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People & Company News Bibby Offshore Appoints Etherson Bibby Offshore appointed Nicky Ether- son as its new commercial director to help facilitate the company?s ambi- tious growth plans. Etherson joins the business with almost 20 years? experi- ence in the oil and gas industry, having previously held the position of head of contracts for Total E&P UK Limited. Here she was responsible for manag- ing all aspects of the contracts function, supported by a team of 15 personnel, covering a range of services including drilling, well control, subsea support, logistics and topside operations. Prior to this, Etherson worked for oil and gas majors Acergy Limited, AMEC Oil and Gas and Technip Offshore. As Commer- cial Director, Etherson will be respon- sible for all commercial and contractual governance within the Bibby Offshore group of companies. Ceona Awards Contract to ROVOP Oil and gas subsea construction special-ist Ceona awarded a  ve-year contract worth more than $71.8m to independent ROV provider ROVOP. The contract will see ROVOP provide hydraulic, work-class ROV services on board Ceo- na?s  eet of new, purpose-built deep- water pipelay and construction vessels including the Ceona Amazon and the Polar Onyx. As a result of this contract, ROVOP is creating 50 new jobs. RO- VOP will deploy hydraulic work-class ROV systems, manufactured by FMC Technologies Schilling Robotics, from its growing  eet of ROVs. Ceona?s Po- lar Onyx and Amazon vessels are due to come into service in March 2014 and January 2015 respectively. Based on a drillship design, the Ceona Amazon boasts exceptional sea-keeping characteristics making it ideal for op-erations in remote and challenging lo-cations. The multi-layer vessel, which is SPS compliant and equipped with a DP2 system, is a large, state-of-the-art, multi-functional, dynamically-posi-tioned, pipelay and construction vessel. The vessel is capable of laying rigid pipelines,  exible pipelines and um- bilicals as well as installing large, sub- sea structures using one or both of its two compensated masthead cranes in tandem-lift mode to 3,000m depth. The vessel does not require a spool base to support its operations and can be re-motely operated, making it extremely well suited to overall  eld development. Ceona?s high-capacity Polar Onyx is de- signed for operations in harsh conditions and deep waters, with a length of 130m and a 25m beam. The vessel, which is being built to the highest standard for dynamic positioning, DP3 is designed to operate in the SURF, construction, and inspection repair and maintenance markets. RSC Bio Solutions Hires Technology VP RSC Bio Solutions, developer of readily biodegradable lubricants and cleaners, has added Bernie Roell as vice presi-dent of technology. RSC Bio Solutions said it is aggressively addressing the needs of the biobased chemical industry for new innovative solutions for a wide range of applications. Roell will work to gain even more application approv- als for company products and lead other quality, technology and application de- velopment initiatives in conjunction with the research and development de- partment. He brings more than 25 years of research and development, business development and general management experience. Over his career, he has led process improvement teams, man- aged technology groups and run busi- ness units for Lubrizol, Ciba Specialty Chemicals and Houghton and has deep experience with a wide range of indus- trial lubricant applications. Roell holds both a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Science degree from Lock Haven University, as well as a doctorate in or- ganic chemistry from Ohio University. Riedel Joins Global Diving & Salvage Global Diving & Salvage, Inc. hired Jim Riedel, who will join the Paci c North-west Environmental Division. Based out Etherson Cameron & Gray Roell October 201346 MTRMTR #8 (34-49).indd 46MTR #8 (34-49).indd 4610/16/2013 11:55:42 AM10/16/2013 11:55:42 AM