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27 Oct 26	Norwegian Offshore Directorate grants Equinor a drilling permit for wellbore 33/9-F-4 DH in production licence 1214 The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Equinor Energy a drilling permit for wellbore 33/9-F-4 DH in production licence 1214.
27 Oct 26	Norway: Soiltech secures waste management contract in Norway Soiltech has been awarded a contract by an undisclosed operator to provide waste management services in Norway on a mobile drilling unit. Operations are expected to commence in the second quarter of 2027, with an expected duration of two years.
27 Oct 26	UK: Tony Blair Institute urges approval of Rosebank and future North Sea projects The Tony Blair Institute has called on the UK Government to approve Rosebank and unlock further North Sea oil and gas developments as part of a fundamental reset of Britain's energy strategy.
27 Oct 26	UK: Scottish Labour leader urges Energy Secretary to approve Rosebank Scottish Labour leader Michael Marra has thrown his weight behind the Rosebank oil field and called on Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh to green light the development.
27 Oct 26	Germany: Nordex Group to supply DenkerWulf with turbines for a 51 MW wind farm in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany The Nordex Group and DenkerWulf are continuing their collaboration in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, with a new wind energy project. For the Bredenbek wind farm, DenkerWulf has ordered nine N149/5.X wind turbines with a total capacity of 51.3 MW from the Nordex Group. Installation is scheduled to begin in autumn 2027, with commissioning of the first turbine planned for December 2027
27 Oct 26	UK: Serica Energy announces admission to trading on the Main Market, AIM cancellation and change of TIDM Serica Energy has announced that the Company's ordinary shares are expected to be admitted to the Equity Shares (Commercial Companies) category of the Official List maintained by the Financial Conduct Authority ('FCA') and to trading on London Stock Exchange plc's ('LSE') main market for listed securities at 8:00am today and simultaneously cancelled from trading on AIM.
27 Oct 26	Norway: Odal Vindkraftverk AS enters into long-term agreement with Siemens Gamesa Odal Vindkraftverk (Odal wind farm) is owned by Cloudberry Clean Energy ASA, Akershus Energi and KLP, and is a significant Norwegian renewable energy asset with a total installed capacity of approximately 160 MW. The wind farm has an estimated annual production of approximately 530 GWh.
27 Oct 26	Greece: Masdar backs Greece’s digital future with major solar acquisition, strengthening UAE–Greece strategic partnership Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company PJSC – Masdar, a global clean energy leader, has signed an agreement to acquire and develop one of Greece’s largest solar projects, strengthening the country's clean energy infrastructure and supporting its ambitions as a European digital hub, while deepening the strategic partnership between the UAE and Greece.
27 Oct 26	IGNIS completes sale of 656 MW renewable project portfolio in Italy to flyRen Energy Group SpA IGNIS has successfully completed the sale of a 656 MW portfolio of renewable energy projects in Italy to flyRen, a group backed by the British fund Foresight Energy Infrastructure Partners II. The transaction comprises 28 projects at different stages of development, located across several regions of the country, and includes solar PV, battery-hybrid and wind assets.
27 Oct 26	Cyprus: Eni launches the execution phase of the Cronos project Eni has signed the main engineering, procurement, construction and drilling contracts for the development of the Cronos Project, marking the start of the project's execution phase and a key milestone towards the monetization of Cyprus' first gas development.
26 Oct 26	Germany: RWE and Borussia Dortmund officially commissioned the new battery storage system at SIGNAL IDUNA PARK during the Bundesliga home match RWE and Borussia Dortmund officially commissioned the new battery storage system at SIGNAL IDUNA PARK today during the Bundesliga home match against Eintracht Frankfurt. This marks the completion of the two partners’ joint energy concept for the stadium. Following the installation of the photovoltaic system on the roof of the BVB FanWelt and the completion of the world’s most powerful photovoltaic system on a stadium roof, the battery storage system has also become operational.
26 Oct 26	Norway: Large volumes of data from the Norwegian Offshore Directorate ready for AI About 92,000 well documents have been converted from PDF format to files that can be read by artificial intelligence (AI). This will provide better and faster analyses of the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). The 92,000 documents are merely the first phase of the effort to make subsurface data available for AI, analysis tools and digital assistants. With structured information, the companies can work directly with data from documents including geological information, reservoir properties, drilling events, core analyses, liquid properties and test results.
26 Oct 26	Germany: GIGA Storage reaches financial close for the Albatross Energy Storage project in Germany and builds 1.4 GW in 3 countries GIGA Storage, the European operator of large-scale energy storage projects, has finalised the financing for the construction of Albatross near Neuenkirchen in Lower Saxony, one of the largest energy storage projects in Germany.
26 Oct 26	Norway: Equinor and Aker BP enter into a strategic collaboration to develop challenging discoveries Equinor and Aker BP are entering into a strategic collaboration on tight reservoirs on the Norwegian continental shelf. Through technology development, standardisation and cooperation across multiple projects, the companies aim to enable the profitable development of more discoveries and increase the oil and gas recovery rate.
26 Oct 26	UK: 3i Infrastructure backed Future Biogas acquires remaining stake in six anaerobic digestion facilities 3i Infrastructure has announces that Future Biogas, one of the largest anaerobic digestion ('AD') plant developers and biogas producers in the UK, has acquired the remaining 49% stake in a portfolio of six gas-to-grid AD facilities from Foresight Environmental Infrastructure Limited ('FGEN') for £104 million. Future Biogas acquired its initial 51% stake in the portfolio in August 2024.
26 Oct 26	UK: EnergyPathways announces strategic land purchase at Barrow-in-Furness EnergyPathways, the UK energy transition company, announces that it has signed Heads of Terms ('HoT') to purchase land at Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, for its nationally significant MESH project.
26 Oct 26	UK: Chancellor and Business Secretary 'set to back Rosebank approval' Chancellor John Healey and Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds are strongly backing approval of the Rosebank oilfield, according to multiple reports this morning. The Times, The Telegraph and The Daily Mail all report that both ministers believe the development west of Shetland would protect jobs and generate significant tax revenues.
26 Oct 26	UK: Angus Energy provides Q3 2026 Production, Operations, Corporate and Finance Update The Company is pleased with the progress made in executing its strategy to reduce the Group’s debt position while continuing to grow its organic production portfolio. Alongside the significant debt reduction achieved during the quarter, the Company is advancing the planned BRX4Z workover at Brockham and the development of the fourth production well at Saltfleetby.
26 Oct 26	UK: Exagen granted planning permission for Warren Wood Energy Park Exagen is pleased to announce that the Planning Inspectorate have allowed our appeal for Warren Wood Energy Park, a 25 MW solar farm and 10 MW BESS in Norfolk, and planning permission has now been granted for the project.
25 Oct 26	NSTA: UK Oil and Gas Reserves and Resources The NSTA’s estimate for Proven and Probable (‘2P’) UK oil and gas reserves as at end 2025 is 2.5 billion barrels of oil equivalent (‘bn boe’), 0.4bn boe lower than as at end 2024. In 2025, around 380 million boe (‘mmboe’) were produced, and 40 million boe net were added from 2P Reserves.