Decom North Sea unveils new chief executive

  • Date: 14-Apr-2021
  • Source: Energy Voice
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Decom North Sea unveils new chief executive

Industry organisation Decom North Sea (DNS) has announced the appointment of its new “highly respected” chief executive.

Fraser Moonie takes up his position at the helm of the decommissioning body, headquartered in Westhill on the outskirts of Aberdeen, with immediate effect.

Will Rowley, who has been DNS' interim managing director for the last year, will support a “smooth transition” before continuing his “long-standing involvement” with the organisation.

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Fraser Moonie, chief executive, Decom North SeaMr Moonie brings more than 25 years' experience to the role, including 15 years with Aberdeen-headquartered Bibby Offshore — which combined with Rever Offshore 2018. At Bibby, he was “instrumental” in growing the company into one of the global subsea industry's key players.

He previously worked on some of the North Sea's most high profile decommissioning campaigns, including Coflexip Stena Offshore's project to re-float Phillips Petroleum's Maureen platform in 2001.

Coflexip Stena Offshore was acquired by Technip Group, now TechnipFMC, that same year.

Other decommissioning projects he was involved in include ConocoPhillips' MacCulloch field in 2015 and CNR's Murchison platform in 2017.

Internationally, Mr Moonie carried out retirement work for Shell Pipeline (Shell Oil US) in the Gulf of Mexico, also in 2017.

In March 2020, it was announced that John Warrender, DNS'