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03 Sep 26	UK: Delivering clean, renewable energy: Cearn Solar Farm launches to the public Cearn Solar Farm, a subsidiary of Telis Energy UK, has announced the early-stage development of Cearn Solar Farm, a solar energy and battery energy storage facility located within the Vale of White Horse District, Oxfordshire.
03 Sep 26	UK: Viking South proven technically mature and positioned to support industrial renewal in the Humber, report finds Published today by the Geological Society. a study led by the University of Aberdeen concludes that the Viking South gas field has the geological suitability, proven containment integrity and operational readiness needed to become one of the UK’s most advanced and reliable offshore carbon dioxide (CO2) storage sites.
03 Sep 26	Namibia: TotalEnergies completes its entry as Operator into PEL83 license, holding the giant Mopane discovery TotalEnergies has announced the completion of the transaction concluded with Galp in December 2025, whereby: TotalEnergies acquires from Galp a 40% operated interest in the PEL83 license, holding the Mopane discovery, and Galp acquires from TotalEnergies a 10% participating interest in the PEL56 license, holding the Venus discovery and a 9.39% participating interest in the PEL91 license.
03 Sep 26	GoM: Woodside signs non-binding MOU with PEMEX to expand strategic partnership in Mexico Woodside Energy has announced that it has signed a non-binding MOU with Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX). The MOU will allow analysis of potential future opportunities for exploration and extraction of hydrocarbons in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico. It will also facilitate the mutual exchange of technical knowledge, experience, and industry best practices in the oil and gas sector.
03 Sep 26	UK: Nadara submits comprehensive Scoping Report for the offshore transmission infrastructure associated with the proposed Bellrock floating wind farm Nadara has submitted a comprehensive Scoping Report and Habitats Regulations Appraisal (HRA) Screening Report to the Marine Directorate, for the offshore transmission infrastructure associated with the proposed 1.8 gigawatt Bellrock floating offshore wind project.
03 Sep 26	UK: Renewable Connections secures consent for Cheshire Solar Farm Cheshire West and Chester Council planning committee have consented a solar farm that will generate enough renewable energy for up to 5,000 homes. The 15MW Chads Solar Farm will be located north of Cheshire in Tushingham, and has been developed by Renewable Connections, one of the UK’s leading solar and battery energy storage developers.
03 Sep 26	Germany: Vestas announces order for repowering project with European Energy in Germany Vestas has announced an order for a repowering project with European Energy in Germany, as part of its Q3 order intake.
03 Sep 26	US: Equinor brings its largest energy storage project online in the US East Point Energy, a wholly owned Equinor company, has completed construction and started operations at Citrus Flatts, a 100 MW/200 MWh energy storage facility in Harlingen, Texas. With this Equinor has put five battery storage facilities into commercial production in four years. Citrus Flatts is East Point’s second operational project, following the start-up of the 10 MW/20 MWh Sunset Ridge facility last year.
03 Sep 26	UK: GEL set to deliver Europe’s first ‘technical grade’ lithium carbonate on a commercial scale Geothermal Engineering Ltd (GEL) has announced a major technological milestone in the production of lithium onshore in the UK. In a European first, independent analysis has shown that GEL’s lithium carbonate produced from deep geothermal brine now exceeds the 99.3% purity specification and can be classified as ‘technical grade’ material. This means that it meets the purity requirements for battery producers and provides GEL with a direct route to market as the lithium carbonate does not have to be further refined before onward sale.
03 Sep 26	UK: Hundreds of North Sea workers still above new offshore helicopter weight limit Hundreds of North Sea workers remain above a new safe weight limit for offshore helicopter travel less than two months before the rules come into force.
03 Sep 26	UK: Burnham pledges Aberdeen visit as fears grow over North Sea transition Prime Minister Andy Burnham will visit Aberdeen in the coming weeks to confront the growing crisis facing the North Sea transition, after business leaders, unions and industry bodies warned that thousands of jobs and billions of pounds of investment are at risk.
03 Sep 26	Timor Leste: TIMOR GAP, E.P. agrees to acquire Osaka Gas Australia’s interest in the Greater Sunrise project TIMOR GAP, E.P. has reached a binding agreement with Osaka Gas Australia to acquire Osaka Gas Australia’s 10 percent participating interest in the Greater Sunrise project.
03 Sep 26	EnQuest announces results for the six months ended 30 June 2026 EnQuest reported a net loss of $39.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2026, a significant improvement from the $173.5 million loss in the same period of 2025, driven by a 9% increase in production to 41,544 Boepd and a 31% rise in cash generated from operations to $281.4 million. The company also announced transformational acquisitions in Malaysia, which are on track to complete by December 31, 2026, and are expected to more than double production.
03 Sep 26	UK: Ithaca Energy confirms its promotion to the FTSE 100 Index Ithaca Energy is pleased to confirm its promotion to the FTSE 100 Index, effective 21 September 2026, following the announcement made on 2 September 2026 by FTSE Russell.
03 Sep 26	Canada: Shell completes acquisition of ARC Resources Shell has completed the previously announced agreement to acquire ARC Resources, an energy company focused in British Columbia and Alberta, Canada. The acquisition accelerates Shell's strategy by adding approx. 370 kboe/d immediately across liquids and gas, supporting a production compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of around 4% through to 2030 compared with 2025.
03 Sep 26	US: Diversified announces accretive acquisition of Birch Diversified Energy Company has announced the execution of definitive acquisition agreements to acquire Birch Permian Holdings, Inc. and certain affiliated companies, a leading independent oil and gas producer with operations in the Permian Basin, from affiliates of Elliott Investment Management L.P.
02 Sep 26	Brazil/Gulf of America: bp welcomes Shell into exploration prospects in Brazil and Gulf of America bp and Shell have agreed terms for Shell to acquire a 50% stake in the Tupinambá exploration block in the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil, in addition to a 30% stake in five leases containing the Conifer exploration prospect in the deepwater Gulf of America Paleogene.
02 Sep 26	Jadestone Energy responds to statement by Prima Energy regarding its acquisition of 28.3% in Jadestone Jadestone Energy, an independent upstream production and development company focused on the Asia-Pacific region, notes the announcement by PT Prima Petroleum Energi that Prima Energy has reached an agreement to acquire an interest in c.28.3% of the Company’s issued share capital. Jadestone also notes Prima Energy’s statement that it has no intention of making an offer to acquire Jadestone Energy
02 Sep 26	Venezuela: Eni signs strategic contract in Venezuela and becomes Operator of the super giant Junín-5 oil field Eni and PDVSA signed the 'Contrato de Participación Productiva de Hidrocarburos' (CPPH) relating to the development of the Junín 5 giant oil field, located onshore in the Orinoco Belt. The CPPH, which has a duration of 25 years with the possibility of extension, grants Eni the role of exclusive Operator of the Junín 5 area, with full responsibility for the technical, financial and commercial management of the project. Junín 5 is a heavy oil field containing 35 billion barrels of certified oil in place.
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.