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Oil & Gas UK Chief Executive Malcolm Webb has accepted the role of chairman for SPE Offshore Europe 2013.

ICoTA Europe has named Callum Munro, who is a senior well engineer at BP, as the organization's new chairman and Michael Taggart, Baker Hughes engineering manager, as its co-chair.

The Houston Technology Center has appointed Blue Lance President and CEO Umesh Verma chairman of its advisory board and Richard "Dick" Williams board chairman.

Zilift has elected Stuart Ferguson as its board chairman.

Executive Vice President Hiroshige Kitada has retired from the Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) board of directors. ClassNK also has promoted Tetsushi Agata and Tetsuya Kinoshita, general managers of the General Affairs Department and Planning Department, respectively, to managing directors.

David Neser has assumed the role of COO and CTO and Dave Ridyard the role of executive vice president, Strategic Business Development, at Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA.

Multi Products Co. has welcomed Kevin Brady as the company's new president.

Bruce Thames was promoted to senior VP and COO of T.D. Williamson.

Magnus Wardle has taken the reins as Wireline Engineering's first engineering director.

Kvaerner has added Liv Monica Stubholt to its executive management team as senior vice president, Strategy and Communication. Additionally, Stein Are Ystmark has been appointed managing director for the company's new Trondheim engineering office.

Hamish Wilson has joined SLR Consulting as technical director.

Cudd Energy Services has named Larry Burleson director, Business Development for Corporate Services.

Wireline Engineering has tapped Richard Jackson as its divisional sales manager for the Asia-Pacific region.

Chris Reinsvold has joined Preng & Associates as an executive search consultant in the Oilfield Services and Equipment Practice.

Greene's Energy Group has appointed Lance Bolds as chief legal counsel for the company's global operations.

Foster Marketing has named Vicki Wyatt vice president, Creative Services.

Awards

ATP Oil & Gas Corp. was the recipient of the 2012 Safety-in-Seas Award at the National Ocean Industries Association annual meeting in Washington, D.C., which marked the association's 40th anniversary. ATP was recognized for its contribution to offshore safety as well as for the ATP Titan deepwater drilling and production facility in the Gulf of Mexico.

The winner was selected by a panel of judges from the US Coast Guard, the National Academy of Science's Marine Board, and the US Department of Interior's BSEE.

Expro has won the Offshore Achievement Innovator Award for its AX-S subsea well intervention technology. The Innovator Award, which was presented in Aberdeen in March, recognizes excellence in pioneering technological solutions developed in the UK offshore energy sector.

Expansions

UTEC Survey has opened a new office in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, which will be led by General Manager Gordon Lyall.

TMK IPSCO has begun developing a new 3,066 sq-m (33,000 sq-ft) pipe threading and service facility in Edmonton, Alta., Canada, which is expected to begin operations in late 2012.

The Craig Group has extended its Aberdeen headquarters to provide additional offshore services support. The company has six vessels under construction, which will increase its offshore fleet to 37 vessels.

J&J Technical Services LLC plans to open a sales and service facility in the Midland/Odessa, Texas, area in spring 2012. The Permian basin location will be led by Project Manager Rhea Quinn.

Select Energy Services LLC has launched new brands for its two business segments, WaterOne and WellOne, and a new brand for its multiservice integrated water solutions package, Fluidity.

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