Talos Energy Names Spath EVP & Head of Operations
Operations, and Drilling Manager since joining Talos in 2013. He brings over 28 years of energy industry experience spanning roles in engineering, offshore operations, deepwater drilling, and senior management. Spath began his career at McDermott as a Process Engineer, followed by over eight years at Marathon Oil Corporation, leading offshore projects as a Facilities Engineer, Production Foreman, and Deepwater Drilling Engineer. Spath served as an independent consultant on deepwater drilling and completion projects at Mariner Energy, Stone Energy, Deep Gulf Energy, and Helix Energy Solutions Group before
Equatorial Guinea Punishes Subsea 7
in the oil sector have an obligation to work within the confines of our very flexible and pragmatic local content regulations," Gabriel Obiang Lima, minister of hydrocarbons and mines said in a statement.Operators ordered to stop working with Subsea 7 include Noble Energy, Exxon Mobil and Marathon Oil .Subsea 7 was not immediately available to comment on the banning order, although it said in September it was aware of the increased focus on local content and would "work closely with authorities to ensure we meet all applicable local regulations."Obiang Lima said he was encouraged
Maersk Oil CEO to Step Down after Total Takeover
Oil, Gretchen Watkins, will leave the company when Total's acquisition of the company has been completed, Maersk said Wednesday. Watkins joined Maersk Oil as Chief Operating Officer in January 2014 and took the role of CEO in October last year. Prior to joining Maersk Oil, she had worked at Marathon Oil and BP. Total agreed last month to buy the oil and gas business of A.P. Moller-Maersk for $7.45 billion, strengthening the French major's operations in the North Sea. The current COO at Maersk Oil, Martin Rune Pedersen, will become vice president of Total's operations in Norway
Cairn Energy Appoints Two Directors
and Electricity Markets Authority, which has supervisory responsibility for Ofgem. Peter Kallos Peter Kallos completed an undergraduate degree in Applied Physics at Strathclyde University followed by a postgraduate degree in Petroleum Engineering, starting his career as a Petroleum Engineer at Marathon Oil in 1982. Following a period at Carless Exploration, he joined Enterprise Oil in 1988 where he held a number of senior management positions including Head of Business Development, CEO Enterprise Italy and General Manager of the UK business during which he was appointed to Enterprise’s Executive
