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15 Apr 25	Finland: Energiequelle launches its first hydrogen project in Finland Energiequelle has received planning consent for its Oulu Green Hydrogen Park project. It is the company's first public hydrogen project in Finland and is to be developed in the city of Oulu, 600 kilometres north of Helsinki.
15 Apr 25	Germany: More than 150 MW: Bedburg and RWE are expanding wind power This is the third wind farm project between the two partners: RWE and the town of Bedburg are building nine more wind turbines with a total output of around 60 megawatts (MW) on recultivated land at the Garzweiler open-cast mine.
14 Apr 25	Portugal: Gazelle Wind Power secures TUPEM authorization to launch its 2 MW floating wind demonstrator off the coast of Aguçadoura, Portugal Gazelle Wind Power has achieved a significant project milestone with the approval of a 10-year TUPEM (Titulo de Utilizacao Privativa do Espaco Marítimo) authorization, clearing the way for the deployment of its 2 MW Nau Azul floating wind demonstrator project off the coast of Aguçadoura, Portugal.
14 Apr 25	Denmark: GreenGo Energy and Doral Energy celebrate milestone with completion of 60 MWp solar park in Urup, Denmark GreenGo Energy has announced the successful completion of its largest solar park in Denmark to date, a state-of-the-art 60 MWp facility located in Urup, Jutland. The park is now fully connected to the grid and operating at full capacity.
14 Apr 25	UK: Clearstone Energy secures consent for 700 MW of UK Battery Storage projects in Suffolk and Sussex Clearstone Energy has recently secured planning consent for two large scale Battery Energy Storage System ('BESS') projects in England. Mid Suffolk District Council approved the 300 MW / 600MWh Bramford Storage project and Horsham District Council approved the 400MW / 800MWh Great Oak Energy Hub.
14 Apr 25	UK: PlanSea and National Subsea Centre complete development of subsea decommissioning AI-demonstrator PlanSea, which offers world-leading marine logistics artificial intelligence (AI) technology, and the National Subsea Centre (NSC), a centre of excellence for subsea research and technology development, have jointly completed the development of a subsea decommissioning optimisation software demonstrator.
14 Apr 25	Sweden/Denmark: Öresundskraft and INEOS led Project Greensand signs agreement to store 210,000 tonnes of CO2 per year from Sweden in Denmark Öresundskraft Kraft & Värme AB and INEOS on behalf of Project Greensand have signed an agreement to investigate the opportunity to store up to 210,000 tonnes of CO2 annually from Sweden in Denmark. The captured carbon dioxide is planned for safe and permanent storage in Greensand storage facility located in the Danish part of the North Sea, with the first volumes expected to be stored from 2028.
14 Apr 25	Argentina: Eni and YPF sign a Memorandum of Understanding for the joint evaluation of a phase of the Argentina LNG project Eni and YPF have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to evaluate Eni's participation in the Argentina LNG project, promoted by YPF.
14 Apr 25	Brazil: BW Energy makes Final Investment Decision for the Golfinho Boost project in Brazil BW Energy has announced final investment decision (FID) for the Golfinho Boost project, aiming to increase uptime, reduce operating expenses and add approximately 3,000 barrels per day of incremental oil production from 2027 at the Golfinho field offshore Brazil.
14 Apr 25	UK: EnerMech secures cranes and lifting contract for Anasuria FPSO in North Sea EnerMech has been awarded a three year cranes and lifting services contract for the Anasuria floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, located 127km east of Aberdeen in the central North Sea.
14 Apr 25	GoM: bp announces oil discovery in the Gulf of America bp has announced an oil discovery at the Far South prospect, in Green Canyon Block 584 in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of America. Both the initial well and a subsequent sidetrack encountered oil in high-quality Miocene reservoirs, and preliminary data supports a potentially commercial volume of hydrocarbons.
14 Apr 25	UK: Planning permission secured for UK’s first carbon capture enabled cement works RSK has successfully supported Heidelberg Materials UK in achieving planning permission for the company’s Padeswood carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in North Wales – the first carbon capture enabled cement works in the UK – representing a groundbreaking project for the cement industry.
