Stratagraph, a pioneer in providing mud logging and pressure detection services to the global oil and gas industry, has appointed William A. Hagan as its new president and chief executive officer.

Fugro and the Colombian Maritime Authority (Dirección General Maritima, DIMAR) have completed a joint environmental seep hunting study to help assess the country’s resource potential in the Caribbean Sea. The study involved shallow water seabed sediment coring, geochemical analyses, and seabed heat flow measurements. Fugro also provided classroom and vessel-based training to DIMAR personnel.

TechnipFMC has reaffirmed that its planned transaction to separate into two companies, TechnipFMC and Technip Energies, is well on track for completion in the first half of 2020.

SOURIAU has developed considerable expertise in the design and manufacture of robust and extremely reliable submersible connectors.

The board of BP plc. announces that Brian Gilvary, BP chief financial officer (CFO), has decided to retire from the company and step down from the BP board on 30 June 2020. Gilvary has had a 34-year career with BP, including over eight years as CFO.

John Dunn, formerly of Oceaneering, has been hired to assemble and manage a highly experienced subsea vessel management team, as CEO Shane Guidry looks to grow Harvey Gulf’s subsea business. Prior to Oceaneering, Mr. Dunn was the director of operations at Meridian Ocean Services, a sub-sea service provider acquired by Oceaneering in 2016. He is also an unlimited USCG chief engineer and worked for Chevron Shipping’s tanker and FPSO fleets.

Global well intervention company Wellpro Group has announced significant growth in Asia with plans for further expansion in the region.

Oceaneering® C-Nav® Positioning Solutions has been selected by SEACOR Marine to supply C-Nav5000™ Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Receivers for a select number of the company’s oil and gas support vessels worldwide.

InEight is announcing the addition of interval planning capabilities for superintendents and foremen as it reintroduces InEight Basis as InEight Schedule. InEight Schedule is now one of the few project planning solutions that intelligently integrates front-end and field execution planning in a singular application.

Kraken Robotics Inc. announces that its wholly owned subsidiary, Kraken Robotic Systems Inc., has finalized the contract for the OceanVision™ project with the Ocean Supercluster and industry partners (Petroleum Research Newfoundland and Labrador, Ocean Choice International and Nunavut Fisheries Association).

Looking to the future of our environment, MacArtney is ready to launch an all-new, all-electric cost-efficient launch and recovery system for the ocean space market.

Subsea 7 and Eidesvik Offshore has been presented with the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) Environmental Sustainability Award for 2019 in recognition of its efforts to reduce vessel emissions and improve energy efficiency.

Coda Octopus is announcing the initial release of their new Echoscope®AIR camera designed for real-time 3D imaging applications above the waterline to compliment the use of Echoscope® real-time 3D imaging sonars underwater.

RC Dock Europe, part of RC Dock USA Inc., delivered two fully automated launch and recovery systems (LARS) for Fugro’s new Autonomous Surface Vessels. (ASV) Designed to be used in rough offshore conditions and operated from a moving support vessel, both LAR systems are fully automated and of a “open” design making it suitable to receive ASV’s with different types of keel mounted payloads up to a weight of 6 Tons.

JFD, a world leading underwater capability provider serving the commercial and defense diving markets and part of James Fisher and Sons plc, today announced the acquisition of the business, including all intellectual property rights and assets, of Ansti Test Systems Ltd, an independent global designer and manufacturer of test facilities for performance measurement of underwater breathing apparatus.

Sparrows Group has secured a five-year contract with Tengizchevroil (TCO) to deliver specialist lifting inspection services for the Tengiz field in Kazakhstan.