Offshore Oil Engineering Company (COOEC) executive vice president Lin Yaosheng has emerged as the strongest candidate to replace Jin Xiaojian as the Chinese contractor's president.
It is also understood that Jin will soon replace Lv Bo as the company's chairman, having spent just over one year at the helm of COOEC.
Born in 1959, Jin began his 35-year offshore oil career with an internship in the drilling department at the Tianjin division of China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), which covered exploration and development in Bohai Bay.
