Weatherford has secured a two-year extension of several Equinor agreements and will serve as the primary completions provider for the Statfjord and Oseberg fields offshore Norway. SourceContinue Reading

Virtual Power Plants: The Grid Capacity Nobody Had to Build | OilPrice.com Charles Kennedy Charles is a writer for Oilprice.com More Info Premium Content By Charles Kennedy – Oct 08, 2026, 2:00 PM CDT A virtual power plant pools home batteries, smart thermostats, EV chargers and flexible industrial loads into one resource a grid operator...Continue Reading

President Trump just issued a new Truth Social Post Thursday just after noon time (eastern), wherein he declared “we will not be attacking Iran at any time prior to the Midterm Elections” in November. Oil dropped on the statement (though is still up on the day)… The full Trump post below, wherein Trump also claims...Continue Reading

U.S. Gasoline Prices Set October Record Even as National Average Slips | OilPrice.com Julianne Geiger Julianne Geiger is a veteran energy journalist and market analyst with more than a decade of experience covering the global oil and gas sector. Her… More Info Related News By Julianne Geiger – Oct 08, 2026, 12:30 PM CDT U.S....Continue Reading

UK Retailers Push to Cut Green Levies as Power Bills Top £440 Million | OilPrice.com City A.M CityAM.com is the online presence of City A.M., London’s first free daily business newspaper. Both platforms cover financial and business news as well as sport and… More Info Premium Content By City A.M – Oct 08, 2026, 12:00 PM...Continue Reading

Reliance Drives India’s Venezuelan Oil Imports to Seven-Year High | OilPrice.com Michael Kern What I Cover My focus spans the global energy landscape and the technologies reshaping it, specifically focusing on oil and gas, renewables, and tech-driven market… More Info Related News By Michael Kern – Oct 08, 2026, 11:30 AM CDT Reliance Industries is...Continue Reading

Equinor and its partners have discovered an estimated 3.3 million to 10.3 million barrels of recoverable oil equivalent in gas at Norway’s Gullfaks South field, using an exploration sidetrack drilled during work on a production well. The discovery, announced on October 8, highlights the role of targeted exploration in sustaining production from mature North Sea...Continue Reading

EnerMech has secured a Subsea7 contract to provide pipeline testing and pre-commissioning services for the Ginger subsea development offshore Trinidad and Tobago. SourceContinue Reading

Drilling Tools International will acquire Saltire Energy and Foxley Energy for $80 million in cash plus stock, expanding its North Sea presence and lifting Eastern Hemisphere revenue exposure to approximately 40%. SourceContinue Reading

SLB has secured a 15-year agreement to deploy its DrillPlan technology across TotalEnergies’ global upstream portfolio, integrating subsurface data with digital well planning and engineering workflows. SourceContinue Reading