Maritime safety equipment manufacturer and global service provider VIKING Life-Saving Equipment A/S has announced it has acquired Norsafe, the Norwegian boatbuilder whose lifeboats are used throughout the world. The acquisition is in line with VIKING’s long-running strategy of putting the customer’s needs and priorities first.

OM Heavy Lift, a wholly owned subsidiary of Oilfield Machinery Ltd – OilMac, has assembled its 1500-tonne crane in the Port of Dundee.

Harvey Gulf International Marine has announced that the company achieved five years without a recordable incident, working over 15,700,000 man hours.

Hal Goldie has joined the board of production optimization specialist, Enpro Subsea, in a non-exec director role. He joins the company during its most successful period to date, with 41 of their patented Flow Access Modules (FAM) now being adopted by major and independent operators globally.

Unique Group, a leading integrated offshore solutions provider, has completed the acquisition of the Aberdeen headquartered, load-testing equipment provider, Water Weights.

CGG and PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd (PETRONAS Carigali), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS), have agreed on a collaboration to provide access to CGG’s latest technology and expertise in high-end seismic and multi-physics imaging, and reservoir characterization.

Neptune Energy Group announces two key senior appointments based in London.

Leading subsea equipment design and manufacturer Soil Machine Dynamics Ltd (SMD) has announced the signature of a contract to supply a QTrencher 500 Cable Maintenance ROV to TE SubCom.

Fluor Corporation announces that its joint venture COOEC-Fluor Heavy Industries, Co., Ltd. (COOEC-Fluor) fabrication yard has safely completed fabrication of the topsides, living quarters and drilling modules for the CNOOC HZ32-5/33-1 Oilfield Joint Development Project. The modules sailed away on schedule in July, destined for the Huizhou 32-5 oilfield development approximately 105 miles southeast of Hong Kong in the Pearl River Mouth basin of the South China Sea.

Penspen, a leading global provider of engineering and project management services to the energy industry, and Nigerian engineering firm Crestech, have signed their largest contract to date after forming a strategic alliance in November 2016.

Rotech Subsea Ltd. has announced that is has secured two major scopes of work in the Persian Gulf, Saudi Arabia worth over $1m.

Trelleborg’s offshore operation has launched its third annual Next Level report. Summarizing professional’s views, it highlights how the oil & gas industry has changed in the last two years, the ways it has evolved to overcome the lower standard oil price and moving forward, how digitalization will have an impact on the industry.

Ørsted recently signed a six-year framework agreement with Trelleborg for the supply of NjordGuard™, a cable protection system, for use on upcoming wind farm projects.

BiSN, a leader in metal-to-metal downhole sealing solutions, has underlined its global expansion plans with the appointment of two key positions.

Global Marine, a market leader in subsea fiber optic cable installation and maintenance solutions to the telecoms and oil & gas sectors, and part of the Global Marine Group, announces the successful completion of two fiber optic cable installations, bringing vital high speed connectivity to two UK North Sea and two Norwegian Sector oil & gas platforms.

Equinor announces the inaugural class of global start-up companies selected to participate in the Techstars Energy Accelerator.