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Investment to fall as Norway projects unwind while UK faces lowest spending in over 50 years.
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Investment to fall as Norway projects unwind while UK faces lowest spending in over 50 years.

DNV approval validates ModuSpec’s integrated Argus well control assurance platform, paving way for deployment in the Norwegian offshore market.

Chevron’s South N’dola Platform in Angola delivered first oil in December. The milestone comes just over two years after construction on the platform began.

Petrobras announces that, in 2025, its oil production reached 2.40 million bpd, exceeding the upper limit of the target (+4%) set in its 2025 - 2029 Business Plan by 0.5 percentage points.

Electricity demand growth is surging as data centres are becoming the new 'industrial load' of the artificial intelligence (AI) economy, and their electricity consumption is projected to double to 800 - 1000 TWh by 2030.

Equinor has been awarded 35 new production licenses by the Ministry of Energy in this year's APA, Awards in Predefined Areas.

Purpose-built for customers: FARO CREAFORM, turning portable and automated dimensional measurement into strategic advantage for manufacturers, and FARO INSIGHT, transforming captured reality into trusted insight for construction, public safety, and geospatial professionals.

TotalEnergies (35%, operator) and its partners Eni (35%) and QatarEnergy (30%) have signed an agreement with the Lebanese government to enter Block 8 exploration permit offshore Lebanon.

Venezuelan production recovery faces decade-long timeline despite near-term supply gains, Wood Mackenzie finds.

The Nashville exploration well was drilled more than five miles beneath the seabed and confirmed high-quality oil in one of the Gulf’s most promising deepwater formations.

Julie Copland, Head of Wells, Elemental Energies, and Iain Farrow, Elemental Archer JV Manager, answer questions regarding decommissioning oil and gas assets.

Estimates indicate 600 billion ft3 of gas initially in place (GIIP) with a potential upside beyond 1 trillion ft3.