Orlen and Equinor to Jointly Explore CCS Opportunities
Poland’s Orlen and Norway’s Equinor have teamed up to explore opportunities within Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technology.The management boards of both companies have signed a collaboration agreement, covering the transport and storage of carbon dioxide (CO2) in Poland.Under the agreement, Orlen and Equinor will jointly identify potential CO2 storage sites, considering both land-based locations and areas within the Polish section of the Baltic Sea. In the next step, the partners will assess the feasibility of joint projects based on the identified storage locations in Poland."We
Fugro CFO Verhagen Steps Down
Dutch offshore services company Fugro announced its chief financial officer (CFO) Paul Verhagen has decided to leave the company.Verhagen, who joined Fugro as CFO and member of the Board of Management in 2014, will step down after the annual meeting of shareholders on April 22, 2021. He will be nominated to become CFO and member of the Management Board at ASM International NV as per June 1, 2021.Fugro said its supervisory board has initiated the process to find and appoint Verhagen's successor.
Poland Employs New Seismic Tech
friendly means of transport.“Geophysical surveys are always adapted to local environmental conditions, road infrastructure and agricultural activity. It is important that our seismic surveys do not disrupt everyday lives of local residents,” says Piotr Woźniak, President of the Management Board of PGNiG S.A.“The new ultra-light wireless technology and miniaturisation of the entire system allow our geophysicists to minimise the environmental impacts of seismic surveying, while ensuring optimal performance of the assigned geological tasks even in demanding field conditions,&rdquo
Furgo Taps Heine as New CEO
several management roles in the survey division with increasing responsibilities. From 2012 he served as regional director Europe-Africa for the survey division. In 2013 he became director of the survey division, and in April 2015 he was appointed by the shareholders meeting as member of the management board. He holds a MSc in geodetic engineering from Delft University of Technology.Løseth will step down as CEO and chairman of the Board of Management per October 1, 2018 and act as an adviser until the end of 2018. He has been a member of the Board since January 2018 and CEO since April 26, 2018
Heijermans Joins Boskalis Management Board
During today's Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders, Bart Heijermans was appointed to the Board of Management of Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. for a term until the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders in 2022.Heijermans will be responsible for the company’s offshore energy division, effective September 1, 2018.Heijermans brings to the board extensive experience in the offshore industry, having recently served as CEO and board member of subsea services provider DeepOcean. Prior to that, he held various senior management positions at companies including Helix Energy Solutions and
MV Kobi Ruegg Joins Fugro Survey Fleet
large diameter piston core system to collect soil samples in the Zohr gas field; geophysical surveys for Pico and Shell will follow. Having previously operated in the Gulf of Mexico for Fugro, the three-year-old vessel has recently been renamed in honor of a former member of Fugro’s management board who passed away in March 2017. Köbi (Jakob) Rüegg worked for Fugro for almost 20 years and from 2009 until he retired in 2013 was a member of the Board of Management with responsibility for the Offshore Survey Division. The vessel replaces the Fugro Navigator which has been
Voith Turbo; Weitzmann to lead O&G Division
German consultancy firm. In 2009, he became Managing Director at Voith Paper Inc. in Appleton, USA. In 2011, he was appointed President of Fabric & Roll Systems EMEA. "The oil and gas business is one of our most important growth industries," says Carsten Reinhardt, Chairman of the Management Board at Voith Turbo. "With his comprehensive strategic experience, Cornelius Weitzmann is well-positioned to continue to strengthen our international success and develop new fields of business." The Voith Turbo Division Power, Oil & Gas develops and manufactures variable speed drives
Freudenberg Opens New Facility in Wales
Freudenberg Oil & Gas Technologies hosted a Grand Opening ceremony Thursday, September 18, at its new facility in Port Talbot, Wales. The new facility was opened by Edwina Hart, Minister of Economy, Science and Transport, and Dr. Mohsen Sohi, Speaker of the Management Board, Freudenberg & Company. Over the next few years, the Freudenberg Group will invest £11 million in the Port Talbot operation. The first phase of the project, which was celebrated with the opening of the new facility, was the consolidation of the three original Vector Technology Group sites in Wales into one. The
Siemens Installs First North Sea Platform
projects. The transmission capacity of our projects involves a total of 6.2 gigawatts of electric power from renewable sources. TenneT is thus contributing to offshore wind energy assuming a substantial role in the future’s energy supply,” remarked Lex Hartman, member of TenneT management board. The network operator TenneT contracted the consortium consisting of Siemens and the Italian cable specialist Prysmian for the HelWin1 offshore grid connection in 2010. This consortium is implementing a total of four North Sea grid connection projects for TenneT; HelWin1 and HelWin2 off of
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