Nuvia Names Hill Business Manager

- Nuvia Names Hill Business Manager

Monday, September 12, 2011
Nuvia SITA NORM Limited

Nuvia SITA NORM has appointed a manager for its new Stoneyhill NORM Treatment Facility, near Peterhead, U.K.

Ewan Hill has been appointed to the position of Business Manager for Nuvia SITA NORM. He is now tasked, not only with managing the new facility, but also overseeing safe operations, ensuring environmental compliance and developing the business as a whole.

Ewan is a Chartered Waste Manager, has a Masters Degree in Environmental Studies and over 10 years' experience in the waste management industry, having worked previously in contaminated soil remediation and as a waste minimization manager with Glasgow City Council. Ewan also has experience of the oil and gas industry through a position with Denholm Industrial Services.

Nuvia SITA NORM is a specialist joint venture company that brings together the nuclear industry experience of Nuvia Limited, one of the UK's leading radiation protection and radioactive waste experts, with the recycling and waste management capabilities of SITA UK.

The company's new NORM treatment facility at Stoneyhill near Peterhead will clean and recycle equipment from North Sea oil and gas operations affected by naturally occurring radioactive materials. It will present the industry with the means to comply with new environmental regulations governing the treatment and disposal of NORM waste.

NORM is the acronym for Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material and is a term used to describe low levels of radioactivity that exist naturally in the geological environment. It is found in a variety of bulk commodities, process wastes and commercial items, such as sands, china clays and soils, granite, coal and groundwater. It is also a by-product of the oil and gas industry and develops as a mineral scale on the inside of pipes and valves.

NORM-affected equipment delivered to Stoneyhill will be cleaned inside a custom built containment with ultra high powered water jets to safely remove mineral scale. Once de-scaled, metals and pipework will either be reused or recycled and the treated waste consigned to landfill under authorization at SITA UK's adjoining Stoneyhill site.

Commenting on his appointment, Ewan said, "With all major works on the construction of the facility now complete, commissioning is well underway and I'm looking forward to firmly establishing the business as an essential part of the supply chain for the region's oil and gas operators."

The company has also appointed a supervisor for the facility and is now seeking to appoint a number of water jetting and descaling operatives at the site and invites applications in writing to Ewan Hill, Business Manager, Nuvia SITA NORM Treatment Facility, Stoneyhill Resource Recovery Park, Long Haven, Peterhead, AB42 0PR.

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EDS Welcomes New Area Manager for Marcellus Ops

- EDS Welcomes New Area Manager for Marcellus Ops

Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Environmental Drilling Solutions LLC

Environmental Drilling Solutions, (EDS), a leader in solids control, cuttings processing and zero discharge services, has named Richard Guillory Area Manager for Marcellus Shale operations.

Guillory will manage day-to-day field operations locally and be based out of the company's local office in Bradford County, Pa.

Guillory most recently served as Environmental Solutions Projects Manager with M-I SWACO where he developed new systems to manage growing numbers of projects in multiple locations.

"Richard has proven himself as an effective project manager with the ability to create more efficient operations," said Jake Garber, EDS Regional Manager. "His assignment to the Marcellus Shale region is an essential step toward meeting our growing demand in the area."

Guillory received a master of business administration in management and a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, both from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

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SMS Appoints Group Business Development Manager

- SMS Appoints Group Business Development Manager

Thursday, August 18, 2011
Sand Monitoring Services Ltd.

SMS (Sand Monitoring Services Ltd.) announced the appointment of Frazer Barclay as Group Business Development Manager at its Aberdeen headquarters. This key appointment will be instrumental in continuing to grow the SMS brand by increasing its core business, global presence and services portfolio.

Frazer, an honors graduate in Geology and Applied Geology from the University of Glasgow, brings with him more than 12 years industry experience related to sub-surface geoscience consultancy and business development. Frazer started his career with Western Geophysical as a geophysicist followed by a move into quantative interpretation with the leading reservoir characterization company Odegaard. Odegaard was acquired by Schlumberger in 2006 and subsequent to this Frazer built a new local consulting group offering production engineering, reservoir engineering, geoscience and geomechanical engineering services. Frazer has worked in several key oil and gas locations including London, Aberdeen, Kuala Lumpur and Perth with his most recent role as Global Geomechanics Sales and Marketing Manager being located in the United Kingdom.

Andrew Kinsler, Field Services Manager for SMS, commented, "We are very pleased to welcome Frazer to SMS during a time of much expansion. His proven track record in sub-surface geoscience consultancy, business development and years of industry experience will prove vital to the SMS growth strategy for 2011/12."

Andrew concluded, "SMS has grown to offer best in class sand monitoring and management services to the oil and gas industry, and our staff are instrumental to this. By employing some of the best talent in Scotland, we are confident that we can continue to strive for improvement and we look forward to implementing Frazer’s specialist skills to do just that."

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Bristow Appoints North Sea Development Manager

- Bristow Appoints North Sea Development Manager

Monday, August 15, 2011
Bristow Helicopters Ltd.

Bristow has appointed David Laskowski to oversee its operations in the busy northern North Sea energy sector. Based in Aberdeen, Scotland, Laskowski will serve as Development Manager responsible for day-to-day management of up to 250,000 passenger movements annually through the Integrated Aviation Consortium (IAC) contract. He will play a key role in ensuring delivery of Bristow's Target Zero program to achieve zero accidents, complaints and downtime.

