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Saipem awarded new contracts
offshore Middle East, West Africa
Saipem has been awarded new con-
tracts for drilling offshore the Middle East
and West Africa for a total amount of more
than $400 million.
Two contracts have been awarded in
the Middle East for two high specification
jackups, consisting of drilling and work-
over operations for a duration of five...
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September, Houston
Maersk Drilling secures one-year
multi-country commitment for
drillship with Shell
Maersk Drilling has been awarded con-
tracts with Shell for the Maersk Voyager
drillship for drilling services offshore mul-
tiple countries. The contracts are expected
to commence in April 2022 and last for one
year. The total contract value is approxi-
mately $107.5 million...
Noble rig mobilized to drill Santos
well offshore Australia
The Noble Tom Prosser jackup has
been mobilized to Santos Energy-operated
Apus-1 well in the Bedout Sub-Basin off-
shore Australia. The rig recently complet-
ed successful drilling in proximity to the
Apus-1 well, which resulted in a material
oil discovery...
M AY/J U N E 202 2 • D R I L L I N G C O N T R AC T O R
PEOPLE, COMPANIES & PRODUCTS • DE PAR TM E NTS
Simon Johnson appointed President, CEO of Seadrill
Seadrill has named Simon Johnson
as its new President and CEO, effective
immediately. Mr Johnson replaces Stuart
Jackson in both positions.
Mr Johnson has worked for a number
of offshore drilling contractors over the
past 25 years, including Diamond Offshore,
Seadrill, Noble Corp and Borr Drilling. He
previously served as Senior Vice President
– Marketing and Contracts at Noble and as
CEO of Borr Drilling.
Mr Johnson holds a Bachelor of
Commerce (Economics & Finance) from
Curtin University and has completed
the Advanced Management Program at
Harvard Business School.
Noble, Maersk Drilling announce executive management team
Noble Corp and Maersk Drilling recently
announced the executive management
team that will be effective after the clos-
ing of the business combination originally
announced in November 2021. The com-
bined company will be led by Robert W.
Eifler as President and CEO. Others on the
executive management team will include:
• Richard B. Barker – Senior Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer;
• William E. Turcotte – Senior Vice
President, General Counsel and
Corporate Secretary;
• Joey M. Kawaja – Senior Vice President
– Operations;
• Caroline Alting – Senior Vice President
– Operational Excellence;
• Blake A. Denton – Senior Vice President
– Marketing and Contracts;
• Marika Reis – Chief Innovation Officer;
• Mikkel Ipsen – Vice President of Human
Resources; • Kirk T. Atkinson – Head of HSE;
• Claus Bachmann – Vice President of
Operations – North Sea;
• Matthew J. Brodie – Vice President of
Operations – Middle East, Africa and
Asia Pacific; and
• Garth Pulkkinen – Vice President of
Operations – Americas.
Tungesvik, Stenerud named to new executive roles at Equinor
Equinor announced Geir Tungesvik will
take over as Executive VP for the Projects,
Drilling and Procurement business area
starting 1 May. Aksel Stenerud was
named Executive VP for the People and
Organization function, effective 1 March.
Mr Tungesvik was previously Senior VP
responsible for project development, and
Mr Stenerud was VP responsible for global
employee relations.
Geir Tungesvik
Expro acquires fiber optic
sensing company SolaSense
Henn, Stringer join team at
Intelligent Wellhead Systems
Expro has acquired 100% of distributed
fiber optic sensing company SolaSense.
SolaSense’s well surveillance technology
features portable processing software and
enhanced visualization interface for deliv-
ering near real-time analysis of distributed
acoustic sensing/distributed temperature
sensing data at the well site. This allows
well characteristics to be readily recog-
nized and evaluated, avoiding shut-ins
for extended periods and minimizing lost
production. New Industries, Delmar
team up for suction piles
New Industries and Delmar Systems
have signed an agreement to work
in partnership to provide enhanced
design and fabrication services for
turnkey suction piles. The engineering
will take place in Delmar’s Houston
office, and the fabrication will be com-
pleted in New’s fabrication yard in
Morgan City, La.
Aramco awards gas drilling
project to Schlumberger
Schlumberger has won a major con-
tract from Saudi Aramco for integrated
drilling and well construction services
in a gas drilling project. The scope
encompasses drilling rigs and tech-
nologies and services, including drill
bits, MWD and LWD, drilling fluids,
cementing and completing wells.
TSC acquires high-torque
thread connection tech
Texas Steel Conversion (TSC) has
purchased the intellectual property,
patents, associated trademarks, licens-
es and other thread connection tech-
nology known as the PTECH+ thread
connection. TSC will manufacture,
market and sell the thread connection
through various divisions.
3D printing centers for
oil/gas industry certified
Aksel Stenerud
Intelligent Wellhead Systems has
brought on Bill Henn as Strategic Technical
Advisor and Rip Stringer as Director of
Industry Affairs. Both have 30-plus years
of experience with managing oilfield tech-
nologies and will report to CEO William
Standifird. Mr Henn will work to stream-
line the adoption of digital completion
technologies, and Mr Stringer is respon-
sible for creating effective connections
among operators, service companies and
technical societies.
Voestalpine Additive Manufacturing
Centers in Canada and US recently
became the first such centers in North
America to be certified by DNV for
the oil & gas industry with the DNV-
ST-B203 industry standard.
Tenaris taps Microsoft
for digital transformation
Tenaris and Microsoft have inked
a five-year Digital Transformation
Alliance. Tenaris aims to fast-track its
migration to the cloud by leveraging
Microsoft’s Azure solutions to improve
accessibility and reliability of informa-
tion; develop digital tools using real-
time data; and optimize performance
across its industrial footprint and sup-
ply chain through improved manage-
ment and control processes.
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