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Energy Country review: complimentary 7-day trial. People on the move. 24/09/2026 Congratulations to the following energy professionals who have recently secured new positions in the E&P, renewable, service, and industry organisation sectors: EnZed Energy has announced the appointment of Dr Chris McKeown as Chief Executive Officer. Kent Massey has joined Infinity to help lead the company's international growth initiative and front-end service offerings. Chris Cox has been appointed chair of trade association Brindex. 3t has appointed Douglas Stewart as Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Rachid Lakhdar as Managing Director of its MENA region training operations. Claudete Morais Adriano is starting a new position as Reservoir Engineer at TotalEnergies OneTech Pau, France. The WindEurope Board has elected Ørsted CEO Rasmus Errboe as its new Chair and Enel Green Power CEO Salvatore Bernabei as Vice-Chair. Daniel Rogers has joined Wood Mackenzie's Energy Consulting division as a Managing Consultant - Gas and LNG. Gautier Baudot is starting a new position as VP Exploration Excellence & Assurance at TotalEnergies. Great British Energy welcomes Sarah Merrick as Managing Director of Local Energy. Ludivine Dubois is starting a new position as Exploration Manager Congo/Gabon & Sao Tome at TotalEnergies. Nikolai Lyngø is joining OKEA ASA as SVP, Strategy and Business development. Manon Schellart has joined ToatEnergies as a JV Offshore Smart Room Production Engineer in Nigeria. Andy Derrick is starting a new position as Head of Key Accounts at Motive Offshore Group. Harry Minocha has joined Baker Hughes as a Senior Associate in their New Ventures team. Michael Salter-Church has stepped into the role of director for corporate affairs at Octopus Energy. OKEA has appointed Nikolai Lyngo as Senior Vice President Strategy and Business Development. Connie Webster is starting a new position as Strategy & Positioning Specialist at Kent. Andreas Grøntvedt steps into OKEA's leadership team as SVP Partner-Operated Assets & Commercial. Zoe Prentice has been promoted to Senior Marketing Executive at Onboard Tracker. Dan Hamilton has joined RBC's leading energy franchise as Head of Energy Investment Banking for Europe and the Middle East based in London. Amirul Adam Mohd Azham is starting a new position as Account Manager at Interwell. Abdullah Al Kindi has taken on a new role as Head of Gas New Business Development at Petroleum Development Oman. Core Laboratories has appointed Thomas Twigg as Regional Geoscience Director, based in the United Kingdom. Mike Stephen has started a new role as Head of Technical for Northern Endurance Partnership. Fanuel Shinedima has joined MGP Group as General Manager - MGP Oil & Gas, Namibia. Harshad Dixit has taken on a new role as Country Manager, Landmark India at Halliburton. After 7 years in TotalEnergies' Simulation teams, Margaux Raguenel is starting a new role as a Senior Reservoir Engineer within the Integrated Studies team, working on the Ichthys LNG asset. Hamza Abou Rafea is starting a new position as Senior Exploration Geologist at Novaterra Energy. Emma Watt has joined Creegan Communications as Account Manager, alongside Roisin Fowlie as Communications Executive, following continued growth for the business in the UK and overseas. Stuart Christie has taken on the role of Managing Director at Kelton. Iain Pirie is moving into a new position as Executive Director at Kelton. Gillian Thomson has been appointed into the permanent role as Director of People & Culture at Great British Energy.

Emerson and Interwell introduces world's first retrievable electric Gas Lift System. The Adaptive Gas Lift System (AGLS) is the world's first retrievable electric gas lift system, designed to help operators accelerate and maximize oil production. (Image credit: Emerson) Emerson and Interwell, a global leader in well intervention and integrity solutions, has announced the launch of the Adaptive Gas Lift System (AGLS), the world's first retrievable electric gas lift system designed to meet internationally recognized safety and performance standards. The AGLS enables continuous optimization of oil production without the need for invasive and costly well interventions, and its unique retrievable design reduces operational downtime while enhancing both the safety and sustainability of gas lift operations. Conventional gas lift systems typically optimize production during the early life of a well, when tubing pressure is high. However, as reservoir conditions evolve, drawdown efficiency decreases and oil output can decline, often leading to over-injection or under-injection of lift gas. Traditional injection pressure operated (IPO) valves require reducing casing pressure to close, which limits injection depth and production. Manipulating casing pressure and managing temperature-related uncertainties in valve behavior also frequently causes multi-pointing, where gas is injected at unintended depths, leading to inefficiencies and lost production. Addressing these challenges usually necessitates complex and costly well interventions to adjust valve port sizes or change injection depths. The Adaptive Gas Lift System transforms gas lift operations by providing real-time remote control of valve port sizes, gas injection rates, injection depths and drawdown, without interrupting production. Because valve closure does not rely on reducing casing pressure, deeper injection is achievable, improving lifting efficiency over the life of the well. The ability to make continuous data-based online adjustments eliminates the need for traditional intervention-based modifications, increasing uptime, maximizing production, enhancing safety and reducing project payback time. The unique retrievable design of AGLS allows for the complete replacement of entire valve assemblies using standard wireline techniques, without the need for costly workover operations. The system is powered and controlled by Emerson's Roxar(TM) Integrated Downhole Network - a permanent monitoring and control system that provides real-time data on pressure, temperature and flow to optimize reservoir management and production - and utilizes Interwell's field-proven Side Pocket Mandrels and barrier-rated Gas Lift Valve. AGLS is designed and qualified to the American Petroleum Institute's API 19G1 (V1), 19G2 (V0) and Advanced Well Equipment Standards Group's AWES 3362-36 standards. By minimizing the number of interventions - which typically involve equipment mobilization, energy consumption, and associated emissions - the system also reduces the carbon footprint of gas lift operations. Additionally, by improving production efficiency, the AGLS lowers CO[2] emissions per barrel of oil produced, contributing to more sustainable and responsible energy production. "We designed the AGLS to meet the most rigorous industry standards," said Jan Inge Ellingsen, vice president and general manager for Roxar products at Emerson's measurement solutions business. "This innovative technology will help unlock the full potential of assets in the field while eliminating the need for extensive interventions, improving safety, and supporting the transition toward net-zero energy production." "The oil and gas industry has long required a more dynamic and resilient approach to electric gas lift," said Thormod Langballe, chief executive officer of Interwell. "Combining Emerson's industry-leading digital automation expertise with Interwell's specialized gas lift technology and know-how, we have developed a robust, real-time controllable gas lift solution that tackles these challenges head-on."