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30 Apr 25	Norway: SLB announces progress with Norwegian Competition Authority on ChampionX acquisition SLB has announced that it expects to finalize proceedings with the Norwegian Competition Authority (NCA) in connection with the ChampionX acquisition, concluding the NCA’s Phase 2 review.
30 Apr 25	Norwegian Offshore Directorate - Annual report: Helping develop the Norwegian shelf The annual report outlines how the Norwegian Offshore Directorate carried out its tasks and its civic mission last year. 2024 was characterised by a global landscape fraught with political unrest and conflict. There was a great demand for energy in Europe due to the sharp reduction in imports from Russia.
30 Apr 25	Denmark: RWE installs first foundation at Thor offshore wind farm RWE has taken an important step in the construction of the 1.1 gigawatt (GW) Thor offshore wind farm in the Danish North Sea: the first of 72 monopile foundations has been successfully installed.
30 Apr 25	Belgium: Vioneo appoints Wood to design world’s first industrial scale fossil-free plastics facility Vioneo has awarded Wood, a global leader in consulting and engineering, a multi-million dollar FEED contract to deliver the front-end engineering design for its revolutionary plant which will produce fossil-free plastics using green methanol. Based in Antwerp, Belgium, the renewably powered and energy efficient plant will be the first facility in the world capable of achieving this at industrial scale.
29 Apr 25	UK: NSTA chief executive's speech at Innovation Zero: Turning ambition into reality in the North Sea NSTA Chief Executive Stuart Payne delivered a keynote speech titled, 'Turning ambition into reality in the North Sea', at the Innovation Zero conference in London, highlighting the permits issued for the UK’s first two carbon storage projects and discussing the role of CCS in helping oil and gas workers transfer their skills to clean-energy jobs, supporting communities and anchoring the offshore supply chain in the UK.
29 Apr 25	UK’s energy transition ambitions much more than a pipe dream, NSTA chief says The go-ahead for a major carbon storage project shows the UK is turning its climate change ambitions into reality, NSTA Chief Executive Stuart Payne told hundreds of energy conference attendees. Speaking at Innovation Zero in London, Mr Payne said last week’s award of carbon storage permits for HyNet was the latest example of 'real action' on net zero from the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA).
29 Apr 25	UK: New independent report finds that underground cables are, on average, around 4.5 times more expensive than overhead lines The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has released an independent and comprehensive study on the costs of installing high voltage electricity transmission lines overground, underground and sub-sea, aiming to inform the Government's ambitious plans to re-wire Great Britain in the largest grid upgrade since the 1960s.
29 Apr 25	Spain: Prospex Energy provides update on Viura gas field Prospex Energy, the AIM quoted investing company focused on European gas and power projects, has been advised by the Operator of the Viura field, HEYCO Energia Iberia, of the temporary cessation of production of the new Viura-1B well due to a leak in the completion tubing.
29 Apr 25	UK: Star Energy Group announces full year results for the year ended 31 December 2024 Star Energy Group, a leading onshore hydrocarbon producer in the United Kingdom, delivering natural gas and crude oil to Britain’s energy market, has announced full year results for the year ended 31 December 2024.
29 Apr 25	Norway: OKEA announces first quarter 2025 financial results OKEA has announced first quarter 2025 financial results. OKEA delivered operating income of USD 271 (205) and EBITDA of USD 183 (149) million in the first quarter of 2025. Total liquidity amounted to USD 367 (311) million and net cash position was USD 120 (65) million.
28 Apr 25	Norway: Aker BP granted drilling permit for well 25/1-14 in PL 873 B The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Aker BP a drilling permit for well 25/1-14 in production licence PL 873. The well will be drilled by the Deepsea Stavanger semisub. Planned spud date is April 2025.
