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11 Nov 25	Norway: Equinor drills dry well in the North Sea - 34/6-9 S Equinor and its partners have drilled a dry well in the Snorre area in the North Sea. Wildcat well 34/6-9 S ('Avbitertang') was drilled in production licence PL 554, 35 kms northeast of the Snorre field.
11 Nov 25	Sweden: Vattenfall and Industrikraft sign agreement for new nuclear power in Sweden Vattenfall and the industrial consortium Industrikraft have signed an agreement for joint investment and collaboration that enables the next step in the development of new nuclear power in Sweden.
11 Nov 25	Spain: Nordex Group wins new order from SSE for two projects totalling 42 MW in Spain The Nordex Group has secured a new order from its long-standing customer SSE for the supply and installation of seven N163 wind turbines in two wind farms, located near Portalrubio, Teruel, in the Aragón region of Spain.
11 Nov 25	Venture Global announces long-term Sales and Purchase Agreement with Naturgy of Spain Venture Global and Naturgy have announced the execution of a new long-term Sales and Purchase Agreement (SPA) for the purchase of 1 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Venture Global for twenty years beginning in 2030.
10 Nov 25	Norway: Ocean Installer awarded a large contract by Vår Energi for the Balder Next development Ocean Installer has been awarded the project management, engineering, flexible pipelines and risers product supply contract for the Balder Next development.
10 Nov 25	UK: Serica Energy announces update on proposed acquisition of UK North Sea assets from BP Following the announcement on 13 October 2025 that it had signed an agreement to acquire the entirety of BP’s stake in the P111 and P2544 licences, Serica announces that one of the licence partners, NEO NEXT, has decided to take up its rights of pre-emption.
10 Nov 25	France: RWE secures two more onshore wind projects at French regulation latest bidding round RWE has successfully secured two of the 42 projects in the latest bidding round. Fully owned by RWE, the two projects have a total capacity of 21.6 MW. The Balinot wind project reinforces RWE’s regional presence in the Oise department, and the Langonnet project contributes to its development in Brittany.
10 Nov 25	UK: Giant leap forward for North Sea data sharing From wrecks on the seabed to the movements of sharks, and the locations of wells to where carbon can be stored, the new UKCS data portals site has all the info you need. A new data portal signposting page, set up by eight organisations dedicated to sharing offshore information, is a one-stop shop providing easy access to North Sea facts and figures.
10 Nov 25	15 Geophysicists go down to Seismic Cove OK, a bit tongue-in-cheek, but Merlin did take 15 acquisition and processing specialists from AkerBP to Dorset to enjoy a whistle stop tour through a working petroleum system. In October no less!
10 Nov 25	UK: RWE completes installation of all recyclable blades at Sofia Offshore Wind Farm, and over half of all turbines Flagship project progressing well with over 60% of the 100 turbines now installed at RWE’s Sofia Offshore Wind Farm. Installation of all 150 Siemens Gamesa recyclable blades successfully completed. RWE on track to finish turbine installation in the first half of 2026.
10 Nov 25	EnQuest signs new $800 million senior secured Reserve Based Lending facilities EnQuest has signed new six-year, senior secured Reserves Based Lending (‘RBL’) facilities totalling $800 million, comprising: a $400 million secured revolving loan facility; a $400 million secured revolving letter of credit (‘LoC’) facility; and an accordion of up to $800 million, which provides the potential to extend the secured revolving loan facility and the revolving letter of credit facility by up to $400 million each.
10 Nov 25	UK economy to receive £6.1 billion boost from the world’s largest offshore wind farm according to new report An independent report reveals that Dogger Bank Wind Farm, which will become the world’s largest offshore wind farm once fully operational, will boost the UK economy by £6.1 billion during its lifetime and support thousands of UK jobs over the next three decades.
10 Nov 25	Denmark: BlueNord announces preliminary production for October 2025 BlueNord has announced its preliminary production figures for October 2025. In October 2025, the preliminary production was 36.5 mboepd net to BlueNord.
10 Nov 25	Norway: Capsol expands partner ecosystem with Everllence to strengthen carbon capture platform Capsol Technologies has announced a strategic cooperation agreement with Everllence (formerly MAN Energy Solutions) to integrate compression and expansion equipment with the CapsolEoP® solution. The aim is to qualify and standardize equipment packages tailored to Capsol’s carbon capture technology.
10 Nov 25	OEUK responds to joint Chamber letter to the Treasury Offshore Energies UK (OEUK) has today (Friday 7 November) responded to the joint Chamber letter sent to the Treasury, which calls for the replacement of the Energy Profits Levy.
09 Nov 25	France: New €7.3 million project tackles offshore wind challenge with game-changing superconducting tech A new €7.3 million project is tackling one of offshore wind’s biggest barriers, by developing superconducting cables that can deliver power from deep-sea turbines with near-zero energy loss. Air Liquide, CentraleSupélec, ITP Interpipe, Nexans and RTE have formed a consortium to develop a High Voltage Alternating Current (HVAC) superconducting power transmission system demonstrator.
09 Nov 25	Ørsted announces completion of rights issue and strong execution of business plan Ørsted’s Board of Directors have approved the interim report for the first nine months of 2025. Ørsted has taken significant steps in delivering on its strategic priorities during the third quarter. This includes the strengthening of its capital structure through the completion of the rights issue and the divestment of a 50 % equity stake in the 2.9 GW Hornsea 3 Offshore Wind Farm in the UK.
09 Nov 25	Sweden is supporting international climate transition Sweden’s key messages for global climate action are urgency based on science to increase the pace of work and opportunities in the form of improved competitiveness, new jobs and growth, as well as innovation and development. Sweden is also one of the world’s most generous international climate finance donors, which contributes to both emissions reduction and climate adaptation.