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RWE, Apollo Set Up Joint Venture to Channel $3.7B Investment in German TSO

Sep 08, 2025

RWE has struck a long-term partnership with Apollo Global Management to secure funding for its 25.1% stake in Amprion, one of Germany’s four transmission system operators, as the country gears up for a decade of record grid investments.Under the agreement…

Orsted Gets Go-Ahead for $9.4B Emergency Rights Issue

Sep 08, 2025

Offshore wind developer Orsted won shareholder approval on Friday for a $9.4 billion emergency rights issue to help fund U.S. projects thrown into uncertainty by President Donald Trump's opposition to the renewable energy source.The stakes are high for the Danish state-controlled firm…

Halliburton Shrinks Workforce as Oil Activity Plummets

Sep 08, 2025

U.S. oilfield services provider Halliburton has been cutting staff in recent weeks, according to two sources familiar with the matter, marking the latest workforce reduction in the U.S. oil industry as it faces rising costs and a period of lower prices and volatility…

Ocean Winds Installs Final Turbine at French Floating Wind Farm

Sep 05, 2025

Ocean Winds (OW), an offshore wind joint venture between EDP Renewables and ENGIE, has completed the installation of the third and final turbine for its Éoliennes Flottantes du Golfe du Lion (EFGL) floating wind project.Developed in partnership with Banque des Territoires…

Austrian Oil and Gas Firm Set to Axe Jobs Globally

Sep 05, 2025

Austrian oil, gas and chemicals group OMV plans to cut 2,000 of its 23,000 worldwide staff, the Kurier newspaper reported on Thursday evening.Citing staff unions, the paper said the company's Romanian subsidiary Petrom SNPP.BX would be especially severely hit…

COSLPioneer Semi-Sub Delivers Second Well for Vår Energi at North Sea Field

Sep 05, 2025

Norwegian oil and gas firm Vår Energi has completed the drilling of second well at the Balder field in the North Sea using COSL Drilling Europe’s COSL Pioneer semi-submersible drilling rig.COSLPioneer delivered the second well, BT-4, at the Balder field for Vår Energi…

Astro Offshore Enters West Africa with Acquisition of Two New PSVs

Sep 05, 2025

Offshore vessel operator Astro Offshore, an Adani Group company, has acquired two modern platform supply vessels (PSVs) and entered the West African market, expanding its global footprint.The vessels, Astro Rastaban (built 2020) and Astro Rigel (built 2023)…

Equinor Extends Stay for DOF’s Two PSVs

Sep 05, 2025

Equinor has exercised its option to extend the firm period of the contract for two of DOF’s platform supply vessels (PSVs).Equinor extended contracts for Skandi Flora and Skandi Mongstad PSVs.The extension is applicable from October 2025, according…

Orsted Braces for Rights Issue Approval After US Offshore Wind Setbacks

Sep 05, 2025

Danish offshore wind developer Orsted cut its 2025 profit outlook on Friday, just hours before it is poised to secure shareholder approval for a $9.4 billion emergency rights issue as it seeks to avert a looming credit downgrade.Once celebrated as a trailblazer in offshore wind…

Orsted Trims Profit Outlook Ahead of $9.4B Rights Issue Vote

Sep 05, 2025

Danish wind farm developer Orsted cut its operating profit outlook for 2025 on Friday, shortly before shareholders were set to vote on a crucial capital raise as the company battles U.S. President Donald Trump's opposition to wind power.Once celebrated as a trailblazer in offshore wind…

Tullow Oil Appoints New Chief

Sep 05, 2025

Oil and gas firm Tullow Oil has appointed Ian Perks as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO).Perks will take up the role of CEO and join the Board on September 15, 2025. Following the appointment, Richard Miller, who is currently Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Interim CEO…

Afentra Agrees Terms for First Operatorship off Angola

Sep 05, 2025

Africa-focused oil and gas company Afentra has signed Heads of Terms with Angola’s National Agency of Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels (ANPG) for a Risk Service Contract covering offshore Block 3/24, its first operated license in the country.The formal award is expected in the coming months…

Orsted Wind Venture Sues Trump Administration Over Rhode Island Project Halt

Sep 04, 2025

Danish wind farm developer Orsted's Revolution Wind joint venture has filed a lawsuit against the administration of President Donald Trump over the U.S. government's decision to block construction of the project off Rhode Island, a court filing showed on Thursday…

EU Greenlights $755M for Bornholm Offshore Energy Hub

Sep 04, 2025

The European Commission is providing a €645 million ($755.10 million) grant for a renewable energy cluster near Bornholm in the Baltic Sea, Germany's economy ministry said Thursday, a major step towards the creation of a cross-border offshore hub…

Norway: 20 Firms Place Bids in Latest Oil and Gas Exploration Round

Sep 04, 2025

Norway's energy ministry said on Thursday it has received applications from 20 oil and gas companies seeking exploration acreage in the government's annual mature-areas (APA) licensing round.This year's round will contain more acreage in the Arctic Barents Sea…

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