Wintershall Dea Appoints New COO
Oil and gas company Wintershall Dea will name Dawn Summers to the Executive Board and as Chief Operating Officer (COO).As COO, she will be responsible for the Business Units Germany, Norway, the Netherlands, UK and Denmark, Egypt, Libya, Algeria and UAE as of 1 June 2020.Summers has more than 25 years of extensive international experience in the oil and gas industry and has worked for BP, Genel Energy, Origin Energy, and Beach Energy, among others.For the last two years, Dawn has served as Chief Operating Officer of the Australian oil and gas producer Beach Energy. Prior to that she was Chief Operating
Cudós Tapped to Lead Engineering and Construction for SENER
and Construction area. He was, until now, the country manager of SENER in Mexico. SENER's Engineering and Construction area, which will be managed by Cudós, comprises three Business Units: Infrastructure and Transport; Renewables, Power, Oil & Gas; and Marine. It has branches in Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, South Korea, Chile, China, United Arab Emirates, Spain, USA, Morocco, Mexico, Portugal, UK, and South Africa.Cudós joined SENER in October 2012 in the energy sector. He worked as Assistant Project Manager in the biomass plant for ENCE in Mérida
Hardy Takes Over as Vitol CEO
and Shell and ultimately became their biggest trading competitor. Taylor executed dozens of deals with countries viewed a politically risky by lending money to governments in exchange for oil in places ranging from Iraq's Kurdish region and Nigeria to Kazakhstan, and most recently OPEC member Algeria. Vitol also played a key role during the 2011 uprising that toppled Libya's Muammar Ghaddafi by providing fuel to rebel groups, supported by Britain and its allies, to be later repaid with crude cargoes. For many years, Taylor has also been one of the most active donors of the
DP World Trains Next Generation
employees working in schools that are local to where it operates across six continents to help boost skills, aspirations and knowledge of the sector amongst young people. The need for education The survey focused on parents of children aged 6 to 14 in the UAE, KSA, Egypt, Morocco and Algeria with responses combined to gain an understanding of the situation across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. It found that fewer than three in ten parents know what ‘trade and logistics’ means. Knowledge was highest in the UAE, where 40% understood the term, followed by KSA
GAC UK Appoints Chartering & Project Manager
Chartering & Project Manager. A ship broker and agent for 27 years working with heavy lift carriers such as BigLift, Rolldock, Jumbo and CPC, Kenney has managed turnkey projects worldwide including multimodal contracts to China, Russia, Argentina, Brazil, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Algeria. For the last seven years, Kenney has managed his own company, Project Navigation. He is the latest addition to GAC UK’s newly-formed nationwide team of specialist Product Managers dedicated to different sectors. Based in GAC UK’s Southampton & London Heathrow offices,
Algeria's Sonatrach appoints new chief executive
Algeria's state energy firm Sonatrach has named Amine Mazouzi as its new chief executive to replace interim head Said Sahnoun, who had been appointed less than a year ago, two industry sources said on Sunday. Mazouzi, a younger-generation manager in Sonatrach's production development department, will take the helm as the North African country seeks to draw more foreign oil investment and offset a fall in world crude prices. A Sonatrach spokesman was not immediately available for confirmation. An official ceremony to appoint Mazouzi is expected later on Sunday, the two industry sources
Intertek Invests in O&G Lab in Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates (UAE) and works with national oil companies to deliver third-party inspection, expediting, quality assurance, and asset integrity management services on major projects. The UAE regional offices also extend service support into Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait, India, Iraq, Algeria and other countries.
