A/S Norske Shell awarded OneSubsea, a Schlumberger division, a frame agreement for an EPCI contract to supply a subsea multiphase compression system for the Ormen Lange field in the Norwegian Sea.

Borregaard decided to invest NOK 207 million in its chloralkali plant at Sarpsborg, Norway, including a new electrolyser and rectifier, with completion planned for 2021.

Baker Hughes (BHGE) and Ocean Installer were awarded an EPCI subsea contract by Vår Energi for the NOK 15 billion Balder X redevelopment in the North Sea; financial terms were not disclosed.

Dematic has won a multi-million euro contract to supply an automated collation and sequencing system for an extension to Vectura AS's pallet warehouse in Gjelleraasen, Norway. The system is due to go live in summer 2020.

Kongsberg Satellite Services signed a 15-year MNOK 618 contract with Space Norway to deliver ground station services for Arctic satellite broadband.

Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace and the Norwegian Defence Logistics Organisation signed a letter of intent on readiness cooperation and a strategic cooperation agreement for airborne platforms.

Norwegian shipbuilder Vard awarded TMC Compressors of the Seas a contract to supply compressed air systems for two cruise ships being built for Viking Cruises. Deliveries are scheduled for 2021 and 2022. The contract value was not disclosed.

Coromatic signed a contract with the SUS2023 hospital project in Stavanger, Norway, to deliver three 2MW generator sets and a 22kV high-voltage switchboard for emergency power, valued at about NOK 22 million.

Norwegian firm Nessco AS was chosen as subcontractor to supply compressors, air dryers, pressure tanks and filter systems for the closed floating FishGLOBE v5 fish farm, being built in Stathelle, Telemark. The contract value was not disclosed.

Keppel Shipyard awarded PG Flow Solutions a contract to supply four large axial seawater pumps, each rated 5,500 cubic metres per hour, for the Gimi FLNG conversion, with delivery in 4Q19. The contract value was not disclosed.

AxFlow AS has acquired all shares in Innva AS, a valve supplier based in Skui, Bærum, Norway, effective 29 April 2019. Innva will continue as an independent company with its own logo. The purchase price was not disclosed.

TechnipFMC has been awarded an integrated EPCI contract by ConocoPhillips for the Tor II development in the Norwegian North Sea, covering a subsea production system, umbilicals and flowlines. The contract value is reported as between $75 million and $250 million.

Kongsberg Maritime, part of Kongsberg Group, signed a ten-year power-by-the-hour service agreement worth NOK 150 million (about $18 million) with Havila Kystruten for four LNG-fueled coastal cruise vessels entering service from January 2021.

Neptune Energy and TechnipFMC signed a global subsea Alliance Agreement with an initial five-year term covering the Duva and Gjøa P1 subsea tieback projects in the Norwegian North Sea. TechnipFMC is supplying subsea equipment from the wellheads to the riser hang-off, with first oil targeted for Q4 2020.

TechnipFMC was awarded a significant subsea contract by Equinor for the Johan Sverdrup Phase 2 development in the Norwegian North Sea at 120 meters water depth. The scope covers delivery and installation of the subsea production system.

VARD contracted PG Flow Solutions to supply the engine room pump system for the autonomous electric container vessel Yara Birkeland, with deliveries scheduled for April 2019. The contract value is undisclosed.

TechnipFMC was awarded an integrated EPCI contract by Lundin Norway for the Luno II and Rolvsnes developments in the North Sea, covering subsea equipment at 110 meters water depth. The contract is reported to be worth between $250 million and $500 million.

TB Trykkluftteknikk delivered Atlas Copco compressors, including two 90 kW low-pressure units and one 132 kW unit, to MAPEI's new factory at Sagstua in Nord-Odal, Norway. The factory started production in 2019.

OneSubsea, a Schlumberger company, was awarded an EPC contract by Equinor for an all-electric actuated subsea boosting system for the Vigdis Field in the Norwegian North Sea. Work begins in Bergen in December 2018, with first delivery scheduled for Q1 2020.

Equinor awarded OneSubsea a contract worth approximately NOK 700 million to supply the pumping system, bottom frame and trawl protection for the Vigdis boosting station. Work starts in December 2018 with engineering in Bergen and assembly at Horsøy in Askøy.

Equinor and its partners decided to invest around NOK 1.4 billion in the Vigdis Boosting Station, an improved oil recovery project on the Snorre-linked Vigdis subsea field. The station is scheduled to start up in Q1 2021.

PG Flow Solutions won a subcontract from MMC First Process to supply a large seawater circulation pump system for a wellboat being built by Fitjar Mekaniske Verksted for Hordalaks, with delivery in Q2 2019. Contract value was not disclosed.

Summa Equity has signed an agreement to acquire Lakers Holding AB, a Nordic group servicing pumps, pumping stations and electrical motors across Norway, Sweden and Denmark. Completion is subject to regulatory approval and expected in October 2018.

Aker BP has signed a smart service contract with Cognite and Framo Services to digitalise its Ivar Aasen platform in the North Sea. The deal gives Framo live data from its pumps to predict performance and plan maintenance.

Yokogawa TechInvent AS received orders for 59 FluidCom chemical injection metering valves for Equinor's Johan Sverdrup phase 2 and Johan Castberg offshore fields. The orders were placed through chemical injection package suppliers, with both projects scheduled to start in 2022.

