (KBR) based in Houston, focusing on floating production and storage offshore (FPSO) vessels.“Ben’s previous contribution to Foreship was very much appreciated within the organisation and by colleagues, clients and by shipyard partners,” says Lauri Haavisto, Foreship CEO. “We experienced
Curtin Joins Acteon as TerraSond Managing Director
services for the marine and subsea renewables, nearshore construction and oil and gas sectors, announced that Bill Curtin is joining as the managing director of geospatial solutions company TerraSond.Curtin has international engineering, procurement and construction industry experience, including leading KBR’s engineering and construction operations for the Americas region. His project execution experience includes pre-front-end-engineering design, front-end-engineering design and detailed engineering, procurement and construction projects working in contractor and client company joint ventures
McDermott Names Senior VP for EMEA Region
engineering and construction industry with domestic and international assignments for oil and gas projects. Prior to McDermott's combination with CB&I in 2018, he was CB&I's Group Vice President, Engineering and Construction International. Prior to joining CB&I in 2000, he worked with KBR for two years and Consolidated Contractors Company for seven years.Kawash has a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from Tufts University and a master's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Virginia. He also attended management and leadership programs at Rice University
Subsea 7 CEO Will Retire at Year End
worked for Transocean and Schlumberger. Following his retirement as CEO, he will continue with Subsea 7 as a Non-Executive Director.Evans has been COO of Subsea 7 since he joined the company in 2005 and has over 30 years’ experience in the offshore energy services industry. He previously worked for KBR in a number of general management, commercial and operational roles.Subsea 7 COO John Evans will take over as CEO effective January 1, 2020 (Photo: Subsea 7
HII, KBR to Manage Aussie's Naval Shipbuilding College
Huntington Ingalls Industries announced that Australia’s Department of Defence has awarded a contract to Naval Shipbuilding Institute (NSI), a joint venture between HII’s Technical Solutions division and Kellogg Brown and Root’s (KBR) Government Services division, to establish and manage Australia’s new Naval Shipbuilding College. This effort is in support of Australia’s mission to recapitalize its shipbuilding and maritime sustainment industry over the next several decades. In announcing the request for proposals in 2017, Minster of Defence Industry Christopher
HII’s Technical Solutions Division Appoints Two
named director of communications. Anderson brings 20 years of multifunctional human resources experience supporting organizations in the government services, aerospace and defense, commercial and high technology industries. Most recently, she led human resources for the engineering business of KBRWyle, following KBR’s acquisition of Honeywell Technical Solutions, Inc. Prior to joining Honeywell, she held HR leadership roles of increasing responsibility for The Boeing Co., Harris Corp. and Raytheon. She earned an undergraduate degree at Michigan State University in German with a dual major
Kondapi Named Subsea Director at Texas A&M
Dr. Phaneendra Kondapi has joined the College of Engineering at Texas A&M University as the director for subsea engineering. Kondapi brings to the position more than 20 years of experience in the industry with FMC Technologies and KBR, where he focused on engineering and consulting projects worldwide. As the KBR Adjunct Professor of Subsea Engineering at the University of Houston, he helped develop the first subsea engineering program in the United States. “We are very pleased to have Dr. Kondapi join Texas A&M’s subsea engineering program as director
Magnolia LNG Completes Management Team
application of LNGL’s proprietary OSMR® for the MLNG facility. Richard will lead technology interface on behalf of MLNG with other process licensors (i.e. BASF for the acid gas removal system), major rotating equipment and package equipment suppliers, and provide technology support to the KBR‐SKE&C USA contractor joint venture efforts. He will also support the expansion of the LNGL OSMR® process application to subsequent projects. Mr. Wheeler is a UK Chartered Engineer with over 20 years oil and gas industry process experience including the last 12 years with the BG Group supporting