Oil and gas procurement specialist, Craig International, has appointed Steve Gibson as country manager for the Middle East to support the company’s continued growth across the region.

Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) announced that Jim Umpleby has been elected to Chevron’s board of directors. Umpleby’s appointment is effective March 1, 2018, and he will serve on the Board Nominating and Governance Committee as well as the Management Compensation Committee.

Mark Tool and Elite Elastomers have entered into a joint venture focused on the research, development and end-use application for complete elastomeric subsea high temperature thermal insulation systems. The systems can be installed via three methods: S-Lay, J-Lay and Reel-Lay. The newly formed company has been named MTE, representing the combined strengths of Mark Tool and Elite Elastomers.

ExxonMobil has been named 2017 Explorer of the Year by the World Oil and Gas Council in recognition of excellence and innovation in the global energy industry.

DeepOcean Ghana Limited, an indigenous Ghanaian company in which DeepOcean holds a 49% shareholding, commenced its working relationship with Tullow Ghana in February 2015 when it mobilized the Rem Forza to undertake multipurpose construction activities on Jubilee and TEN which continued until late 2016.

Independent global completions service company Tendeka has successfully completed field testing of its wireless intelligent completions technology, PulseEight.

As the global energy transition in the oil and gas industry marks significant changes to come, regional adaptions will pose a broad variation of challenges and opportunities. DNV GL – Oil & Gas has appointed Ben Oudman as Regional Manager for Continental Europe, Eurasia, Middle East, India and Africa to further strengthen the company’s efforts to help the industry overcome barriers to progress.

McDermott International, Inc. (NYSE:MDR), a global leader in providing integrated engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) services for upstream offshore oil and gas fields worldwide, announces the launch of its First Digital Innovation Center in Pune, India.

Ocean Infinity Ltd, the US based company specializing in collecting high resolution geophysical seabed data, announces the conclusion of its Construction Management and Services Contract with SeaTrepid DeepSea, LLC.

Eni has launched its new HPC4 supercomputer, at its Green Data Center in Ferrera Erbognone, 60 km away from Milan. HPC4 quadruples the Company’s computing power and makes it the world’s most powerful industrial system.

The Sea Based X-Band Radar (SBX-1) a floating, self-propelled missile tracking system operated by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency consists of an X-band radar array mounted on a 50,000 ton twin-hull semi-submersible. SBX-1 uses four azimuthing thrusters for propulsion and positioning and the requirement to change-out the forward-starboard thruster waterborne fell to Phoenix International.

Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) signaled its intent to expand in 2018 with the appointment of the company’s first Engineering Manager.

The Danish software and hardware engineering company EIVA expands its activities in Latin America with a dedicated business development team located in São Paulo, Brazil.

Xodus Group has strengthened its offshore energy and environmental teams with the appointment of Eric Houston as its environmental impact assessment (EIA) manager.

TWMA, a provider of specialized drilling waste management services, has been awarded a three-year contract with Total to provide drilling waste management services in the UKCS.

Delta SubSea LLC. and Optime SubSea AS have entered into an agreement to provide combined service solutions to their clients’ deep-water control needs, whether it is XT control for installation, interventions, testing, SCM diagnostics or other subsea XT test or controls applications.