28 Apr 25	BW ESS and Nordea Bank sign largest ever battery storage financing in the Nordics BW ESS has secured a SEK 628m green loan agreement with Nordea Bank for its 211MW/211MWh portfolio of operational battery storage assets in Sweden, owned in partnership with Ingrid Capacity. The transaction is BW ESS’ first external financing and understood to be the largest battery energy storage system (BESS) financing in the Nordics to date.
28 Apr 25	UK: Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners to partially divest Coalburn 1 battery project Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, on behalf of its fund Copenhagen Infrastructure IV (CI IV), has signed an agreement to divest a 50% ownership stake, upon site commissioning, to AXA IM Alts, a global leader in alternative investments. Coalburn 1 is a 500MW, 2-hour duration, lithium ion battery energy storage system (BESS), located in South Lanarkshire, in southern Scotland.
28 Apr 25	UK: Record-breaking monopile installation sets a solid foundation for ScottishPower’s biggest-ever offshore windfarm The offshore construction programme for ScottishPower’s biggest-ever renewables project is officially underway with the installation of the first foundation for the green energy company’s £4 billion East Anglia THREE offshore windfarm.
28 Apr 25	Ireland: Hope for electricity consumers as new report finds Irish onshore wind energy can treble Extensive mapping has found that Ireland can generate at least a further 6,000 MW of wind energy, in addition to what is already built or in the planning system. In a new study commissioned by Wind Energy Ireland, leading Irish planning and environmental consultancy MKO has calculated Ireland’s capacity for further onshore wind development, which is the country’s cheapest source of new electricity.
28 Apr 25	Ukraine: Naftogaz deploys funds for immediate purchase of 1 bcm of gas Naftogaz has secured a €270 million loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and a €140 million grant from the Norwegian government via the NORAD fund. The funds will allow Ukraine to purchase nearly 1 bcm of gas, which is essential to ensure a stable heating season amid ongoing war and repeated attacks on energy infrastructure.
28 Apr 25	UK: Saipem awarded a contract by Eni for the Liverpool Bay CCS project Saipem has been awarded a contract by Eni in the UK for the Liverpool Bay CCS project. The value of the contract is estimated approx. 520 million euros over the three years required to complete the project. The Liverpool Bay CCS project will serve the HyNet industrial cluster, situated in one of the UK’s most energy-intensive industrial districts.
28 Apr 25	UK: Gryphon legal limbo puts at risk hundreds of North Sea jobs says unite Unite the union has stepped up its campaign to protect oil and gas workers by demanding urgent action from UK government energy minsters to ensure the Gryphon floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel is re-started.
28 Apr 25	UK: NSTA agrees to extend Centrica's consent to operate the Rough gas storage site The North Sea Transition Authority has agreed to extend Centrica Offshore UK’s consent to operate the Rough gas storage site, off the East Coast of England in the Southern North Sea, until 30 April 2026. This will enable Rough to continue to support the UK’s energy security.
28 Apr 25	Germany: Milestone for Germany’s largest offshore wind farm under construction: First 'EnBW He Dreiht' wind turbine is now in place The first wind turbine for 'EnBW He Dreiht', Germany’s largest offshore wind farm currently under construction, is now in place, marking an important milestone in the construction phase. He Dreiht is a world premiere in technical terms because the largest 15 MW wind turbine available on the market from Vestas will be used for the first time.
28 Apr 25	UK: Apatura secures planning consent for new 40 MW energy storage system to power Scotland’s clean energy future Renewable energy storage specialist Apatura has received planning consent for its latest grid-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) at the village of Eaglesham in East Renfrewshire, strengthening its growing portfolio of clean energy infrastructure in Scotland.
28 Apr 25	UK: Offshore Energies UK welcomes Eni’s Liverpool Bay carbon capture and storage project OEUK has welcomed the news that Eni’s Liverpool Bay carbon capture and storage (CCS) project has reached financial close, meaning it can now move into construction phase. The CCS project is the backbone of Hynet, one of the most advanced CCS clusters in the world.