Oceaneering to supply umbilicals
Oceaneering International Inc has secured a contract with BHP Billiton Petroleum Pty Ltd to supply umbilicals and distribution equipment for Macedon gas field development off Western Australia. Suncor Names Odegaard Senior VP
Suncor Energy (Suncor) has appointed Janice Odegaard as senior vice president and general counsel. In her new position, Odegaard will be in charge of all legal and regulatory matters across the company, working closely with Suncor's Board of Directors on corporate governance matters. ThyssenKrupp to build cost saving melt shop
ThyssenKrupp will push construction of a cost saving melt shop plant forward in an attempt to compete against rivals. Originally scheduled for 2014, production on the U.S. plant will now begin in 2013. .
SGS Geostat to prepare Iron-T report
Apella Resources (Apella) has commissioned SGS Geostat to prepare an updated NI 43-101 compliant report for the company's Iron-T vanadium, iron, and titanium project at Matagami in Quebec. Siemens receives wind turbine order
Siemens Energy will supply Minnesota Power’s Bison 1 wind power plant with 15 of its SWT-3.0-101 direct drive wind turbines in Center, North Dakota. The company adjusted their initial order, replacing 33 Siemens SWT-2.3-101 geared wind turbines with 16 SWT-2.3-101 and 15 SWT-3.0-101 direct drive machines. 
William J. Moran has been named president and chief executive officer of Trinity Steel Fabricators, Inc., effective 3 January 2011. Moran’s most recent position was with a private equity firm that specialized in advising on the acquisition and integration of energy service companies. 
WISCO has signed an agreement with Canadian miner, Adriana Resources Inc. to jointly develop the LacOtelnuk iron ore program in Quebec, Canada. The mine has a total reserve of 6 billion mt of magnetic concentrate with 30% iron content. 
Rich Marcogliese, Valero Energy Corp.’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer will retire at the end of 2010. Marcogliese left Exxon and joined the Valero team in 2000. 
Southern California Edison (SCE) has signed 21 contracts as part of their 2010 Renewables Standard Contracts Request for Offers. The contracts include nearly 259MW of power.