Sparrows Group has made a significant development in Saudi Arabia after being granted commercial registration to operate in the Kingdom.

LLOG Exploration Company, L.L.C, has announced the promotion of three long-term employees to key executive management positions. Philip LeJeune, LLOG’s current Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, has been named Chief Executive Officer and President; Rick Fowler, LLOG’s current Vice President of Deepwater Projects, has been named Chief Operating Officer; and Phil Cossich, LLOG’s current Vice President of Planning and Budgeting, has been named Chief Financial Officer.

Pete Jones has joined Neptune Energy Group Holdings Limited as UK Managing Director and will be based in Aberdeen. Most recently Mr. Jones held the position of Managing Director of Taqa Europe.

McDermott International, Inc. has announced its modification plans to convert the Amazon to an ultra-deepwater J-Lay vessel.

Unique Group, a leading integrated offshore solutions provider, has extended its offering to include diving & industrial gas supply for the African offshore market from its base in Cape Town, South Africa.

Sparrows Group has created a director-level role to drive its growing diversification efforts forward. In the newly appointed position, John Grover will be responsible for expanding the business globally.

Harvey Gulf International Marine’s parent, HGIM Corp., has announced the appointment of a new Board of Directors to serve following the company’s emergence from Chapter 11 proceedings.

Stork Technical Services Trinidad and Tobago Ltd, has become the first business in Central and South America to achieve OPITO approval for the way it monitors and develops the skills and competence of its maintenance workers in the region.

CEDA-IADC’s Dredging for Sustainable Infrastructure Conference program is officially announced.

Petrofac’s Engineering & Production Services (EPS) business has secured a five-year renewal on its Duty Holder Support Services contract with Oranje-Nassau Energie Resources Limited (ONE).

Global Marine Systems Limited (GMSL) trading as the Global Marine Group (GMG), a market leader in offshore engineering services to the telecommunications, renewables and oil & gas industries, announces that it has appointed Ian Bryan, Managing Director of Group Operations; Mike Daniel, Managing Director of Global Offshore and Mark Preece, Managing Director of CWind to its Board of Directors effective from July 2nd 2018.

Trelleborg’s offshore facility based in Skelmersdale, UK, broke ground on its new 630m² / 2,066ft² testing facility that will house two state-of-the-art hyperbaric test chambers. The new equipment will be able to simulate extreme deepwater pressure conditions, enabling accurate testing of subsea and drilling equipment.

Trelleborg’s offshore operation will showcase its innovative range of high-performance solutions, from topside to subsea at the Offshore North Sea (ONS) in Stavanger, Norway. Located at stand 9810 in hall 9, the company will present a number of advancements across its portfolio of surface to seafloor products, including Passive Fire Protection (PFP) solutions and its latest subsea buoyancy developments.

Marsol International Limited is the first company in the United Arab Emirates to be awarded ISO 45001:2018 certification by Bureau Veritas. With its main operating and commercial office in Dubai and extensive experience in the offshore marine terminals business, the accreditation reflects Marsol’s commitment to superior standards and employee safety.

Seatronics, an Acteon company, global leaders in the rental and sale of marine electronic equipment has doubled its stock of Sonic 2024 Multibeam Echosounders with the acquisition of eleven new systems from long-term supplier R2 Sonic.

Aberdeen-based inspection technology and service provider for the oil and gas industry, Innospection, Shell Brazil and SENAI CIMATEC technology institute in Salvador, Brazil, have recently signed a partnership agreement to develop a robot-based technology for in-service inspection of cargo oil tanks of FPSOs.