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11 Oct 26	UK: RWE completes sale of shares in Five Estuaries Offshore Wind Farm RWE has confirmed completion of the divestment of its 33.33% share in Five Estuaries Offshore Wind Farm to fellow power generator EDF. As a result of the sale, EDF will take over responsibility for leading the project on behalf of the joint venture partners.
11 Oct 26	UK: Approved Steeple Renewables Project to deliver £224M local investment The UK Government has given the green light to the Steeple Renewables Project, which will deliver an estimated £224 million of investment in the local economy, alongside a community benefits package worth approximately £13 million over the project’s lifetime.
11 Oct 26	Golar LNG acquires conversion vessel for 4th FLNG Golar LNG has announced that it has agreed to acquire the LNG carrier Grace Dahlia from NYK Line. The vessel is intended to be used for conversion into Golar’s fourth FLNG (“FLNG #4”) ordered on August 12, 2026.
11 Oct 26	Canada: Moncan Energy launches Alberta Acquisition and Development Strategy focused on producing oil and gas assets Moncan Energy, a newly established Calgary-based exploration and production company, has announced its strategy to acquire, improve and selectively develop smaller producing oil and natural gas assets across Alberta.
11 Oct 26	Emerson’s new flow measurement solution improves Data Center reliability, efficiency and uptime Global automation leader Emerson has announced the new Rosemount™ 8795 Magnetic Flow Sensor, purpose-built for data center hydronic cooling applications. This industrial-grade flow sensor provides accurate, repeatable flow measurements for high reliability and uptime in mission-critical data center applications.
11 Oct 26	Canada: Equinor and Shell partner on the Bay du Nord project Equinor and Shell have signed an agreement under which Shell will acquire a 30% interest in the Bay du Nord project offshore Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada. The transaction supports the continued maturation of Bay du Nord towards an investment decision currently targeted for early 2027.
10 Oct 26	Norway: Transocean announces contract backlog of approx, $1.1 billion, including fully approved equinor agreement Transocean has announced a new contract award representing approx. $62 million in firm contract backlog and the formal approval of the previously announced Equinor agreement resulting in conversion of the $1.0 billion contract value to firm backlog.
09 Oct 26	Trinidad & Tobago: EnerMech mobilizes local capability for Ginger subsea development project in Trinidad and Tobago EnerMech has announced a contract award from Subsea7 to deliver pre-commissioning services for the Ginger subsea development project in Trinidad and Tobago. EnerMech is providing pipeline and subsea pre-commissioning activities to support the development's offshore infrastructure.
09 Oct 26	Industry-wide innovation project targets faster delivery of clean energy infrastructure A major industry innovation project led by SSEN Transmission is aiming to reduce the time it takes to develop new electricity transmission infrastructure, helping deliver the network capacity needed to connect more home-grown clean energy and strengthen the UK’s energy security.
09 Oct 26	UK: £289,000 Hornsea 3 funding to strengthen families and communities across Norfolk and Suffolk Families with young children are among those set to benefit from the fifth round of Ørsted's Hornsea 3 Community Fund, with more than £289,000 awarded to 18 projects across Norfolk and Suffolk.
09 Oct 26	Jamaica: United Oil & Gas announces the publication of the fourth episode of its investor podcast series, On The Rocks AIM-listed United Oil & Gas, the oil and gas company with a high-impact exploration asset offshore Jamaica and a development asset in the UK, has announced the publication of the fourth episode of its investor podcast series, On The Rocks.
09 Oct 26	Australia: Georgina Energy provides update on the Mt Winter subsalt helium, hydrogen and hydrocarbons prospect in onshore Australia Georgina Energy, a helium, hydrogen and natural gas exploration and development company with strategic permits in Australia, has provided an update on the Mt Winter subsalt helium, hydrogen and hydrocarbons prospect in onshore Australia.
09 Oct 26	Congo Brazzaville: PetroNor E&P provides Q3 2026 production update PetroNor E&P has provided an update on the PNGF Sud field operations in Congo. Third quarter average net working interest production was 4,298 bopd, compared with 5,045 bopd during the previous quarter and 4,116 bopd in the third quarter of 2025.
