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06 Dec 24	Denmark: Denmark's latest offshore wind farm tender fails to attract bids The deadline for bidding on the first 3 GW of Denmark’s 6 GW offshore wind tendering procedure expired on Thursday. The Danish Energy Agency has not received bids for any of the three offshore wind farms in the North Sea put out to tender. The Minister for Climate, Energy, and Utilities has asked The Danish Energy Agency to engage in dialogue with the market to identify why no bids have been submitted.
06 Dec 24	US: CNX announces strategic bolt-on acquisition CNX Resources has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the natural gas upstream and associated midstream business of Apex Energy II, a portfolio company of funds managed by Carnelian Energy Capital Management, in the Appalachian Basin for total cash consideration of approx. $505 million.
06 Dec 24	TGS awarded large 3D streamer contract in Southern Atlantic TGS, a leading provider of energy data and intelligence, has announced the award of a large 3D streamer contract in the Southern Atlantic. Acquisition is scheduled to commence in Q4 this year and the contract has a duration of approximately 140 days.
06 Dec 24	UAE: ADNOC Signs 15-Year, 1 mtpa Sales and Purchase Agreement with PETRONAS for Ruwais LNG Project ADNOC has signed a second Sales and Purchase Agreement (SPA) for the lower-carbon Ruwais liquified natural gas (LNG) project, with Malaysia’s PETRONAS. The 15-year SPA for supplying 1 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of LNG converts a previous Heads of Agreement between ADNOC and PETRONAS into a definitive agreement.
05 Dec 24	chevron announces 2025 capex budget and 4Q24 interim updates Chevron announced an organic capital expenditure range of $14.5 to $15.5 billion for consolidated subsidiaries (capex) and an affiliate capital expenditure (affiliate capex) range of $1.7 to $2.0 billion for 2025. The company’s 2025 capex and affiliate capex budgets represent a $2 billion year-over-year reduction.
05 Dec 24	Norway: Northern Ocean announces contract award for Deepsea Bollsta With reference to the stock exchange notice dated 18 November 2024, Northern Ocean Ltd. ('NOL') has announced a contract award for Deepsea Bollsta from a renowned client, for work in Norway. The contract is expected to commence in the second quarter of 2025, immediately after the rig has mobilised for operations on NCS.
05 Dec 24	UK: RenewableUK welcomes Prime Minister's new targets for clean energy and major infrastructure A speech today (Dec 5) from the Prime Minister confirmed the Government’s commitment to achieve at least 95% low carbon energy generation by 2030 by accelerating the deployment of renewables, as well as reforming planning rules and setting a target to fast track 150 decisions on major infrastructure by the end of the current Parliament.
05 Dec 24	UK: Arup appointed to lead BlueFloat Energy and Nadara Partnership’s floating offshore wind innovation study Global engineering and sustainable development consultancy Arup has been appointed by the BlueFloat Energy and Nadara Partnership to assess emerging floating offshore wind technologies for its Scaraben and Sinclair wind farms.
05 Dec 24	US: BOEM approves construction and operations plan for Maryland Offshore Wind project The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has announced its approval of the Construction and Operations Plan for the Maryland Offshore Wind project. This significant milestone advances the Biden-Harris administration’s goal of deploying 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy capacity by 2030.
05 Dec 24	Colombia: Petrobras and Ecopetrol confirm the most significant gas discovery in Colombia Petrobras, through Petrobras International Braspetro, a Colombian branch (PIB-COL), and Ecopetrol have confirmed Colombia's most significant gas discovery ever by drilling the Sirius-2 well.
05 Dec 24	Germany: RWE wind farms Lesse and Barbecke back to full operation after successful repowering RWE has put the Lesse and Barbecke wind farms, which are located next to each other in Lower Saxony, back into full operation following a successful repowering project. During the upgrade, 17 wind turbines which were around 20 years old were replaced by 11 more powerful, state-of-the-art assets.
05 Dec 24	Wood signs a trio of global engineering and project delivery agreements with bp Wood, a global leader in consulting and engineering, has signed three major agreements with bp to provide engineering and project delivery services for their capital projects worldwide.
