Jeroen van der Veer has been elected as a new member of Statoil's board of directors. Van der Veer was the chief executive officer at Royal Dutch Shell from 2004-2009, when he retired. Van der Veer then continued as a non-executive director on the board of Shell until 2013…
Subsea 7 has been awarded a US$50-100 million contract by Royal Dutch Shell (Shell) for installation work in the Gulf of Mexico. The scope of work involves the installation of 27 mi. of 8 in. flowlines and steel catenary risers (SCRs)…
Royal Dutch Shell plc has named Harry Brekelmans as projects and technology director, effective 1 October 2014. Brekelmans is currently Shell’s executive vice president operated, upstream international. He joined Shell in 1990 and has…
Royal Dutch Shell plc has named Harry Brekelmans as Projects & Technology Director, effective 1 October 2014. Brekelmans is currently Executive Vice President Operated, Upstream International. He joined Shell in 1990 and has held a variety of international management positions in Geosciences…
A consortium of companies, including Royal Dutch Shell plc, Petrobras, Total, CNPC and CNOOC, won today a 35-year production sharing contract to develop the giant Libra pre-salt oil discovery located in the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil. The Brazilian regulator…
Royal Dutch Shell’s downstream director is to take over from Peter Voser as chief executive of the company, starting January 1, 2014. Ben van Beurden, 55, a Dutch national, graduated with a Master’s Degree in chemical engineering from Delft University of Technology…
Royal Dutch Shell plc will develop the Stones ultradeepwater project in 9,500ft of water, about 200mi southwest of New Orleans. Development will start with two subsea wells tied back to an FPSO, followed by six additional wells. This first phase is expected to reach peak production of 50…
Royal Dutch Shell announced it will pause its exploration drilling activity for 2013 in Alaska’s Beaufort and Chukchi Seas to prepare equipment and plans for a resumption of activity at a later stage. “We’ve made progress in Alaska, but…
The Board of Royal Dutch Shell today announced that Peter Voser, as Chief Executive Officer, has elected to retire from the Company in the first half of 2014. Peter Voser was appointed CEO with effect from July 2009 and has been an Executive Director since 2004…
Shell celebrated the relaunch of its Shell Technology Center Houston in January. The expanded facility contains one million square feet of laboratory and office space and houses 2000 Shell scientists and engineers, making it the largest of Shell’s three worldwide technology centers…
BG Group has elevated Chris Finlayson to chief executive officer. He came to BG in 2010 after spending 33 years with Royal Dutch Shell. Finlayson replaces Sir Frank Chapman, who has served as CEO of the BG Group since 2000.
Samara-NaftaHess will persue plans to sell its Russian subsidiary Samara-Nafta, the company announced on 12 November 2012.Samara-Nafta, which was established in 1998, produces approximately 50,00 boepd in the Volga-Urals region.Goldman…
Peter van Rossum will join SBM Offshore as CFO on 2 July. He has been CFO of Unibail-Rodamco SE and its predecessor Rodamco Europe since 2006, and prior to this served Royal Dutch Shell 24 years in Europe, the Middle East, the US and Asia.
Malcolm Brinded (pictured), a 37-year veteran of the Royal Dutch Shell group, is stepping down as an executive director with effect from 1 April. Andrew Brown, currently EVP Qatar, will take over Brinded’s responsibilities for Shell’s upstream…
Bart Heijermans is the new group CEO of recently restructured subsea engineering and trenching services provider DeepOcean. He previously served as EVP and COO of Helix Energy Solutions and before that held senior posts with Enterprise Products Partners, El Paso and Royal Dutch Shell.
