Energy News
Gas & LNG
Equinor to Drill 26 Exploration Wells Off Norway Next Year
Europe Gas Slips Below €30 as Imports Surge and Cold Spell Eases
Diplomats Weigh Truce on Fossil Fuel Exit Plan at UN Climate Talks
Meta Looks to Power Trading to Support Its AI Energy Needs
US Faces Winter Blackout Risks From Data Centers’ Power Needs
Climate Talks Enter Crunch Time at COP30 Summit in Brazil
Orlen Seeks to Quick Charge Europe’s Fastest-Growing EV Market
QatarEnergy signs agreement for Guyana offshore exploration block
Billionaire Kretinsky Sets Sights Beyond Europe With Total Deal
World Is Off Course on Pledge to Rein In Heat-Trapping Methane
Oil
Shanghai Sets Up Big Commodities Trading Firm to Boost Influence
Petrobras Trims Five-Year Plan to $109 Billion on Low Prices
Canada, Alberta Ink Deal to Unlock Oil Pipeline, Build Carbon Capture
Mercuria, Vitol Are Among Bidders for Raizen Argentina Refinery
OPEC+ Still on Track to Pause Hikes in Early 2026, Delegates Say
UK Keeps Oil and Gas Windfall Tax in ‘Bitter Blow’ to Sector
Aramco Is Said to Pick Citi for Oil Storage Terminals Stake Sale
Lotte, Hyundai to Merge Some Petrochem Units to Fight Oversupply
Silver Stockpile Slump in China Poses Fresh Risk to a Hot Market
Abu Dhabi’s IHC Says It’s Interested in Lukoil’s Overseas Assets
Renewables
Australia Passes Landmark Law Overhauling Nature Protection
Biggest Mini-Grid Firm Seeks $400 Million, Plans Revenue Surge
EU Warns of No Deal With COP30 Climate Talks in Disarray
Sun King Seeks $1.3 Billion to Bring Power to 200 Million People
Japan Approves Restart of World’s Biggest Atomic Power Plant
Trump Plan Targets Florida, California for Coastal Oil Drilling
Trump’s Energy Department Revamp Nixes Clean-Energy Offices
Bill Gates Rebuked by Island States for Downplaying Climate Risk
Europe’s Cold Snap Puts Thousands of New Heat Pumps to the Test
US to Own Nuclear Reactors Stemming From Japan’s $550 Billion Pledge
Technology
ADNOC Gas partners with AIQ and Gecko Robotics to launch pioneering programme to transform industrial maintenance
SLB posts solid Q3 profit beat despite revenue dip
Brookfield invests $5B in Bloom Energy to power AI growth
Borouge and Yokogawa trial AI-powered control room in Ruwais facility
Google, Kairos Power and TVA launch groundbreaking nuclear energy deal
SLB and AIQ to deploy AI across ADNOC’s subsurface operations
SLB introduces OnWave autonomous logging platform
Baker Hughes to acquire Chart Industries in $13.6bn deal
LG Energy Solution lands $4.3 billion Tesla battery deal
TotalEnergies and Emerson partner to drive AI-powered industrial efficiency
Utilities
China Factory Activity Slumps for Longest Stretch on Record
Europe’s AI Standout Siemens Energy Nears €100 Billion Value
Venture Global Signs 20-Year LNG Supply Deal With Tokyo Gas
Trump Signs ‘Genesis Mission’ Order to Boost Innovation With AI
BMW Mulls Adding Range-Extending Engines to EV Models in China
Iberdrola Offers to Take Neoenergia Private for $1.2 Billion
UK to Cut Business Energy Bills in Pre-Budget Charm Offensive
Sun King Seeks $1.3 Billion to Bring Power to 200 Million People
Kretinsky’s EP Infrastructure Sells €600 Million Green Bond