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Power · 12h ago
The South Korean chipmaker's KRW 70.3 billion deal, its largest single contract yet, will produce a custom AI inference chip for tape-out in 2027.
Source: All Energy
Power · 3d agoABL will independently survey the marine installation of Ostwind 4, the first project to use HVDC transmission in the German Baltic Sea.
Power · 6d agoONE Nuclear Energy, a natural gas and small modular reactor developer, begins trading on the Nasdaq Global Market as ONEN on or about September 24, 2026.
Geopolitics & Supply · 6d agoOQEP has awarded SLB a contract to expand Oman's Bisat-B facility, raising gross fluids handling capacity to 548,000 barrels a day.
BLM schedules December 9 sale of 172 Wyoming oil and gas lease parcels · TotalEnergies plans $14 billion to $17 billion in annual investment through 2032 · TotalEnergies board to propose Pouyanné's renewal as chairman and CEO · Sinopec picks New Wave Offshore for marine survey work on Iraq gas project · NextDecade gets FERC approval to raise Rio Grande LNG capacity
Markets
Saipem won an engineering services contract from Profertil S.A. for a new 4,450-tonne-per-day urea plant at the company's fertilizer complex in Argentina.
Saipem and EIA, 2026-06-15 and EIA, 2026-06-15 and Baker Hughes, 2026-06-15 · 12h
Markets
The board unanimously backed keeping Patrick Pouyanné as chairman and CEO and will ask shareholders to renew his mandate in May 2027.
Energy-pedia news summary and EIA, 2026-06-15 and EIA, 2026-06-15 and Baker Hughes, 2026-06-15 · 2d
Markets
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's proposed rule would revise nine parts of its reactor licensing and oversight regulations, following Executive Order 14300.
Federalregister and EIA, 2026-06-15 and EIA, 2026-06-15 and Baker Hughes, 2026-06-15 · 6d
Geopolitics & SupplyAnalysis
OQEP has awarded SLB a contract to expand Oman's Bisat-B facility, raising gross fluids handling capacity to 548,000 barrels a day.
By Global Energy Report · 6d
Geopolitics & Supply
The IEA now expects global coal demand to rise 1.2% in 2026 to a record 8.94 billion tonnes, as the Strait of Hormuz crisis lifts gas prices.
Energy-pedia news summary · 17d
Geopolitics & Supply
US refiners process over 16 million barrels of crude daily while domestic wells pump just under 14 million, driving both imports and exports.
Energy & Industrial News, Intelligence & Industry Insights · 29d
Upstream
New Wave Offshore Energy will oversee marine transport of pipe and materials for the second phase of Iraq's Associated Gas Upstream Project.
OPEC · 2d
Upstream
Weather and road closures delayed the Ensign Rig 970, so Georgina Energy will run a 350 km seismic survey over the Hussar Prospect, funded by Harlequin Energy.
Energy-pedia news summary · 6d
Upstream
EIA data show publicly traded firms produced 68% of Lower 48 crude oil and natural gas in 2025, while private operators still lead in the Haynesville.
EIA · 8d
Midstream & LNGAnalysis
The commission is taking public comment through October 22 on a natural gas pipeline expansion across five Illinois counties and one in Wisconsin.
By Global Energy Report · 5d
Midstream & LNG
Upland Resources has started building a gas sales pipeline for its Lost Soldier project in Wyoming, targeting first gas sales in Q4 2026.
Energy-pedia news summary · 5d
Midstream & LNGAnalysis
TotalEnergies and AMNI's investment decision sets up a 2028 start-up for the Ima gas field, which will feed Nigeria LNG's Train 7 expansion.
By Global Energy Report · 7d
Power
The company reaffirmed 4% yearly energy-production growth through 2030 and set net investment of $14 billion to $17 billion a year from 2027 to 2032.
Energy & Industrial News, Intelligence & Industry Insights · 2d
Power
ABL will independently survey the marine installation of Ostwind 4, the first project to use HVDC transmission in the German Baltic Sea.
Energy-pedia news summary · 3d
SEMIFIVE signs $52 million AI chip contract with US fabless company · Sinopec picks New Wave Offshore for marine survey work on Iraq gas project · ONE Nuclear Energy goes public after merger with Hennessy Capital SPAC · SLB to expand Oman's Bisat-B facility for OQEP
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