Two James Fisher and Sons’ (James Fisher) companies, James Fisher Renewables (JF Renewables), trusted technical and operations solutions provider to the offshore renewables industry, and ScanTech Offshore (ScanTech), leading service provider to the global energy market, announce the appointment of Barry Craig to Vice President Renewables – North America.

Petroleum Safety & Environmental Services Company (Petrosafe), which is one of the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) companies, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate with ABL Group on safety and environmental solutions for the Egyptian oil and gas sector.

TCO, a Norwegian energy sector company focused on redefining well solutions, has announced the appointment of Robert Jay Abercrombie as its new CEO.

Aberdeen-headquartered PD&MS Group has secured a three-year operations and maintenance (O&M) contract with Vattenfall to support its European offshore wind portfolio for an undisclosed sum. 

Safetec UK Limited, a leading provider of risk management, technical safety and environmental consultancy and sustainability services, is planning to recruit after the company recorded sales of £3million in the first half of 2022.

Safetec UK, based at 1 Marischal Square in Aberdeen, has grown in all aspects of its energy consultancy this year.

This company has doubled its workforce in the last year, including a new Risk Management and Reliability Lead, Phil Smith, plus growth in the decommissioning and environmental teams. There have also been appointments in administration and graduate positions.

Babak Alnasser, Managing Director of Safetec UK said: “We’ve surprised ourselves in how much we have achieved in the last three years. Despite a pandemic and energy uncertainty, we’ve been able to grow our team and establish close relationships with major operators, developers and EPC companies, both in the UK and overseas.

“We’ve seen a huge increase in North Sea decommissioning work but also growth in renewables, particularly offshore wind, as well as new energies and net zero areas such as hydrogen and CCUS. Safety and efficiency are two vital components for any company and our flexible and nimble approach, on top of our knowledge, is appealing to organisations across the energy industry.

“We are looking to add another four engineers to the team by the end of the year, to support further strengthening of our safety, risk management and environmental service lines and ongoing projects.”

International subsea rental equipment and solutions specialist Ashtead Technology has signed a rental agreement with Norway-based RTS, an international provider of electronic engineering equipment for the underwater industry.

McDermott International has been awarded a Pre Front-End Engineering Design (Pre-FEED) contract from Woodside Energy for the proposed H2Perth project located in the Kwinana/Rockingham area in Western Australia.

ODE senior executives joined Excalibur FPSO asset owners Ping Petroleum UK PLC ("Ping”) and Dagang NeXchange Berhad ("DNeX”) on Tuesday, August 2, for the formal renaming ceremony of the FPSO in the Port of Nigg, Scotland. The FPSO will be ultimately deployed at Ping’s Avalon Development.

CSA Ocean Sciences Inc. (CSA), an international marine environmental consulting and survey company, today announced the appointment of two key hires to the firm’s rapidly expanding Environmental Data and Geospatial Services (EDGS) team—Vanessa Ward joins CSA from Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection as a Geographic Information System (GIS) Analyst, and Cairra Martin takes up the post of GIS Developer, having previously worked at Trimble Inc., a California-based software and technology services company.

Subsea Technology and Rentals (STR), a leading global provider of specialist survey and inspection rental equipment, products and data enabling services to the offshore energy market, is celebrating the launch of its global technology and innovation centre of excellence after investing £1million into the facility to drive its innovative solutions and support its growth plans.

Shell Overseas Investment B.V., a wholly owned subsidiary of Shell plc (Shell), has completed its 100% acquisition of Solenergi Power Private Limited and with it, the Sprng Energy group of companies from Actis Solenergi Limited (Actis).

Nauticus Robotics, Inc., a Houston-area developer of subsea and surface robotic services using autonomy software, announced has entered into an agreement with Shell to advance to the qualification phase for a more efficient means of acquiring subsea integrity data utilizing Nauticus’ Aquanaut and Hydronaut robotic platforms.

Process, pipeline and industrial services specialist, WSG, has signaled a new phase of expansion with the acquisition of Australian pre-commissioning, maintenance and shutdown business, Eftech International PTY Ltd.

Marine robotics technology specialist, Greensea Systems Inc. (Greensea), announces the hire of Laura Krahn as Director of Programs. Krahn’s appointment to Greensea, in this newly created position, will ensure the company is able to exceed its customer expectations, providing innovative technologies on time and budget.

Leading US Hydrogen scanning solutions provider H2scan has extended its commitment to the UK and European market with the appointment of a European Director to drive the business into new markets.

Health and safety consultants HSEQ-360 have been selected by Ørsted on a long-term contract to provide Written Schemes of Examination across their entire UK offshore portfolio.