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12 Dec 25	Norway: Ministry of Energy will award two project areas for offshore wind in Utsira Nord The Ministry of Energy has evaluated the two applications for the allocation of project areas for floating offshore wind in Utsira Nord. The Ministry received two applications for the allocation of project areas for floating offshore wind in Utsira Nord before the deadline on 15 September 2025.
12 Dec 25	Brazil: Valaris announces multi-year contract award for drillship VALARIS DS-8 Valaris has been awarded a multi-year contract with Shell offshore Brazil for drillship VALARIS DS-8. The contract is expected to commence in the first quarter of 2027, with an estimated duration of approx. 800 days and a total contract value of approx. $300 million.
11 Dec 25	Norwegian companies take a more dominant role A new report from the Norwegian Offshore Directorate shows that, in 2024, there were 24 oil and gas companies on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). This is the lowest number since activity started up on the shelf. At the same time, developments in exploration activity reveal a clear shift from global to Norwegian players.
11 Dec 25	UK: Offshore wind supply chain receives further £13m boost from The Crown Estate’s Supply Chain Accelerator programme Sixteen projects across England, Wales and Scotland are set to share over £13m through The Crown Estate’s innovative Supply Chain Accelerator.
11 Dec 25	UK: Consent awarded for Clifton Marsh Solar Farm Fylde Council have unanimously consented the 49.9 MW Clifton Marsh Solar Farm. The site will generate enough electricity to power 14,000 UK homes annually, and help avoid more than 20,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions each year.
11 Dec 25	US: Wood wins 10-year maintenance contract for Rio Grande LNG facility Wood has secured a significant ten-year contract with NextDecade to deliver maintenance solutions at Rio Grande LNG, a major natural gas liquefaction and export facility under development near Brownsville, Texas.
11 Dec 25	Namibia: Northern Ocean announces contract award for Deepsea Mira Northern Ocean has announced the signing of a contract with a subsidiary of Shell for the Deepsea Mira, commencing operations in Namibia in April 2026.
11 Dec 25	Romania: OMV Petrom entering the next chapter of Romania’s energy security Neptun Deep development progressing as planned, with first gas expected in 2027. Next deepwater offshore exploration activity: Anaconda-1 well to be drilled following the Neptun Deep development drilling.
11 Dec 25	Vestas announces three orders for a total of 191 MW Vestas has announced three orders for a total of 191 MW as part of its Q4 order intake. Two orders in Germany and one in Poland.
11 Dec 25	GoM: bp starts up seventh major project of 2025 bp successfully delivered first oil from the Atlantis Drill Center 1 expansion project in the US Gulf of America, its seventh upstream major project startup of the year. The project is expected to add 15,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d) gross peak annualized average production at the existing Atlantis platform.
11 Dec 25	UK: Major boost for UK clean energy supply chains The £1 billion Energy Engineered in the UK (EEUK) programme will mobilise public and private investment to unlock critical supply chains and create thousands of skilled jobs. As part of this programme, GBE is opening its £300 million GBE Supply Chain Fund.
11 Dec 25	Norway: Investing in the next phase at Johan Castberg Equinor, Vår Energi and Petoro will invest just over NOK four billion in the first discovery tied back to the Johan Castberg field in the Barents Sea. The decision was made eight months after Johan Castberg came on stream. Recoverable oil in the new subsea development is estimated at 46 million barrels, and start-up is planned as early as the fourth quarter of 2028.
11 Dec 25	Iraq: DNO charges past 500 million barrels in Kurdistan and picks up speed DNO, the Norwegian oil and gas operator, has announced it is revving up operations in the Kurdistan region of Iraq as it charges past a major milestone marking 500 million barrels of oil produced from the Tawke license (DNO 75 percent and operator).
11 Dec 25	Australia: Beach Energy announces first sales gas from the Waitsia Gas Plant Beach Energy has advised that delivery of sales gas from the Waitsia Gas Plant into the pipeline network has commenced, marking the critical First Gas Export milestone for the project.
11 Dec 25	Seatrium secures repeat jack-up rig contract from International Maritime Industries for Kingdom 4 Seatrium Offshore Technology, the flagship offshore jack-up designer for Seatrium Group, has been awarded a repeat contract by International Maritime Industries (IMI), the largest shipyard in the MENA region, for the supply of equipment and license for a LeTourneau Super 116E Class Self-Elevating Drilling Unit (SE-MODU), Kingdom 4.
11 Dec 25	UK: United Infrastructure acquires Wood’s UK Transmission and Distribution Business United Infrastructure has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the UK Transmission and Distribution engineering business ('UK T&D') of John Wood Group.
11 Dec 25	UK: Serica Energy completes acquisition of Prax Upstream AIM-listed Serica Energy has announced that, following receipt of NSTA consent for change of control, the acquisition of PUL from Prax Exploration & Production has now completed.
11 Dec 25	Brazil: TGS awarded streamer 4D contract offshore Brazil TGS, a leading provider of energy data and intelligence, has announced the award of a streamer 4D contract in the Campos basin, offshore Brazil. A Ramform vessel is scheduled to mobilize for the survey in the second half of 2026, with the contract expected to last approx. 75 days.
10 Dec 25	UK: Great British Energy backs Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland Communities in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will see a funding boost for local renewable projects from publicly owned company Great British Energy. After announcing it will back over 1,000 local and community energy projects over the next five years, the company has increased renewable funding for the UK’s devolved nations by £12 million to over £21 million.
10 Dec 25	US: Interior advances American offshore energy dominance with first lease sale under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act The Department of the Interior has announced that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management successfully conducted Lease Sale Big Beautiful Gulf 1, which is the first mandatory offshore oil and gas lease sale required under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The sale generated $279,433,757 in high bids for 181 blocks across 80 million acres in federal waters of the Gulf of America.
10 Dec 25	Norway: Norwegian Offshore Directorate grants Equinor a drilling permit for well 35/11-32 S in PL 090 HS. The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Equinor a drilling permit for well 35/11-32 S in production licence PL 090 HS. Planned spud date is December 2025.
10 Dec 25	Pakistan: OGDCL reports significant oil and gas discovery at the Baragzai X-01 (Slant) well in Nashpa Block, district Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) has made a significant oil and gas discovery at its exploratory well Baragzai X-01 (Slant) in Nashpa Block, district Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
10 Dec 25	Falklands: Rockhopper and Navitas have taken a final investment decision on the Sea Lion field, offshore Falklands AIM-listed Rockhopper Exploration, the oil and gas company with key interests in the North Falkland Basin, has announced that its Board has taken a final investment decision ('FID') relating to the development of Phase 1 of the Sea Lion field located offshore to the north of the Falkland Islands and has accordingly now sanctioned the Project.
10 Dec 25	Spain: Zero-waste repowering - RWE commissions its Muel wind farm in Aragon RWE has commissioned its new Muel wind farm, located in the Aragon region near Zaragoza, Spain. Modern turbines for a higher green energy yield: from 27 to 3 turbines; total installed capacity to increase from 16.2 MW to 19.97 MW. Number of Spanish homes supplied to increase from 9,400 to 21,000. Bureau Veritas certifies ZeroWaste.
10 Dec 25	Botswana: Scatec starts commercial operation at Mmadinare phase 2 in Botswana Scatec, a leading renewable energy provider, has started commercial operation of the second 60 MW phase of the 120 MW Mmadinare Solar Cluster in Botswana.