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17 Nov 25	LUKOIL provides statement on negotiations regarding the sale of its international assets LUKOIL informs about ongoing negotiations on the sale of its international assets with several potential buyers. The specific deal will be announced after the final agreements have been reached and the necessary regulatory approvals have been obtained.
17 Nov 25	Shell invests in Nigeria offshore gas development Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo), a subsidiary of Shell, together with Sunlink Energies and Resources Limited, have taken a final investment decision (FID) on the HI gas project offshore Nigeria.
16 Nov 25	Nigeria: Drydocks World delivers FPSO Emem to power Nigeria’s offshore energy growth Drydocks World has completed the full conversion and integration of the EMEM Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel, delivering a key offshore asset to support production at Nigeria’s Okwok field and advance the country’s energy development and self-reliance goals.
16 Nov 25	UAE: ADNOC Gas delivers best-ever Q3 results, demonstrating resilience and growth in a dynamic market ADNOC Gas and its subsidiaries, a world-class integrated gas processing and sales company, has announced its Q3 2025 results, achieving the highest third quarter net income in its history at $1.34 billion, an 8% increase year-on-year. Year-to-date net income reached $3.99 billion, exceeding market expectations, even as oil prices averaged $71/bbl in the first nine months of 2025 compared to $83/bbl in 2024.
15 Nov 25	UK: Statkraft secures consent for Knockcronal Wind Farm Statkraft, Europe’s largest generator of renewable energy, has secured planning consent for Knockcronal Wind Farm, located in South Ayrshire. The consented design has a generating capacity of up to 59.4MW and comprises a total of nine turbines. Once operational, the wind farm will generate enough clean electricity to power the equivalent of 49,000 homes.
15 Nov 25	COP30: Oil & Gas Decarbonization Charter sustains momentum with annual report launch The Oil & Gas Decarbonization Charter (OGDC), a global coalition of leading energy companies championed by the CEOs of ADNOC, Aramco, and TotalEnergies and supported by the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI), has released its 2025 Status Report: Implementing Action, highlighting accelerated progress and sustained momentum.
15 Nov 25	COP30: TotalEnergies commits $100 million to Climate Investment in support of the OGDC Community During the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 30) taking place in Belém, Brazil, TotalEnergies, a member of the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI) and of the Oil and Gas Decarbonization Charter (OGDC), announced a $100 million commitment to Climate Investment’s Venture Strategy fund, which backs technologies that cut emissions across the oil and gas value chain.
14 Nov 25	US: RWE’s first project in Louisiana completes construction RWE has completed construction of its first project in Louisiana, the 100 MW Lafitte Solar project located in the Ouachita Parish, outside of Monroe. The project was enabled by the long-term power purchase agreement with Meta.
14 Nov 25	Norway: Hydro invests NOK 1.2 billion to build Illvatn pumped storage power plant Hydro has made the final investment decision for its largest hydropower development in over 20 years. Construction of the Illvatn pumped storage power plant in the Luster Municipality of Norway will begin this November, with operations expected to start in 2030.
14 Nov 25	UK: Archer expands service offerings under five-year P&A contract in UK Archer has announced an additional contract linked to the five-year agreement with NEO NEXT Energy, originally with Repsol Resources UK and announced May 2nd, 2025. The additional contract adds a lighter Archer P&A unit for a five-year term, replacing one of Archer’s modular drilling rigs for the Fulmar platform, originally announced August 15, 2023.
14 Nov 25	UK: Archer secures a 5-year contract extension worth USD 110 million Archer has been awarded a five-year contract extension for platform drilling and maintenance services in the UK with an estimated contract value of USD 110 million.
14 Nov 25	Norwegian Offshore Directorate: New Dashboard provides an overview of the licensees’ petroleum resources and reserves on the NCS The new Dashboard provides an overview of the licensees’ petroleum resources and reserves on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). This includes data such as: Number of active production licences. Overview of discoveries and fields in operation. Estimates for remaining reserves and resources in discoveries.
14 Nov 25	Colombia: Frontera announces strategic spin-off of its Colombian infrastructure business to unlock intrinsic value Frontera Energy Corporation has announced a plan to unlock significant value from its existing assets through a spin-off of its Colombian Infrastructure business, creating two independent companies: Frontera Exploration & Production and Frontera Infrastructure. The Proposed Transaction is projected to be completed in the first half of 2026.
14 Nov 25	BW Offshore launches BW Elara - floating desalination solutions powered by BW Water technology BW Offshore and BW Group have established a 50/50 joint venture entity (JV), BW Elara, to design and build Floating Desalination Units (FDUs), producing fresh water from salt water to address growing global water constraints.
14 Nov 25	Valeura Energy announces third quarter 2025 results Valeura Energy reports its unaudited financial and operating results for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2025.
14 Nov 25	Ørsted to commercialise its state-of-the-art low-noise technology Osonic: Signs first agreement with Luxcara Ørsted has announced the establishment of its new technology platform Osonic, having signed a preferred supplier agreement with leading German energy infrastructure asset manager Luxcara.
14 Nov 25	Solstad Maritime announces contract award for CSV Normand Ocean Solstad Maritime (SOMA) has announced that the Construction Support Vessel (CSV) Normand Ocean has been awarded a new very large contract with DeepOcean.
14 Nov 25	UK’s AR7 offshore wind auction tees-up a ‘win-win-win’ for policymakers, developers, and suppliers - Wood Mackenzie With the launch of the UK's Contracts for Difference (CfD) Allocation Round 7 (AR7), strategic recalibrations compared to past auctions could deliver stability to the offshore wind market amid an intense political and economic battleground over net zero targets and public spending, according to a recent insight from Wood Mackenzie.
14 Nov 25	US: Interior rescinds 2024 rule on Alaska Petroleum Reserve, unlocking energy potential The Department of the Interior has announced a final rule rescinding the 2024 Bureau of Land Management rule governing the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, a major step in unlocking the energy potential of the roughly 23-million-acre reserve.
14 Nov 25	Canada: Cenovus announces closing of MEG Energy acquisition Cenovus Energy has announced that its acquisition of MEG Energy Corp. has been completed. This acquisition strengthens Cenovus’s portfolio of long-life, low-cost oil sands assets, adding top-tier operations that are directly adjacent to the company’s Christina Lake asset.
14 Nov 25	Norway: DeepOcean awarded installation work on gas project by Equinor Ocean services provider DeepOcean has been awarded a contract by Equinor to provide various subsea construction and installation activities as part of the Snorre Export and Import Gas Project (SNEIG) for offshore execution in 2026.
13 Nov 25	UK: Art of the possible embraced as cutting-edge tools enhance North Sea operations Tech-savvy operators are using an impressive array of smart tools and techniques to optimise production, including from tiebacks, and cut emissions in the North Sea, a new report from the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) shows.
13 Nov 25	Brazil: PXGEO secures two OBN seismic acquisition contracts with Petrobras PXGEO has been awarded two significant contracts from Petrobras-led consortia, to deliver seismic data acquisition and monitoring services in the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil. The deal further extends the business’ presence in Brazil.
13 Nov 25	Suriname: Staatsolie approves Commercial Field for Sloanea-1 gas discovery in Block 52 Staatsolie announced its approval on 11 November 2025 of the Commercial Field for the Sloanea-1 gas discovery, located in Block 52 offshore Suriname.
13 Nov 25	SSI and GWEC partner on supply chain sustainability and transparency The Solar Stewardship Initiative (SSI) and the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to drive sustainability, transparency, and resilience across the solar and wind energy industries’ supply chains.