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23 Mar 26	France: Technip Energies invests in Verso Energy’s DEZiR eSAF project in Rouen Technip Energies has signed an agreement with Verso Energy to acquire a minority equity stake in the DEZiR project, a synthetic aviation fuel ('eSAF') plant located in Rouen, France. This investment demonstrates Technip Energies’ support for this major industrial initiative, which has been selected under the France 2030 program and the European Innovation Fund.
23 Mar 26	OEUK: New polling shows public backs homegrown energy, a balanced mix, and clear long-term rules for the North Sea New UK-wide polling commissioned by Offshore Energies UK (OEUK) shows overwhelming public support for using the UK’s own oil and gas resources alongside renewables to strengthen national security, manage overreliance on imports, and ensure stable, long-term decision-making on how the sector is taxed.
23 Mar 26	Brazil: Equinor and Rio Energy order Vestas turbines for the 230 MW Esquina do Vento Wind Project in Brazil, fully developed by Vestas Equinor, through its subsidiary Rio Energy, acquires the 230 MW Esquina do Vento wind project from Vestas, the global leader in wind energy solutions, and signs a turbine supply agreement with Vestas for the project, which is located in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, northeast of Brazil.
23 Mar 26	Canada: C-NLOER provides update on 2026 Call for Bids In November 2025, the Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Energy Regulator (C-NLOER) advised that it would review its land tenure system in collaboration with the federal and Newfoundland and Labrador governments and others to identify opportunities to enhance competitiveness. Final parcel selections, terms and conditions will be announced in June with a closing date in November.
23 Mar 26	Serbia: Nordex Group receives new order from Serbia for 70 MW The Nordex Group has received a new order for the supply and installation of 11 N175/6.X wind turbines for the Jasikovo wind farm in eastern Serbia. The Jasikovo wind farm is located in the Serbian Carpathian Mountains, approx. 175 kms east-southeast of Belgrade.
23 Mar 26	UK: Orcadian Energy announces results for the half year ended 31 December 2025 AIM-listed Orcadian Energy, the North Sea focused oil and gas development company, has announced its unaudited results for the six months ended 31 December 2025.
23 Mar 26	Italy: Zenith Energy announces construction of its 7 MWp solar plants in Puglia, Italy, will commence in July 2026 Zenith Energy has announced a major milestone in the execution of its Italian renewable energy development and production strategy, with construction of its 7 MWp solar plants in the Puglia region now scheduled to commence in early July 2026.
23 Mar 26	Taiwan: Nexra wins additional near-term contract in Taiwan Nexra, Cadeler’s dedicated service platform, has confirmed the signing of an additional firm contract for an Operations & Maintenance (O&M) campaign to be executed and completed during 2026. The campaign will service two offshore wind farms in Taiwan and will be executed using Cadeler’s wind installation vessel Wind Maker, which was delivered to the company last year.
23 Mar 26	Prosafe SE announces operational update - February 2026 Fleet utilisation for February 2026 was 96%. In Brazil, Safe Eurus, Safe Notos, and Safe Zephyrus continued to operate at full capacity in January. Safe Boreas continued to receive full day rate, awaiting commencement of the 15-month firm period upon gangway connection. Safe Caledonia had 79% utilisation at the Captain Field in the UK.
23 Mar 26	Norway: TGS completes three year GSX campaign in the Norwegian Sea TGS has announced the completion of its three-year GSX (GeoStreamer X) acquisition and processing campaign in the Norwegian Sea, culminating in the delivery of the final Dual Azimuth products to clients. TGS now offers more than 21,500 sq kms of high-quality GSX multi-client seismic data available for licensing. The dataset provides a modern, high-resolution foundation for development, ILX and TLX exploration activities across one of Norway’s most prospective offshore regions.
23 Mar 26	UK: Keep the North Sea Working campaign launched by Unite for Scottish elections Oil and gas workers have today (23 March) launched a campaign to demand protection for union jobs and the communities those jobs sustain from Scottish politicians ahead of the Holyrood elections.
22 Mar 26	Norway's preliminary production figures for February 2026 show an average daily production of 2,176,000 barrels of oil, NGL and condensate Preliminary production figures for February 2026 show an average daily production of 2,176,000 barrels of oil, NGL and condensate. Total gas sales were 9.9 billion Sm3 (GSm3), which is 1.4 (GSm3) less than the previous month. The average daily production of liquids in February was: 1,970,000 barrels of oil, 188,000 barrels of NGL and 18,000 barrels of condensate.
22 Mar 26	Uzbekistan: Condor Energies announces 2025 Y/E results Condor Energies, a Canadian based, internationally focused energy transition company focused on Central Asia, has announced the release of its audited consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 (the Financial Statements), together with the related management’s discussion and analysis.
22 Mar 26	Belgium: TotalEnergies and Holcim inaugurate Europe’s largest floating solar power plant dedicated to self-consumption TotalEnergies and Holcim, a leading player in sustainable construction, have inaugurated in Belgium a floating solar power plant with a capacity of 31 MW, located in Obourg on a former chalk quarry site that has been rehabilitated into a lake.
22 Mar 26	H.E. Minister Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi: The missile attacks reduced Qatar’s LNG export capacity by 17% and caused an estimated loss of $20 billion QatarEnergy annouced March 19 that it expects the damage to its Ras Laffan Industrial City caused by missile strikes, which occurred on 18 March 2026, and in the early hours of 19 March 2026, to cost about $20 billion a year in lost revenue and to take up to five years to repair, impacting supply to markets in Europe and Asia.
22 Mar 26	Yinson records steady Q4’FY2026 earnings supported by growing operational contributions Yinson Holdings, a global energy infrastructure company, has announced its financial results for the fourth quarter ended 31 January 2026. Yinson reported profit after tax and minority interests (PATAMI) of RM228 million for the quarter, broadly stable, quarter-on-quarter, supported by increasing operational contributions from FPSO assets entering their charter phase.
22 Mar 26	US: NextEra Energy receives President Trump's approval to develop up to 10 GW of natural gas-powered generation to meet nation's historic power demand NextEra Energy, the largest energy infrastructure builder in the United States, has confirmed that President Donald J. Trump has approved the development of up to 10 gigawatts of natural gas-powered generation in Texas and Pennsylvania.
22 Mar 26	IEA confirms Member country contributions to collective action to release oil stocks in response to Middle East disruptions The IEA confirms that, following the agreement announced on 11 March for the IEA Member countries to make 400 million barrels of oil available to the market, initial volumes of oil from the emergency reserves have already started to be made available.
22 Mar 26	New IEA report highlights options to ease oil price pressures on consumers in response to Middle East supply disruptions The International Energy Agency has set out a range of demand-side actions that governments, businesses and households can take to alleviate the economic impacts on consumers of the disruptions to oil markets stemming from the war in the Middle East.
22 Mar 26	Equatorial Guinea: First-of-its-kind offshore seismic data now available for Equatorial Guinea Searcher has announced the completion of a landmark seismic reprocessing project in Equatorial Guinea, delivering 7,337 km of high-resolution offshore data now available to the industry. This milestone project transforms legacy datasets using the latest broadband Pre-Stack Depth Migration (PSDM) and Full Waveform Inversion (FWI) technologies.
21 Mar 26	Lithuania: Aker Solutions wins FEED contract for CO2 terminal in Lithuania Aker Solutions has been awarded a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract by KN Energies to support the development of the company’s CO2 transshipment terminal infrastructure project in Klaipeda, Lithuania.