Nel ASA is constructing an extension of its Notodden facility in Norway to make electrolyzers, with a planned capacity of 360 MW per year and total investment of about NOK 150 million. The expansion will accommodate a multi-billion NOK order from Nikola Motor Company.

Rosenberg WorleyParsons awarded Calder Ltd, a PG Flow Solutions subsidiary, a contract to supply a MEG pump package for the Nova tie-back to the Gjøa platform in the North Sea. Delivery to Stavanger is planned for Q1 2019.

Aker BP, on behalf of the Wellhead Platform Alliance, awarded PG Flow Solutions a contract to supply pump systems for the Valhall Flank West wellhead platform in the North Sea. First oil is expected in the fourth quarter of 2019.

Aker BP, on behalf of the Wellhead Platform Alliance, awarded PG Flow Solutions a contract to supply pump systems for the Valhall Flank West wellhead platform in the North Sea. The contract value was not disclosed; the article is dated May 31, 2018.

National Container Group, the reconditioning division of Mauser, acquired a 51% stake in Noreko AS effective February 1, 2018, forming a joint venture that extends its reconditioning business into Scandinavia.

Bühler has won a contract from Norwegian coffee producer Joh. Johannson to build an environmentally friendly coffee processing plant with capacity of up to 12,000 tonnes a year, set to start operations in mid-2019.

Norway's Bewi has acquired Trondheim-based packaging supplier Tommen Gram Holding, which has about 60 employees and roughly NOK 320 million in annual revenue; the price was not disclosed.

TechnipFMC received an integrated EPCI contract from VNG Norge for the Fenja development in the Norwegian Sea, covering subsea umbilicals, risers, flowlines and the subsea production system. Partners plan to invest NOK 10.2 billion with production starting in 2021.

Aker Solutions won an order from Maersk Drilling to modify the production module on the Maersk Inspirer jackup rig for Repsol's Yme oilfield offshore Norway. The order is valued at about NOK 1 billion and work runs until the end of 2019.

Aker Solutions won work from Statoil for the Johan Castberg field in the Norwegian Barents Sea, supplying a subsea production system and topside design for the FPSO, valued at about NOK 4 billion (USD 480.8 million).

Per Aarsleff Holding agreed to acquire 51% of Olimb Group's trenchless pipe renewal activities in Norway, with a fixed price of DKK 103 million for 100% and an option on the remaining shares by 2022.

Norwegian paper maker Ranheim Paper & Board has a seven-year supply agreement with Belgian packaging group VPK Peterson, as reported in July 2017. The article does not state a value.

Yokogawa Electric has acquired TechInvent2 AS, a Norwegian firm holding rights to FluidCom, a chemical injection metering valve for oil wells and pipelines. Yokogawa will target upstream and midstream oil and gas customers with it.

MRC Global Norway will supply specialty valves, manifolds and fittings for Statoil's Johan Castberg project, and was named provider for DEA's Dvalin project. MRC Global Sweden also signed a four-year deal to supply gate, globe and check valves to Statoil Refining Denmark.

MRC Global was named provider of instrument tubing, fittings, valves and manifold products to Deutsche Erdoel AG (DEA) for its Dvalin project on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, expected to begin production in 2020.

MRC Global Norway AS will supply specialty and high alloy valves, manifolds, fittings, tubing and other items for Statoil's Johan Castberg project in the Barents Sea, with Statoil's investment decision expected in 2017.

KOSO Kent Introl secured an exclusive contract to supply choke and control valves to Equinor's Johan Castberg FPSO project off Norway, part of a frame agreement with Equinor running to 2020 with options to 2026. Final investment decision is expected in late 2017, with deliveries in 2018 and 2019.

Mokveld was awarded the supply of subsea anti-surge control valves for the Åsgard Subsea Gas Compression Project. The announcement is dated 2017-02-23.

Ball is producing cans for selected craft beer expressions of Norwegian brewer Lervig Aktiebryggeri, extending its cooperation with craft brewers in Norway.

OneSubsea, a Schlumberger company, was awarded an engineering, procurement and construction contract by Statoil to supply the subsea production system for the Utgard gas and condensate discovery in the Norwegian North Sea. The scope includes a template manifold, subsea wellheads and vertical monobore trees.

Maritime Protection AS, a subsidiary of Wilhelmsen Maritime Services, was merged into Survitec Group, which will hold a 20% stake in the combined business. The deal was announced on 3 January 2017.

AxFlow AS, a Norwegian pump and instrumentation supplier, has bought Process Partner AS, a six-employee process instrumentation firm in Larvik, which will operate as part of the AxFlow Norway Group.

AxFlow AS bought Process Partner AS, a six-employee process instrumentation firm in Larvik, Norway, and its founders will stay on as part of AxFlow Norway Group.

Norwegian thruster maker Brunvoll signed an agreement to acquire all shares of Scana Propulsion, including Norwegian and sales subsidiaries, from Incus Investor ASA, subject to competition authority approval.

Axel Johnson International, through its AxFlow business group, acquired Process Partner AS, a Larvik-based Norwegian distributor of process instruments and positive displacement pumps. The deal strengthens AxFlow's fluid handling business in the Nordics.