Laskowski's experience includes management roles in safety, commercial and helicopter operations. He began his aviation career in his native Louisiana, obtaining his pilot's licence while at university pursuing a Bachelors of Science degree in Professional Aviation and Aviation Management. He joined Bristow in 2001 as a Facilities and Special Projects Officer in the Gulf of Mexico. He served as Base Manager of Bristow's airfield at Patterson, Louisiana before becoming a Safety Case Manager, travelling to Bristow operations in Alaska, Aberdeen in Scotland, Trinidad and Mexico. Most recently he served as Regional Sales Manager for Bristow's North American Business Unit.

Fiona MacLeod, Commercial Manager – Europe, who previously held responsibility for the northern North Sea sector, will continue to oversee existing client activity in central North Sea and expand to the Baltic region.

Mike Imlach, Bristow's European Operations Director said, "David's appointment means that we now have an executive dedicated solely to the management and development of our Northern North Sea business and in the Shetland Basin.

"Not only will this enhance our service to our IAC partners; it also will allow us to grow our business in the expanding markets in Denmark and the Baltic regions."

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First Subsea Names Global Sales, Business Development Manager

- First Subsea Names Global Sales, Business Development Manager

Tuesday, August 09, 2011
First Subsea Ltd.

First Subsea has appointed John Shaw as global sales and business development manager. Formerly head of Engineered Products Group at Trelleborg Offshore, he will be responsible for developing First Subsea's innovative ball and taper connector business worldwide.

In addition to the Ballgrab range of subsea mooring connectors, ball and taper has been successfully used for pipeline recovery and decommissioning tools, ROV and diverless bend stiffener connectors for risers and umbilicals, pipeline repair, hose connectors, heavy lift and buoy mooring and retrieval applications.

A Fellow of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, Mr. Shaw is no stranger to the connector technology. At Trelleborg Offshore, he worked with First Subsea on the development of the diverless bend stiffener connector. "The simplicity of the ball and taper connection, and its powerful multi-point grip, makes it a very flexible solution to offshore connections in many demanding applications. My role will be to work with clients to develop existing and new applications for the ball and taper connector," he said.

First Subsea has successfully developed the ball and taper connector technology for drilling applications both onshore and offshore. One of this year's OTC Spotlight on Technology Awards included Canrig Drilling Technology's SureGrip Automated Casing Running Tool featuring the ball and taper gripping mechanism for handling drill piping.

"The ease of ball and taper connection makes it suitable for any application involving gripping, pulling and holding connections under load. John Shaw's experience will allow us to consolidate and improve our current product range, as well as developing opportunities for the connector in new markets," commented Brian Green, general manager, First Subsea Ltd.

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EDS Names Marcellus Manager

- EDS Names Marcellus Manager

Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Environmental Drilling Solutions LLC

Environmental Drilling Solutions (EDS) has named Jake Garber Region Manager for Marcellus Shale operations.

Garber has more than 14 years experience in the solids control business and most recently served 10 years as MI Swaco's Gulf Coast Environmental Services Area Manager.

"Jake provides additional senior management within our company as we position ourselves for continued growth in the various shale plays and offshore markets," said Chad Hollier, EDS President. "His experience in facilitating new technologies along with sales and customer support make Jake a strong asset for the company's continued growth."

Garber earned a Bachelor of Science in Geology from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He is currently a member of the American Association of Drilling Engineers (AADE), Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) and the American Petroleum Institute (API).

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Facebook Officially Announces Partnership with Skype

- Facebook Officially Announces Partnership with Skype



Jul 6, 2011

Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg announced today at its company's headquarters in Palo Alto, CA the new features of Facebook which will include group chat and video chat run by Skype.

During the press conference, Facebook's Product Manager Peter Deng discussed group chat that will have a "Add friends to chat" feature to traditional chat. He also demoed the new Facebook design that will get hold of your account and browser size and a streamlined contacts bar to the right of your page. The video chat feature was demonstrated by a Facebook team member in Seattle.

Afterwards, Mark Zuckerberg invited the CEO of Skype, Tony Bates, onstage where he said, "Skype's mission has really been to make communications as pervasive as possible."

Zuckerberg also confirmed that Facebook now 750 million users.

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Fugro Names International Marketing Manager

- Fugro Names International Marketing Manager

Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Fugro Multi Client Services Pty Ltd.

Ewa Ginal has been named International Marketing Manager at Fugro Multi Client Services, Rachel Masters, Managing Director of Fugro Multi Client Services Pty Ltd, announced.

Operating out of the Perth, West Australia office, Ginal will be responsible for the sales and marketing of non-exclusive seismic data projects to the oil and gas market, primarily in the Asia Pacific region to include; Australia, New Zealand, Timor, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, India and the Seychelles Islands.

"Ewa has proven herself through her history with Fugro," said Masters. "She knows Fugro on an international business level and that will definitely contribute to her continued success with the company."

Ginal joined Fugro Robertson in 2005 as a client manager where she was responsible for supporting the clients of Fugro Robertson's flagship geological product, Tellus™. Her other positions with Fugro Robertson have included, Tellus™ Sales Manager and Business Development Manager where she was responsible for the sales of the entire Fugro Robertson portfolio of non-exclusive products and new business in the Far East.

Ginal holds a Master of Science in Geology from the University of Warsaw, Poland. She is a member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, the South Asia Petroleum Exploration Society and the Petroleum Exploration Society of Great Britain.

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