U.S. Offshore Vessel Owner Harvey Gulf Welcomes Philip Luongo as Executive VP
U.S.-based offshore vessel owner Harvey Gulf International Marine has said that Philip Luongo, a New York native and graduate of the United States Merchant Marine Academy, has joined the company. After graduating Kings Point, Luongo upgraded his Unlimited U.S. Coast Guard License by sailing on deep sea vessels and operating production platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. Luongo then transitioned shore side where he worked for BP for nine years, holding various leadership roles supporting the U.S Gulf of Mexico, Angola, Trinidad, Canada, and Brazil. Luongo joins Harvey Gulf as Executive Vice
Shell Taps Danos for U.S. Gulf of Mexico Workforce
U.S. oilfield services provider Danos has won a contract with Shell to provide a production workforce across Shell production assets in the Gulf of Mexico.The assets to be covered by the agreement include Appomattox, Auger, Enchilada, Salsa, Mars, Ursa, Olympus, Perdido and Stones.While Danos informed of the Shell deal on Thursday, June 25, the three-year contract began on May 1.The deal will see 144 Danos personnel employed in a variety of positions including crane operations, control room and process operators, electricians, electronic technicians, instrument technicians, logistics, and onsite
Otto Energy Looking to Appoint Gulf of Mexico Veteran as New CEO
within Woodside’s overseas businesses in Africa.Allen has agreed to remain with Otto Energy as a senior advisor for a period of six months to assist with the leadership transition to a new successor. Australia-headquartered Otto Energy, with exploration and production assets in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and Texas, said it has started the process of finding a suitable replacement to be located in the company’s office in Houston USA. "It is intended that Mr. Allen’s successor will be a US oil and gas executive with extensive experience in the Gulf of Mexico," the
Maersk Drilling Axes Dozens of Staff
Maersk Drilling USA is laying off 84 employees who work aboard the Maersk Viking (UDW drillship), located in the Gulf of Mexico, and report directly to the company’s office in Houston, Houston Chronicle reported quoting data sent to the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC). The employees, who received notification of the layoffs on Jan. 12, report to the company's office at 2500 CityWest Boulevard. They will continue to work for the next two months until their employment is terminated, according to the WARN notice. The termination will likely be permanent unless the company
Roan Joins IMCA in North America
. “He will play a key role in our dialogue with industry regulators and within our extensive network of members in the United States.” Based in Houston, Roan has worked in a variety of regulatory compliance and advocacy roles for several oil companies and drilling contractors in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. He has over 20 years of marine and offshore oil and gas industry experience, including four years as a U.S. Coast Guard Port State Control Officer. Prior to joining IMCA Eric was a Program Manager at the Center for Offshore Safety where he facilitated industry groups tasked with implementing
Johnson Joins Foss in HSQE Role
, where he served in various capacities including Director of Worldwide Fleet Management, Asset Technical Director, and most recently as manager of TechnipFMC's contract with Marine Well Containment Company. Before joining TechnipFMC, Johnson held various positions with BP's Alaskan, Shipping and U.S. Gulf of Mexico businesses, and began his career working as a U.S. Coast Guard licensed engineering officer aboard commercial, military sealift and government vessels in domestic and international trade. Johnson is an active participant in industry committees and working groups, including currently
ROVOP to Create New Jobs on GoM Growth
service operator to provide ROV services for pre-lay survey, riser inspection and crossing fabrication with concrete mattresses. Both projects build on ROVOP’s track record for delivering inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR), decommissioning and installation projects in the US Gulf of Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela and Mexico as well as West Africa and South East Asia over the last three years. In support of these project wins, ROVOP - which currently employs around 135 people globally - continues to actively recruit for its full service Western Hemisphere base in Houston and
Maersk Drilling Aims to Scale Up Personnel Diversity
in 14 countries and its employees represent 65 nationalities. A diverse workplace yes – but the company says its aim is to scale up diversity even further as Maersk Drilling accelerates growth towards 2018. Maersk Drilling’s growth strategy is currently centred on West Africa, the US Gulf of Mexico and Norway. This will inevitably affect the nationality distribution of our employees with especially more Africans and Americans joining the company. “With a more diverse workplace, we increase our opportunity to get our share of global talent, both onshore and offshore”, explains
Excelerate Energy & the Year of LNG
very definitely looking at the U.S. as the center of our business. As such, developing cost effective capabilities to address seasonal and regional demand swings was key to our plan. To that end, we developed our first generation FSRUs as well as complimentary terminal infrastructure in the UK, the US Gulf of Mexico, and in the Northeastern US offshore Boston. As these efforts were completed and moved into commercial operatons, the full impact of the technological advances in the development of shale gas really started to became apparent. And more specifically, what has this meant for your company
