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21 Oct 26	UK: Ofgem launches biggest ever OFTO tender round for £3.5 billion Hornsea 3 offshore transmission link Ofgem has launched what’s expected to be its largest ever tender round for the offshore transmission assets connecting Hornsea 3 - one of the world’s biggest windfarms - to Britain’s power grid. Tender Round 14 in Ofgem’s OFTO framework (offshore transmission owners), which launched today (Wednesday October 21) has an estimated value of around £3.5 billion.
21 Oct 26	UK: Vattenfall unveils plans for new Nottinghamshire wind farm Vattenfall is exploring plans for a new onshore wind farm near the villages of Misson and Gringley-on-the-Hill in Nottinghamshire, with up to 16 turbines and a potential generating capacity of 112 megawatts (MW).
21 Oct 26	UK: Unite welcomes Jackdaw decision Unite, the UK’s leading union, has welcomed the government’s decision to approve the Jackdaw gas field. The union has long called for the development of Jackdaw, in order to provide energy security and provide time to secure commensurate jobs for North Sea oil and gas workers.
21 Oct 26	Germany: Vattenfall to deliver balancing power from Veja Mate offshore wind farm Vattenfall has announced that, for the first time, it will provide balancing power from the 416 MW Veja Mate Offshore Wind Farm, helping to stabilise the grid during fluctuations. Using this project, Vattenfall plans to provide 200 MW, the largest amount of balancing power from offshore wind.
21 Oct 26	UK: Ørsted completes construction on innovative UK battery energy storage system Ørsted, the global leader in offshore wind energy, has finished construction of its first large-scale UK battery energy storage system (BESS). This is the latest milestone along the path to it becoming fully operational. There are now 170 megapacks in place alongside the onshore converter station for Ørsted’s Hornsea 3 Offshore Wind Farm, near Norwich, Norfolk. Each is the length of a classic Routemaster London bus but weighs the same as five buses.
21 Oct 26	TGS Prediktor expands Prediktor Data Gateway Agreement with Aker BP TGS, a global provider of energy data and intelligence, has extended its agreement with Aker BP for Prediktor Data Gateway, expanding the data infrastructure approach established for the Yggdrasil area to a broader scope across Aker BP.
21 Oct 26	UK: Energy Secretary green lights Jackdaw gas field, as Chancellor announces new Energy Wealth Fund The Energy Secretary has agreed that the regulator can grant consent for gas to be produced at the licensed Jackdaw field. The project will start to supply gas to British homes and businesses from as early as the end of this month. New Energy Wealth Fund to be established by the Chancellor with a £2 billion downpayment to reinvest oil and gas revenues into the climate transition.
21 Oct 26	UK: Adura to boost UK gas supply with Jackdaw approval Adura has welcomed the UK Government’s decision to approve the Jackdaw gas field, describing it as an important step forward for the future of UK energy.
21 Oct 26	Electricity Networks Sector Growth Plan shows how building new UK grid will attract billions in investment and support hundreds of thousands of jobs RenewableUK’s CEO Tara Singh comments on the publication of the Electricity Networks Sector Growth Plan by the Energy Networks Association and BEAMA, which shows that by 2035, electricity networks are expected to support more than 210,000 jobs, contribute £58 billion in economic value and enable £181 billion of investment in Great Britain's electricity networks.
21 Oct 26	UK: ZX Measurement Services supports Vattenfall’s growing UK wind measurement portfolio ZX Measurement Services is supporting Vattenfall across a portfolio of UK wind energy developments, delivering integrated measurement campaigns that combine customer-owned and rental ZX 300 wind Lidars, ZX Power and specialist field services to support both wind resource and noise assessment programmes.
21 Oct 26	US: Endurance Energy drills world’s first subsea geothermal well and runs first net-positive power plant Endurance Energy has announced the first end-to-end demonstration of subsea geothermal power: its Adélie test plant generated more electricity than it consumed on an active underwater volcano nearly a mile deep in the Pacific Ocean.