09 Oct 26	Denmark: BlueNord announces preliminary production figures for September 2026 BlueNord has announced its preliminary production figures for September 2026. In September, preliminary production was 43.9 mboepd net to the Company. The Tyra hub produced 25.2 mboepd, while the base assets, comprising the Dan, Gorm and Halfdan hubs, contributed18.7 mboepd.
09 Oct 26	Germany: VSB begins construction of Liethe-Lehmden repowering wind farm in Lower Saxony VSB has begun construction of the Liethe-Lehmden repowering wind farm in the municipality of Rastede, Lower Saxony. Three new wind turbines with a total installed capacity of 18 megawatts (MW) will replace four existing turbines. The new wind farm is expected to generate enough renewable electricity each year to meet the equivalent annual demand of around 11,300 three-person households.
08 Oct 26	UK: Green Hill Solar Farm receives Development Consent Green Hill Solar Farm has received Development Consent, marking a significant milestone for the proposed renewable energy project in Northamptonshire and Milton Keynes.
08 Oct 26	SLB awarded Digital Drilling Contract by TotalEnergies Global energy technology company SLB has announced a 15-year agreement with TotalEnergies to use the DrillPlan™ coherent well planning and engineering solutions. The agreement will support TotalEnergies’ transition to a digital planning environment, connecting subsurface insights with well planning and engineering.
08 Oct 26	UK: Floating foundation for Buchan Offshore Wind achieves DNV certification milestone Buchan Offshore Wind has achieved Basic Design Certification from DNV for its BW Ideol designed concrete Damping Pool® floating support structure, marking a major technical milestone in the development of the near 1GW floating offshore wind project.
08 Oct 26	Eni CCUS Holding: Liverpool Bay CCS completes the installation of the world's first offshore platform dedicated to CO2 transportation and storage Eni CCUS Holding, owned jointly by Eni and Global Infrastructure Partners ('GIP'), part of BlackRock, announces that Liverpool Bay CCS has completed the installation of the new Douglas CCS platform in Liverpool Bay, marking a major step forward in the delivery of the CO2 Transportation and Storage (T&S) project that serves as the backbone of the HyNet industrial decarbonisation cluster in the United Kingdom.
08 Oct 26	Falklands: Rockhopper provides OSX-1 FPSO acquisition update Rockhopper Exploration announces that, further to its announcement of 24 August 2026 regarding the acquisition of the OSX-1 floating production, storage and offloading vessel ('FPSO') for use in the accelerated development of the Central Development Area at Sea Lion, it has entered into an agreement to acquire its 35 per cent pro rata participating interest in the OSX-1 FPSO.
08 Oct 26	US: Devon Energy announces agreement to exit the Eagle Ford for $4.2 billion Devon Energy has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Eagle Ford assets to Crescent Energy Company for total consideration of $4.2 billion in cash, subject to customary closing adjustments.
08 Oct 26	Romania: Greenvolt secures EUR 284 million financing for 253.1 MW wind project in Romania Greenvolt Power has secured EUR 284 million in project financing for its 253.1 MW wind project in Gurbanesti, east of Bucharest, Romania.
08 Oct 26	Morocco: Viridien enters into landmark multi-client collaboration with ONHYM to advance Morocco's hydrocarbon exploration Viridien has announced a landmark multi-client collaboration agreement with ONHYM, Morocco's national agency for hydrocarbon and mineral resource development. The collaboration defines a joint framework through which Viridien, working with ONHYM, will deliver integrated multi-client subsurface data and analytics solutions across Morocco's extensive and underexplored offshore and onshore sedimentary basins.
08 Oct 26	Norway: Equinor discovers gas at the Gullfaks South field Equinor and its partners have discovered gas at the Gullfaks South field. The exploration well was drilled as a sidetrack in connection with the drilling of a production well.
08 Oct 26	Energy Transition Outlook 2026: Energy-importing countries scaling clean energy three times faster than exporters Energy-importing countries are scaling clean energy three times faster than exporters, as governments seek to reduce reliance on imported oil and gas by expanding domestically produced power, according to the tenth edition of DNV’s Energy Transition Outlook.