Ceona’s Chairman to Stand Down
Ceona, SURF contractor with heavy subsea construction capabilities, announce that John Smith, Chairman of the company’s board, has stepped down with immediate effect due to ill-health. Smith has been involved in the oil and gas sector for more than 30 years and has been pivotal in overseeing the growth of Ceona since its inception in 2012, the company said. Mark Preece, Ceona’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), said, “John has been with Ceona since we started down the path to building the Ceona Amazon and his expertise has been vital in supporting the company to grow into the
Ceona Appoints Preece as New CEO
has decided to retire from operational management and step down. Steve has worked tirelessly to establish Ceona as a key subsea player over the last three years, having been a prime mover and overseeing the construction of the company’s purpose-built flagship, Ceona Amazon, the company said. John Smith, chairman at Ceona, said, “Steve is an inspirational leader who has worked with our teams to develop the strong building blocks for our business. His dedication to seeing the Ceona Amazon come to fruition, combined with his passion for innovation, saw him lead the project from design concept
WHOI: Fukushima Radioactivity Detected Off West Coast
from water samples collected and sent to Buesseler’s lab for analysis in August by a group of volunteers on the research vessel Point Sur sailing between Dutch Harbor, Alaska, and Eureka, California. These results confirm prior data described at a scientific meeting in Honolulu in Feb. 2014 by John Smith, a scientist at Fisheries and Oceans Canada in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, who found similar levels on earlier research cruises off shore of Canada. Buesseler and Smith are now working together on a new project, led by Jay Cullen at the University of Victoria, Canada, called InFORM (http://fukushimainform
Ennsub Gears up for Strong 2014 with $12.3m$12.3 Order Book
from our peers. We are extremely proud of the results already achieved and look forward to building on our success and strengths to become a world leader in the subsea sector.” Ennsub has also secured the internationally recognised ISO 9001 accreditation for quality. John Smith, the former CEO of Subsea 7, is a non-executive director of Ennsub. He said the firm shows strong promise of achieving its business goals going forward. “Our team have years of hands on experience which gives them a thorough understanding of our customers’ operational
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