20 Oct 26	Gulf of Mexico: TechnipFMC and bp sign MoU for supply of 20K Subsea Production Systems TechnipFMC has announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with BP Exploration & Production Inc., a subsidiary of BP, which sets out a framework for bp and TechnipFMC to cooperate in connection with the supply of 20,000 psi (20K) subsea tree systems for bp’s Paleogene projects in the Gulf of America.
20 Oct 26	Ravenna CCS selected under the European Innovation Fund The Ravenna CCS Phase 2 project, developed by Eni and Snam to build an integrated, multimodal CO2 transport and storage infrastructure, has been selected by the European Commission for funding under the 2025 Innovation Fund – Net-Zero Technologies, in the Large Scale category.
20 Oct 26	Prosafe SE: Operational update - September 2026 Fleet utilisation was 80% in September and 80% for Q3 2026. All operating vessels delivered near 100% commercial uptime in September, with Safe Eurus, Safe Notos, Safe Zephyrus and Safe Boreas operating at full capacity.
20 Oct 26	Japan: Vestas announces new order in Vietnam Vestas has announced a 27 MW order in Vietnam as part of its Q4 order intake. Customer and Project name are undisclosed. Delivery planned to begin at the end of 2027 with commissioning scheduled in 2028.
20 Oct 26	UK: Almost 500 UK offshore wind jobs to be supported through Seaway7 agreement for SSE’s Berwick Bank B project Almost 500 skilled offshore wind jobs will be supported across north-east Scotland and the wider UK after SSE appointed Aberdeen-based Seaway7, part of the Subsea7 group, as preferred supplier to deliver key infrastructure for its 1.4GW Berwick Bank B offshore wind project.
20 Oct 26	UK's first subsea cable factory opens in £350m Highlands investment The UK's first high voltage direct current (HVDC) subsea cable factory has opened at the Port of Nigg in the Highlands, creating up to 250 jobs and supporting more than 400 across the supply chain.
20 Oct 26	Namibia: ReconAfrica announces initiation of Horizontal Drilling at KW1X - Flow Test Results expected prior to year-end ReconAfrica announces initiation of Horizontal Drilling at KW1X. Flow Test Results expected prior to year-end ahead of final open hole horizontal flow testing.
20 Oct 26	Norwegian Offshore Directorate announces production figures for September 2026 Preliminary production figures for September 2026 show an average daily production of 1,900,000 barrels of oil, NGL and condensate. Oil production in September is 0.7 percent more than the NOD’s forecast and 4.1 percent more than the forecast so far this year.
20 Oct 26	Egypt: Eni launches start-up activities for the Meleiha Phase 2 project in Egypt’s Western Desert Eni, through Agiba Petroleum Company, the joint venture between Eni and EGPC (Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation), has launched the start-up activities of the Meleiha Phase 2 (MP2) project in Egypt’s Western Desert.
20 Oct 26	New Zealand: First offshore renewable energy feasibility permit application round now open New Zealand's first offshore renewable energy feasibility permit application round is now open following the publication of the Offshore Renewable Energy Feasibility Permit Application Round Notice 2026.
20 Oct 26	Jamaica: United Oil & Gas announces positive Drill Rig study results for the Walton Morant licence, offshore Jamaica AIM-listed United Oil & Gas, the oil and gas company with a high-impact exploration asset in Jamaica and a development asset in the UK, has announced positive results from the drilling rig and long-lead availability study undertaken by NRG Well Management ('NRG') for the Walton Morant licence, offshore Jamaica.
20 Oct 26	Iraq: ShaMaran announces combination with Gulf Keystone ShaMaran Petroleum and Gulf Keystone Petroleum have signed a Bermuda merger agreement and a combination agreement to combine their businesses. The Transaction will create a leading independent oil producer focused on the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and Federal Iraq.
20 Oct 26	Cote d'Ivoire: TGS announces MC3D Vision PSDM reprocessing project in offshore Côte d'Ivoire TGS, in partnership with the Direction Générale des Hydrocarbures (DGH) and PETROCI, has announced the commencement of the MC3D Vision PSDM reprocessing project in offshore Côte d'Ivoire.
20 Oct 26	UK: Independent investigation concludes allegations against NESO were unsubstantiated An independent investigation into allegations raised about operational decision-making and record-keeping at NESO has concluded that there was no evidence to substantiate the allegations examined.