05 Dec 24	Italy: RWE successful with two projects in Italian advanced Agri-PV auction RWE was successful in the Italian Resilience and Recovery Plan auction, awarding contract for difference tariff and up to 40% return on investment for advanced Agri-PV. The 9.8 megawatt (MWac) Morcone and 9,3 MWac Acquafredda advanced Agri-PV plants, located in the province of Benevento in the Campania region, were awarded.
05 Dec 24	UK: Equinor and Shell to create the UK’s largest independent oil and gas company Equinor UK, a subsidiary of Equinor ASA and Shell UK, a subsidiary of Shell plc are to combine their UK offshore oil & gas assets and expertise to form a new company which will be the UK North Sea’s biggest independent producer. The incorporated joint venture (IJV) will be set up to sustain domestic oil and gas production and security of energy supply in the UK.
05 Dec 24	UK: Serica Energy provides update on Triton FPSO AIM-listed Serica Energy has announced that, after a limited resumption of production at the Triton FPSO last week, an issue with one of the compressor seals has been discovered which has resulted in production being suspended.
05 Dec 24	Pharos Energy issues trading and operations update December 2024 Pharos Energy, an independent energy company with assets in Vietnam and Egypt, has issued a Trading and Operations Update to summarise recent operational activities.
05 Dec 24	Jadestone Energy announces Board Changes and Corporate Update AIM-listed Jadestone Energy, an independent upstream production company focused on the Asia-Pacific region, has announced a corporate update and changes to the Company’s Board of Directors, which are effective immediately.
05 Dec 24	Malaysia: PETRONAS awards four new Production Sharing Contracts under Malaysia Bid Round 2024 PETRONAS, through Malaysia Petroleum Management (MPM), has announced the awarding of Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs) for three Discovered Resource Opportunities (DRO) Clusters and one exploration block offered under the Malaysia Bid Round (MBR) 2024, which was launched earlier this year.
05 Dec 24	Oman: bp awards three-year extension to EPC contract in Oman A joint venture of Worley and Special Technical Services LLC (STS) has received a three-year contract extension to provide Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) services to bp’s Block 61 (Khazzan and Ghazeer) gas assets in the Sultanate of Oman.
05 Dec 24	UAE: ADNOC Gas awards FEED for gas processing facilities at the Bab Gas Cap project in Abu Dhabi ADNOC Gas has awarded Worley Engineering the Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) contract for new gas processing facilities at the Bab Gas Cap (BGC) project in Abu Dhabi. This project aims to boost ADNOC Gas’ current processing capacity by 20%, or over 1.8 billion standard cubic feet per day.
05 Dec 24	ABL Group to acquire Brazilian engineering and design company ABL Group has entered into an agreement to acquire 100 percent of the shares in Brazil-based naval architecture and engineering consultancy, Proper Marine. The acquisition will expand the Group’s technical centre of excellence in design and engineering for maritime and offshore energy construction and operations.
05 Dec 24	US: Woodside signs agreement for Louisiana LNG Woodside has signed a revised lump sum turnkey engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract with Bechtel for the development of the three train 16.5 million tonnes per annum foundation development of Louisiana LNG.
04 Dec 24	Germany: TotalEnergies acquires VSB and strengthens its renewables position in Germany TotalEnergies acquires VSB and strengthens its renewables position in Germany. TotalEnergies also sells 50% of a 2 GW renewable portfolio in the United States.
04 Dec 24	UK: OEG continues expansion plans with new global HQ in Aberdeen OEG, a leading energy solutions business, has moved into a new global HQ at The Stratus Building, ABZ Business Park in Dyce, Aberdeen. OEG is a leading provider of mission critical technical solutions to the global offshore energy sector. Through its Offshore division, the company is a market leader in the supply of offshore cargo carrying units and associated equipment, and through its Renewables division, OEG delivers specialist technical solutions and services to support the lifecycle of offshore wind farms.
04 Dec 24	UK: MarramWind consultation comes to a close Almost 300 people across Aberdeenshire took part and had their say on the proposed MarramWind floating offshore windfarm during the recent consultation, which has now closed.