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20 Feb 26	Azerbaijan: Gran Tierra Energy signs onshore exploration, development and production sharing agreement with the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Gran Tierra Energy has signed, through an indirect wholly owned subsidiary, an exploration, development and production sharing agreement ('EDPSA') for the onshore Guba- Khazaryani region within the Republic of Azerbaijan with the State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan ('SOCAR').
19 Feb 26	Azerbaijan: Helmerich & Payne joint venture secures major offshore operations and maintenance contract in the Caspian Sea Turan Drilling and Engineering Company (TURAN), a joint venture with Helmerich & Payne (H&P), has been awarded a long-term offshore operations and maintenance contract renewal by bp in the Caspian Sea, offshore Azerbaijan.
19 Feb 26	Azerbaijan: SOCAR and Gran Tierra Energy sign Exploration, Development and Production Sharing Agreement for the prospective area in Guba-Khazaryan An Exploration, Development and Production Sharing Agreement (EDPSA) was signed between SOCAR and Gran Tierra Energy Inc. covering an onshore prospective area in the Guba–Khazaryani region of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
19 Feb 26	UK: Sellafield awards contract to support plutonium repackaging Sellafield awards £45 million contract to LTi Metaltech to supply products, supporting safe plutonium storage and progress toward long-term disposal.
19 Feb 26	France: Vattenfall signs agreement to divest French sales business to Alterna énergie Vattenfall has signed an agreement with Alterna énergie to transfer its French electricity and gas sales business. Alterna énergie is an established French electricity and gas supplier with around 20 years of experience.
19 Feb 26	Spain: ACCIONA Energía completes repowering of Tahivilla wind farm ACCIONA Energía has successfully completed the repowering of its Tahivilla wind farm (84.4MW) in Tarifa (Spain), which is now undergoing full commissioning. Tahivilla is expected to generate 254GWh of electricity per year, preventing the emission of around 108,000 tonnes of CO2 annually.
19 Feb 26	UK: Angus Energy announces operations and finance update Angus Energy reports a substantial increase in Saltfleetby production following completion of coil tubing operations and average daily production of approx. 6.3 mmscfd, over the last week, representing a circa 30% increase on Q4 2025 average daily production.
19 Feb 26	UK: Fenwick Solar Farm secures planning approval, powering a greener future for Doncaster and beyond BOOM Power has announced that Fenwick Solar Farm has been granted planning approval, marking a major milestone for renewable energy development in South Yorkshire.
18 Feb 26	Uzbekistan: Condor Energies announces Kumli field extension with successful 5.3 MMscf/d well test Condor Energies, a Canadian based, internationally focused energy transition company with active Central Asian operations has provided an update on well testing activities on its Uzbekistan gas development project.
18 Feb 26	Italy: Zelestra proceeds with construction at the 9.5 MW Bellomo agrivoltaic plant in Italy Zelestra, a global, multi-technology, customer-focused renewable energy company, has started construction at its second solar plant in Italy. The 9.5 MWdc Bellomo project, located in Modica, is the first agrivoltaic plant Zelestra has developed in Sicily.
18 Feb 26	UK: First foundations for Ørsted’s Hornsea 3 Offshore Wind Farm arrive in the UK Ørsted has taken delivery of the first sets of monopiles for its Hornsea 3 Offshore Wind Farm. In total, six of the massive structures have now arrived into Teesside in the UK from manufacturer Haizea after travelling 960 nautical miles in two batches from Bilbao in Spain. The monopiles, the first of a total of 197, produced for Hornsea 3, the world’s single largest offshore wind farm, each weigh an average of 1,670 tonnes and 90m in length.
18 Feb 26	Norway: Equinor drills dry well in the Barents Sea (7018/5-2) Equinor and its partners have drilled a dry well on the 'Vikingskipet' prospect. Wildcat well 7018/5-2 was drilled in production licence 1236, about 140 kms southwest of the Snøhvit field.
18 Feb 26	Italy: Zenith Energy commences construction of 7 MWp Solar Plants Zenith Energy, the listed international energy production and development company, has announced that, through its wholly-owned Italian subsidiary WESOLAR, it has commenced construction-phase activities for the first assets within its Italian solar pipeline. Zenith has selected three projects in the Puglia region of Italy, totaling 7 MWp, for construction: Andria-1, Andria-3 and Andria-4.
17 Feb 26	UK: Arenko expands RWE collaboration through three new UK solar-plus-storage sites Arenko, the enterprise-grade technology partner for complex BESS and renewables portfolios, has expanded its commercial collaboration with RWE, rolling out its software to support optimisation of three additional co-located solar and battery energy storage system (BESS) projects, totalling 150MW, in the UK.
17 Feb 26	UK: Lightsource bp awarded a Contract for Difference (CfD) for Hett Moor Solar Farm in the UK Lightsource bp has been awarded a Contract for Difference (CfD) for Hett Moor Solar Farm in the UK Government’s latest renewables auction, AR7. Securing this contract means Lightsource bp will deliver stable, low-cost, home-grown renewable energy to the national grid under a long-term, government-backed contract.