Hornblower Names Peakes EVP and CFO
from Rice University where he played Division I basketball and was a two-time Academic All-American, and the Southwest Conference Scholar Athlete of the Year. He gained his MBA from Harvard Business School. Additionally, Peakes serves on the board of directors for Trecora Resources and Diamond Offshore Drilling, and he is chairman of the board of advisors for Rice University Jones School of Management
Well-Safe Buys Seadrill Rig for North Sea P&A. Move to Create 100 New Jobs
Well-Safe Solutions has bought Seadrill's 1993-built West Epsilon jack-up rig, in a move that the company says will create a 100 new jobs.This will be Well-Safe's second rig in the fleet following the company’s acquisition of the Well-Safe Guardian semi-submersible drilling rig from Diamond Offshore in April 2019. The new addition to the fleet will be renamed the Well-Safe Protector. Well-Safe will now kick-off an upgrade and modification program for the jack-up, to make the rig ready for enhanced plug and abandonment projects in early 2021.Well-Safe said the rig fleet expansion would
Online Tool Helps Assess Drilling Safety
reinforce the competency of roustabouts.Developed as part of the OPITO Skills Screening online tool, a comprehensive question bank has been created by the International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC) with input from members Awilco (UK) Ltd, Transocean, Valaris, COSL Drilling Europe and Diamond Offshore.OPITO, a not-for-profit skills organization for the energy industry, said its Skills Screening tool provides an accessible online solution for organizations looking to assess the knowledge and understanding of current and potential employees across a wide range of disciplines and roles, including
Diamond Offshore Names Senior VP, CFO
Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. has appointed Kelly Youngblood as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, to be effective May 3, 2016. Youngblood succeeds Gary T. Krenek, who is retiring after 33 years of service to the Company and its predecessors. Prior to joining the company, Youngblood held a variety of managerial positions with Halliburton Company, where he most recently served as Vice President, Investor Relations. Youngblood joined Halliburton in 1988 as a Staff Accountant and served in numerous financial management positions for Halliburton and its subsidiaries
Long Joins SEACOR Holdings as Executive VP
Officer. Long brings to SEACOR more than 20 years of business and legal experience with publicly-traded companies. Prior to joining SEACOR Holdings, Long served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of GulfMark Offshore, Inc., and previously spent more than 17 years with Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc., where he was Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary. Long holds a Juris Doctorate degree, a Masters of Business Administration, and a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Houston. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas
