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14 Nov 25
Norwegian Offshore Directorate: New Dashboard provides an overview of the licensees’ petroleum resources and reserves on the NCS
The new Dashboard provides an overview of the licensees’ petroleum resources and reserves on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). This includes data such as: Number of active production licences. Overview of discoveries and fields in operation. Estimates for remaining reserves and resources in discoveries. -
14 Nov 25
Colombia: Frontera announces strategic spin-off of its Colombian infrastructure business to unlock intrinsic value
Frontera Energy Corporation has announced a plan to unlock significant value from its existing assets through a spin-off of its Colombian Infrastructure business, creating two independent companies: Frontera Exploration & Production and Frontera Infrastructure. The Proposed Transaction is projected to be completed in the first half of 2026. -
14 Nov 25
BW Offshore launches BW Elara - floating desalination solutions powered by BW Water technology
BW Offshore and BW Group have established a 50/50 joint venture entity (JV), BW Elara, to design and build Floating Desalination Units (FDUs), producing fresh water from salt water to address growing global water constraints. -
14 Nov 25
Valeura Energy announces third quarter 2025 results
Valeura Energy reports its unaudited financial and operating results for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2025. -
14 Nov 25
Ørsted to commercialise its state-of-the-art low-noise technology Osonic: Signs first agreement with Luxcara
Ørsted has announced the establishment of its new technology platform Osonic, having signed a preferred supplier agreement with leading German energy infrastructure asset manager Luxcara. -
14 Nov 25
Solstad Maritime announces contract award for CSV Normand Ocean
Solstad Maritime (SOMA) has announced that the Construction Support Vessel (CSV) Normand Ocean has been awarded a new very large contract with DeepOcean. -
14 Nov 25
UK’s AR7 offshore wind auction tees-up a ‘win-win-win’ for policymakers, developers, and suppliers - Wood Mackenzie
With the launch of the UK's Contracts for Difference (CfD) Allocation Round 7 (AR7), strategic recalibrations compared to past auctions could deliver stability to the offshore wind market amid an intense political and economic battleground over net zero targets and public spending, according to a recent insight from Wood Mackenzie. -
14 Nov 25
US: Interior rescinds 2024 rule on Alaska Petroleum Reserve, unlocking energy potential
The Department of the Interior has announced a final rule rescinding the 2024 Bureau of Land Management rule governing the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, a major step in unlocking the energy potential of the roughly 23-million-acre reserve. -
14 Nov 25
Canada: Cenovus announces closing of MEG Energy acquisition
Cenovus Energy has announced that its acquisition of MEG Energy Corp. has been completed. This acquisition strengthens Cenovus’s portfolio of long-life, low-cost oil sands assets, adding top-tier operations that are directly adjacent to the company’s Christina Lake asset. -
14 Nov 25
Norway: DeepOcean awarded installation work on gas project by Equinor
Ocean services provider DeepOcean has been awarded a contract by Equinor to provide various subsea construction and installation activities as part of the Snorre Export and Import Gas Project (SNEIG) for offshore execution in 2026. -
13 Nov 25
UK: Art of the possible embraced as cutting-edge tools enhance North Sea operations
Tech-savvy operators are using an impressive array of smart tools and techniques to optimise production, including from tiebacks, and cut emissions in the North Sea, a new report from the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) shows. -
13 Nov 25
Brazil: PXGEO secures two OBN seismic acquisition contracts with Petrobras
PXGEO has been awarded two significant contracts from Petrobras-led consortia, to deliver seismic data acquisition and monitoring services in the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil. The deal further extends the business’ presence in Brazil. -
13 Nov 25
Suriname: Staatsolie approves Commercial Field for Sloanea-1 gas discovery in Block 52
Staatsolie announced its approval on 11 November 2025 of the Commercial Field for the Sloanea-1 gas discovery, located in Block 52 offshore Suriname. -
13 Nov 25
SSI and GWEC partner on supply chain sustainability and transparency
The Solar Stewardship Initiative (SSI) and the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to drive sustainability, transparency, and resilience across the solar and wind energy industries’ supply chains. -
13 Nov 25
Chile: ACCIONA Energía to install a 1GWh battery in the Atacama desert
ACCIONA Energía has announced the construction of a 1GWh battery energy storage system (BESS) at Malgarida photovoltaic complex (238MWp), in the Atacama Desert in Chile. With commissioning expected in early 2027, it will be one of the largest battery storage projects in Latin America. -
13 Nov 25
UK: Prosafe SE: Safe Caledonia further extended at Captain
Ithaca Energy (UK) has exercised a further seven weeks of options for the Safe Caledonia to continue providing accommodation support at the Captain field in the UK sector of the North Sea through to early February 2026. -
13 Nov 25
US: TotalEnergies to supply renewable power to Google’s data centers for 15 years
TotalEnergies and Google have signed a 15-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) to supply Google with a total volume of 1.5 TWh of certified renewable electricity from TotalEnergies’ Montpelier solar farm in Ohio. The solar facility, nearing completion, is connected to the PJM grid system - the largest in the United States - and will support Google’s data center operations in Ohio. -
13 Nov 25
Malaysia: Petros signs three strategic energy agreements with international industry players
Petroleum Sarawak Berhad (PETROS) has signed two strategic energy agreements and a storage study agreement with international industry players to unlock Sarawak’s onshore exploration potentials through targeted programmes, and to progress Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) projects in Central Luconia, Sarawak.
