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06 Aug 25	Germany: Nordex Group receives order for nearly 52 MW from TEUT Energieprojekte in Germany The Nordex Group has received an order for 51.7 MW from TEUT Energieprojekte GmbH in Brandenburg, Germany. For the 'Mürow-Neukünkendorf' wind farm project, the Nordex Group is scheduled to deliver and install nine turbines within the 4 to 6 MW capacity range.
06 Aug 25	Taiwan: Fugro secures a major geotechnical site investigation contract for offshore wind farm in Taiwan Fugro has secured a major geotechnical site investigation contract for offshore wind farm in Taiwan. The Youde offshore wind farm project is a cornerstone of Taiwan’s strategy to reach 13.1 GW of installed offshore wind capacity by 2030.
06 Aug 25	Norway: First of two production wells spudded at Bestla development in Norway Lime Petroleum reports that the operator (OKEA) of PL740 Bestla, in which Lime has a 17 per cent interest, has spudded the first of two production wells. The Bestla field is being developed as a two-well subsea tieback to the OKEA-operated Brage field, in which Lime has a 33.8434 per cent interest.
06 Aug 25	US: TGS supports Equinor’s Empire Wind Project with data management solution TGS, a global leader in energy data and intelligence, continues its collaboration with Equinor by providing the Prediktor Data Gateway solution for the Empire Wind offshore wind project.
06 Aug 25	Tullow Oil announces 2025 Half Year Results Tullow Oil, the independent oil and gas exploration and production group, has announced its Half Year Results for the six months ended 30 June 2025. The Company reports first 2025 Jubilee well in Ghana onstream with better net pay than expected pay, and strong strategic momentum with realisation of $300 million Gabon proceeds.
06 Aug 25	UK: Eku Energy’s battery storage projects in Essex and Buckinghamshire are commissioned with BESS supplier NHOA Energy and ready to go live Two utility-scale energy storage projects at Basildon in Essex and Loudwater in Buckinghamshire, built by global energy storage specialist Eku Energy and global supplier of utility-scale energy storage systems NHOA Energy, have successfully completed testing and verification and are now fully commissioned.
06 Aug 25	Denmark: BlueNord announces preliminary production for July 2025 BlueNord has announced its preliminary production figures for July 2025. In July 2025 the preliminary production was 38.9 mboepd net to BlueNord.
06 Aug 25	Brazil: Scatec secures long-term project financing for Rio Urucuia in Brazil Scatec, a leading renewable energy solutions provider, has reached financial close for its 142 megawatt (MW) solar PV plant currently under construction in Minas Gerais in Brazil.
06 Aug 25	UK: National Wealth Fund partners with Asterion to back UK grid flexibility through £50m investment in AMP Clean Energy The National Wealth Fund has announced a £50m equity investment in AMP Clean Energy to accelerate the deployment of low-carbon energy infrastructure across the UK, strengthening local energy networks through flexible battery storage and supporting the decarbonisation of industry.
06 Aug 25	Italy: Zenith Energy announces acquisition of an Agrivoltaic development project in Lazio, Italy Zenith Energy has announce the acquisition of a development-stage Agrivoltaic solar energy production project in the region of Lazio, Italy, by its wholly-owned Italian subsidiary created to manage its solar energy portfolio, WESOLAR.
06 Aug 25	Devon Energy reports second-quarter 2025 results In the second quarter, Devon Energy delivered exceptional results exceeding its production guidance with 841,000 Boe per day and generated $1.5 billion in operating cash flow and $589 million in free cash flow, with capital investments 7 percent below guidance.
06 Aug 25	Libya: ExxonMobil signs MoU to explore four blocks offshore Libya Libya's National Oil Corporation has signed an MoU with ExxonMobil in London. The broad outlines of the MoU state that ExxonMobil conducts a detailed technical study of four offshore blocks located near the northwest coast and the Sirte Basin.
06 Aug 25	Benin: Rex’s subsidiary Akrake Petroleum spuds first well in Sèmè Field, Benin Rex International Holding, an independent oil exploration & production company, has announced that its indirect subsidiary, Akrake Petroleum Benin, has on 4 August 2025, spudded the first well in the Sèmè Field in Block 1, Benin. The drilling is part of a 100-day three-well work-programme to redevelop the Sèmè Field.