14 Apr 25	Wood provides update on possible offer from Sidara Following discussions between Wood and Sidara, the Board of Wood has now received a holistic non-binding conditional proposal for Wood, which includes a possible offer of 35 pence per Wood share in cash to acquire the entire issued and to be issued share capital of the Company and a possible capital injection of $450 million from Sidara to Wood.
14 Apr 25	US: Pantheon Resources announces preliminary results from the flow testing of the first of six Intervals at Megrez-1 Pantheon Resources, an oil and gas company developing the Kodiak and Ahpun oil fields in close proximity to pipeline and transportation infrastructure on Alaska's North Slope, has announced preliminary results from the flow testing of the first of six intervals in the planned Megrez-1 well testing programme.
14 Apr 25	Georgia: Block Energy provides update on Phase 2 of its CCS project AIM-listed Block Energy, the production and development company focused on Georgia, has announced good progress on Phase 2 of its CCS project, with the key process specific subsurface uncertainties, ahead of the pilot test, having been resolved. Work has shifted to the redesign of existing non-producing wells, and implementation of the pilot injection of CO2 into the reservoir.
14 Apr 25	Israel: Energean signs new GSPA with Kesem Energy Energean has announced that Energean Israel has signed a new Gas Sale and Purchase Agreement ('GSPA') with Kesem Energy. The contract is for the supply of gas to Kesem's new power plant, which is estimated to be operational before the end of the current decade.
14 Apr 25	Jade Gas announces significant progress with recent gas production drilling at the Red Lake gas field in the South Gobi region of Mongolia
14 Apr 25	China: CNOOC brings on-stream Wenchang 9-7 Oilfield Development Project CNOOC Limited has announced that Wenchang 9-7 Oilfield Development Project has commenced production. Wenchang 9-7 Oilfield Development Project is the first offshore low permeability oilfield that utilizes miscible gas flooding. The technology solves the problem of low permeability reservoirs development and significantly enhances oil recovery.
14 Apr 25	Germany: Solar power for Rhenish region – RWE builds new photovoltaic plant in opencast mine RWE has commenced construction work for a new photovoltaic plant in the district of Düren close to the municipality of Niederzier in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. 22,000 solar modules are to be installed on an area of 12 hectares at the western edge of the Hambach opencast mine – above the future shore of the planned Hambach Lake.
14 Apr 25	Denmark: Danish Government awards Norne Thorning Storage the License to explore the possibility of CO2 storage in Jutland Norne Thorning Storage, a Fidelis New Energy company, has been awarded the Exploration License for the Thorning structure by the Danish Minister of Climate, Energy and Utilities. Norne will soon commence its exploration work program to gather the necessary information about the structure to thoroughly evaluate and confirm its suitability for safe and permanent CO2 storage.
14 Apr 25	GoM: US Department of the Interior announces a significant increase in estimated oil and gas reserves in the Gulf of America Outer Continental Shelf The Department of the Interior has announced a significant increase in estimated oil and gas reserves in the Gulf of America Outer Continental Shelf, underscoring the region’s critical role in advancing the country’s national security and American Energy Dominance.
14 Apr 25	Saudi Arabia: Aramco, Sinopec and Yasref sign Venture Framework Agreement for planned petrochemical expansion Aramco, one of the world’s leading integrated energy and chemicals companies, China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec), and Yanbu Aramco Sinopec Refining Company (Yasref) have announced the signing of a Venture Framework Agreement (VFA) intended to pave the way for a major petrochemical expansion at Yasref, in Yanbu, on the west coast of Saudi Arabia.
14 Apr 25	Masdar cements major European expansion with completion of 100% acquisition of TERNA ENERGY Conclusion of mandatory tender offer gives Masdar 100 percent ownership of Greek clean energy champion, having acquired 70 percent last year.
14 Apr 25	Canada: Prospera Energy announces leadership and operations update Prospera Energy, a publicly traded Canadian energy company, has announced a leadership and operations update.
14 Apr 25	Eni: KKR completes the acquisition of an additional stake in the share capital of Enilive Eni and KKR have closed the transaction contemplated by the investment agreement, announced last February, for the increase of KKR's stake in Enilive through the purchase of Enilive’s shares from Eni representing 5% of the share capital, for a consideration of approx. 601 million euros. Upon completion of the transaction, KKR owns an overall 30% stake of Enilive’s share capital.