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02 Sep 26
New Zealand: Methanex to sell substantially all of its New Zealand natural gas contractual entitlements
Methanex has entered into an agreement to sell substantially all of its New Zealand natural gas contractual entitlements commencing in the first quarter of 2027 and continuing through the end of the decade when such entitlements expire. Given the continued decline in domestic natural gas availability and the lack of a clear pathway to meaningful new supply, Methanex has determined that continued operations in New Zealand are not sustainable. -
02 Sep 26
UK: Workers in strike ballot with North Sea operator Apache
Unite, the UK’s largest offshore union, is balloting approximately 160 offshore workers employed by North Sea operator Apache on strike action. The strike action ballot covers workers on seven Apache assets associated with the Forties and Beryl oil fields. -
02 Sep 26
Germany: RWE power stations affected by incident near substation; first power plant units expected to be reconnected to grid later today
RWE announced today (September 2) that around 8.00 pm yesterday evening, an incident occurred in the vicinity of an Amprion substation, as a result of which a total of five RWE lignite-fired power plant units in the Rhenish lignite area, with a combined capacity of 4,200 megawatts (MW), were taken off the grid. At the time, the units were feeding around 3,000 MW of power into the grid. -
02 Sep 26
Chile: CVC DIF completes acquisition of Gabriela project
CVC DIF, the infrastructure business of leading global private markets manager CVC, has completed the acquisition of the Gabriela project, a utility-scale hybrid PV-BESS energy project located in Northern Chile, from Grenergy, a Spanish multinational clean energy producer. -
02 Sep 26
US: Santos achieves significant milestone at Pikka oil project, advancing ramp-up to plateau production
Santos today announced the successful commencement of seawater injection at the Nanushuk Drillsite-B (NDB) of the Pikka oil project on Alaska’s North Slope. Seawater injection provides pressure support to the reservoir, a key enabler of the production ramp-up targeting plateau production of approx. 80,000 barrels of oil per day (gross) at the end of the third quarter of 2026. -
02 Sep 26
Completion of transformative acquisition establishes Cloudberry as a leading Nordic renewable independent power producer (IPP)
Cloudberry Clean Energy has announced the succcessful completion of the acquisition of a Nordic renewable energy platform from Orrön Energy Holding AB, as announced on 25 June 2026, establishing Cloudberry as a leading Nordic IPP. The transaction adds approximately 758 GWh of annual proportionate power production from a complementary asset base, bringing Cloudberry’s total annual proportionate production to approximately 2.1 TWh, a near doubling compared to year-end 2025. -
02 Sep 26
US: Fervo Energy and Google sign 396 MW PPA
Fervo Energy, a global pioneer of next-generation geothermal energy, has announced a 396-megawatt (MW) power purchase agreement (PPA) with Google to enable the continued development of the Cape Station enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) GeoCluster, expected to come online in 2028. -
02 Sep 26
UK: Scottish offshore wind jobs and investment ‘at risk’ from UK energy plan
Thousands of jobs and tens of billions of pounds of investment in Scotland’s offshore wind sector could be put at risk by the UK Government’s forthcoming energy blueprint, industry leaders have warned. -
02 Sep 26
Tanzania: Aminex announces an agreement on the sequencing and implementation of the Ntorya gas development
Aminex has reached an agreement on a revised implementation programme for the Ntorya gas development following a meeting with the Tanzanian Ministry of Energy. The schedule includes workover of the Ntorya-1 well in October 2026, testing of the Ntorya-2 well in November 2026, and drilling of the new Ntorya-Central well in December 2026, with first gas from Ntorya-1 and Ntorya-2 targeted for December 2026. -
02 Sep 26
UK: Orcadian enters into a joint development agreement for the Earlham and Orwell developments
AIM-listed Orcadian has entered into a non-exclusive, joint development agreement with an American developer of offshore data centre infrastructure.The Agreement establishes a 90-day process to enable due diligence, commercial validation and negotiation of a definitive Earlham and Orwell energy-to-compute transaction. -
02 Sep 26
Australia: Georgina Energy announces Hussar EP513 pre-drilling civil engineering update
Georgina Energy, a helium, hydrogen and natural gas exploration and development company with strategic permits in Australia, confirms that civil engineering contractors on site at the Hussar prospect have completed setting the 20-inch conductor pipe ahead of drilling at the Hussar prospect. -
02 Sep 26
US: Subsea7 awarded contract offshore US
Subsea7 thas announced a sizeable contract award from LLOG Exploration Company LLC (a subsidiary of Harbour Energy) for the Who Dat East development in the US Gulf. The project is located in lease MC 509-1, at a water depth of approx. 1,300 metres. -
02 Sep 26
Indonesia: RH Petrogas confirms oil and gas-condensate resources at Northwest Klagagi 1 well
RH Petrogas has provided an update on the results of the well testing programme for the Northwest Klagagi-1 ('NWK-1') well in Indonesia. Well testing results from the Upper Kais formation in the NWK-1 well demonstrated strong gas condensate deliverability and revealed an unexpected oil opportunity. The Group will undertake additional reservoir evaluation work to firm up the appropriate development strategy for the Northwest Klagagi Field. -
02 Sep 26
Malaysia: Viridien launches onshore Sabah multi-client prospectivity study in Malaysia
Viridien, in collaboration with PETRONAS, through Malaysia Petroleum Management (MPM), has commenced an 18-month multi-client Integrated Prospectivity and Subsurface Study (IPSS) covering the onshore Sabah region, Malaysia. -
01 Sep 26
Germany: SUNOTEC advances 100 MW / 441 MWh project set to rank among Germany’s largest battery storage systems
SUNOTEC is advancing the delivery of a 100 MW / 441 MWh standalone battery energy storage system (BESS) in Stendal, Saxony-Anhalt. The storage project represents a significant addition to Germany’s rapidly expanding battery storage infrastructure and will rank among the country’s largest battery storage systems upon completion. -
01 Sep 26
UK: Low Carbon submits planning application for Forsinain Forest Wind Farm
Renewable energy company, Low Carbon, has successfully submitted its Section 36 planning application to the Scottish Government’s Energy Consents Unit for the Forsinain Forest Wind Farm.
