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By Audrey Leon

Back to Basics with Offshore (until you’ve done that)

Installation Services President Mike Earlam you’re probably barking up market. you have to listen to your the wrong tree.”

Earlam says he’s also keen team and what they tell you, Earlam comes to OIS from to pursue opportunities to and then you have to get Fugro Salt Subsea where he partner with other Acteon out in front of clients and worked in the company’s companies, encouraged by fgure out what you can do subsea construction and past pair ups with Aquatic for them. trenching businesses in and 2H Offshore in Brazil. the North Sea and Europe.

Mike Earlam joined “We’re looking at syner- From his experience at

Aberdeen-based Offshore gies,” he says. “We have Fugro, Earlam took with

Installation Services (OIS), some core skills internally him a commitment to safety an Aceton company, as pres- within Acteon Group and culture. “Safety is key. It has ident in April. OIS special- we want to see how to work to be a part of our ethos,” he izes in providing support for together to execute future says. “If you can’t manage construction, maintenance, contracts.” safety, you can’t manage “Safety is key. installation and decommis- Since joining OIS, Earlam anything.

It has to be a part of sioning projects. hit the ground running, “We always start all our

As leader of OIS, Earlam learning more about the meetings with a safety our ethos,” he says. says his immediate focus business from not only moment this way safety “If you can’t manage is on growing the business his management team, but stays and the forefront of safety, you can’t in 2014. These efforts will his customer base as well. everybody’s mind.” include further expansion During his frst few weeks Prior to Fugro, Earlam manage anything.” of OIS’ suspended well on the job, he scheduled worked with Subsea 7 as its abandonment tool (SWAT) meetings with numerous global chartering manager, clients in order to discover – designed by fellow “You can have a very helping to develop the com- what Acteon and OIS can do Aceton company Claxton short-sighted view of the pany’s feet. In addition, he to better serve them. Engineering – and also world until you’ve chatted spent 10 years with ASCO “It’s about getting back to moving OIS’ abandonment with your client and seen managing its marine opera- basics,” Earlam says. “First, services into the Malaysian what his expectations are; tions and logistics.

Entrance and Egress

ABB appointed Ulrich step down as Marathon new president of North Shell CEO by 1H 2014.

Spiesshofer, the head of Oil Corp.’s CEO. He will be American Exploration and Arshad Matin joined its Discrete Automation and replaced by ExxonMobil Production, effective August 1. Paradigm as president and

Motion (DM) division, to Development Co.’s Vice James J. Kleckner has been CEO.

succeed Joe Hogan as CEO, President of Engineering promoted to executive vice David Kemp succeeds effective September 15. Lee Tillman on August 1. president, International and Duncan Skinner as CFO of

Marcio Rocha Mello, founder Marathon also picked up Deepwater Operations at Wood Group PSN.

and CEO of Brazilian E&P frm Bruce A. McCullough, who Anadarko following Robert Ken Borda succeeded Peter

HRT, has resigned his position. succeeded Thomas K. Sneed Douglas Lawler’s jump to Coates as Chairman of

He will retain his place on the as vice president and CIO. Chesapeake Energy last Australia’s Santos. Borda has board. Jeff Shellebarger succeeds month. been a non-executive director

Clarence Cazalot Jr. will Gary Luquette as Chevron’s Peter Voser will retire as at the company since 2007.

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