05 Aug 25	UK: Northern Endurance Partnership awards Halliburton a contract for carbon capture and storage monitoring Halliburton has been awarded a contract award to provide completions and downhole monitoring services for the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP) carbon capture and storage (CCS) system in northeast England’s East Coast Cluster (ECC).
05 Aug 25	UK: OEUK responds to expansion of Hynet CCUS cluster Offshore Energies UK has responded to the UK Government shortlisting six projects to start negotiations to join the HyNet carbon capture cluster in the North West. The projects include low-carbon power, hydrogen production, bioenergy with carbon capture, and direct air capture initiatives, all aimed at cutting industrial emissions.
05 Aug 25	UK: 2,800 skilled jobs in Wales and North West as CCUS industry grows Having received the green light from the Prime Minister to start construction of the Liverpool Bay Transportation & Storage network in April, the HyNet carbon capture cluster today (Tuesday 5 August) gets another boost, as new projects enter negotiations with government and industry to join the world-leading site.
05 Aug 25	Ecuador: Gran Tierra Energy acquires strategic assets in Ecuador’s Oriente Basin Gran Tierra Energy has announced that its indirect wholly owned subsidiaries, Gran Tierra Energy Ecuador 1 and Gran Tierra Energy Ecuador 2, have entered into definitive agreements to acquire all of GeoPark Ecuador’s and Frontera Energy Colombia Corp Sucursal Ecuador’s interests in the Perico and Espejo Blocks and their associated Consortiums.
05 Aug 25	RWE and North Star sign long-term agreements for next-generation service operation vessels to maintain RWE’s growing offshore wind fleet RWE, in partnership with North Star, have signed long-term agreements for two state-of the art service operation vessels for RWE’s North Sea wind farms on 10- and 12-year contracts with extension options.
05 Aug 25	BP announces second quarter 2025 results bp has announced second quarter 2025 results. Strong operational performance: 2Q25 underlying RC profit $2.4bn; 2Q25 operating cash flow $6.3bn. So far this year bp has brought five new oil and gas major projects onstream, sanctioned four more and made ten exploration discoveries, including the significant discovery in Bumerangue block in Brazil.
05 Aug 25	UK: Serica Energy announces results for the six months ended 30 June 2025 AIM-listed Serica Energy, a British independent upstream oil and gas company with operations in the UK North Sea, has announced its unaudited financial results for the six months ended 30 June 2025.
05 Aug 25	Genel Energy announces unaudited results for the period ended 30 June 2025 Genel Energy has announced its unaudited results for the period ended 30 June 2025. The Tawke PSC has delivered robust production into consistent domestic market demand in the first half of 2025. Taken together with the cost reductions undertaken in 2024, the core business has generated underlying free cash flow.
05 Aug 25	UK: Chancellor defies critics and insists North Sea windfall tax is 'fair' Rachel Reeves has claimed the windfall tax on North Sea oil and gas firms 'remains fair' as she ignored growing calls from the sector to scrap it. The chancellor defended the levy in an exclusive interview with the Press and Journal during a trip to St Fergus on Friday, insisting it strikes the 'right balance'.
05 Aug 25	Brazil: Petrobras announces divestment of Cherne and Bagre fields Petrobras has concluded the transfer of its entire participation (100%) in the Cherne and Bagre fields, located in shallow waters in the Campos Basin, to Perenco.
04 Aug 25	JERA and bp launch offshore wind joint venture JERA Nex bp JERA and bp have completed the formation of JERA Nex bp, their new 50:50-owned joint venture. JERA Nex bp is a global offshore wind developer, owner and operator. The new company’s portfolio of operating assets and development projects has a net potential generating capacity of 13GW. This includes around 1GW of installed net generating capacity, a 7.5GW development pipeline and an additional 4.5GW of secured leases.
04 Aug 25	US: Technip Energies awarded major contract for Commonwealth LNG export facility in the United States Technip Energies has been awarded a major Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contract by Commonwealth LNG for its 9.5 Mtpa liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility located in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, USA.