Blue Ocean Seismic Services announce two new senior appointments

Blue Ocean Seismic Services, the marine seismic survey disruptor, is delighted to announce two new senior appointments and the opening of a new office in London. Graham Philip has been appointed to the Blue Ocean Seismic Services board of directors as Non-Executive Chairman and Abdul Khan, FCCA, as Chief Financial Officer. Both appointments bring significant expertise and experience to the Blue Ocean Seismic Services senior leadership team as the company advances into the operations phase of its development. In line with this strategy, Blue Ocean Seismic Services will be conducting multiple further sea trials during 2022 in various part of the world and then pre-commercial sea trials in 2023. Having achieved a 100% increase in the number of employees from 16 to 31 during 2021, the company also plans to continue growing its staffing levels in various parts of the business over the next 12 months and has opened a new office in the City of London.


Graham Philip is a highly experienced Non-Executive Chairman and company Director with a long track record of working with management teams to scale-up growth companies and build shareholder value in SME’s. During his extensive career, Graham has been CEO and Director of numerous international multi-location industrial / business service companies and has a particular specialism in the oil and gas services, offshore wind farm services and marine services. Amongst his recent experience Mr. Philip’s was CEO and then Non-Executive Director of Ashtead Technology, as well as a Non-Executive Director at North Star Shipping Ltd, White Light Ltd, Aubin Ltd, Oscar Propulsion Ltd to name a few. Mr. Philip started his long career as a chartered accountant at KPMG and attended Aberdeen University.


Abdul Khan (FCCA) has a wealth of experience as a Chief Financial Officer for international businesses in marine, oil and gas services, geophysical services and manufacturing across multiple geographies including UK, Europe, Middle East, and the USA. With expertise in Finance, Human Resources, IT and Supply Chain management, Mr. Khan has served as Chief financial officer for international marine related businesses including Kasamar Holdings, Gulf Marine Services PLC and Lamnalco Group. Mr. Khan is a Charted Accountant and Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.


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Backed by industry leaders bp Ventures, Woodside Energy and Blue Ocean Monitoring, Blue Ocean Seismic Services’ underwater vehicles are innovating the offshore seismic sector to become cheaper, faster, safer, and much less carbon intensive. Blue Ocean Seismic Services recently, successfully completed a series of passive and active sea trials in the North Sea using a DP2 class Multi Role Vessel. The success of these trials marks a significant milestone towards validating the efficacy of Blue Ocean Seismic Services’ revolutionary technology for identifying and optimising offshore renewable, carbon capture storage and oil and gas reservoirs located under the seabed.


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