UTEC, a global survey company in subsea services group Acteon, has been awarded a contract by Technip Oceania Pty Ltd, part of TechnipFMC in Australia, to provide survey and positioning services on the Greater Enfield Project, offshore Western Australia.

DOF Subsea has been awarded two new ROV contracts by Petrobras in Brazil for ROVs to be installed on board Skandi Angra and Skandi Paraty. The new contracts start in April 2018 and end in September and November 2020, respectively.

Tiger Rentals Group, LLC (together with its affiliated companies, “Tiger Rentals”), a leading global oilfield and industrial equipment rental and services company, has completed the acquisition of the equity of Production Management Industries (“PMI”) from Superior Energy Services.

Leading subsea IMR provider N-Sea has announced the launch of Magsense, a vertical gradiometer array specifically designed for highly accurate Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) campaigns.

McDermott International, Inc. (NYSE:MDR) has announced Ian Prescott as Vice President, Asia, effective January 8, succeeding Hugh Cuthbertson who announced plans to retire from the Company. Ian will also be a member of McDermott’s Executive Committee.

Ecosse Subsea, the parent company of subsea technology specialist, Ecosse Subsea Systems, (ESS) has more than doubled turnover to £27.7m and increased underlying earnings according to annual accounts lodged at Companies House.

Global subsea equipment specialist, Ashtead Technology has successfully delivered an advanced subsea laser scanning project for Subsea 7 on Chevron’s Captain field located in the UK North Sea.

David Cedro has joined the Danos executive team as vice president of finance and administration, with responsibility for overseeing the company’s domestic and international administration, finance and accounting activities. James Callahan, who previously held the senior finance position, moves into a new role as vice president of project services.

Fugro has been honoured with an Environmental Leadership Award from The Maritime Alliance, a California-based non-profit organisation that promotes sustainable, science-based ocean and water industries. The recognition was received in San Diego during the organisation’s BlueTech Week, an international gathering of over 485 marine professionals from academia, government, and industry.

Ultra Deep Solution has entered into a 5-year Charter agreement involving the DSCV Van Gogh DNV-GL class. Red Tech Offshore out of Malaysia who are an integrated Decommissioning Subsea Contractor have executed this charter with UDS.

The oil and gas industry has just 18 months to upgrade critical release hook systems on offshore lifeboats to meet new regulations imposed by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to improve safety at sea.

Danos has announced that it has safely completed a painting and coating project on the Shell-operated Olympus Tension Leg Platform (TLP) located in the Gulf of Mexico ahead of schedule and nearly $1 million under budget. The Louisiana-based paint crew worked 31,000 man-hours and painted nearly 50 square feet per day, which included suspended cleaning and painting activity on the platform’s underside.

Aberdeenshire-based ROV solutions provider, Aleron Subsea has boosted its track record by recently taking part in a salvage project in the Atlantic Ocean, utilizing its AUXROV subsea system.

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has signed an agreement to acquire Rapp Marine Group (RMG) in order to strengthen its offering for the fishery and research vessel segment.

Petrobras and ExxonMobil has signed a memorandum of understanding regarding a strategic alliance to jointly identify and evaluate potential business opportunities.

Ashtead Technology and Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. have agreed to form a joint venture, creating the industry’s leading provider of subsea survey and ROV equipment rental and associated services. Forum will contribute its subsea rentals business, currently trading as Forum Subsea Rentals.