Asia

China

• Xi sends congratulatory letter to forum dedicated to International Year of Peace and Trust in Turkmenistan
• China’s 2026 economic agenda to kick off 15th Five-Year Plan with high-quality growth
• China turns ice-and-snow resources into hot economic driver
• China’s commercial satellites accelerate global connectivity
• Business leaders highlight benefits of trade corridor linking western China to global markets
• China’s grain output tops 714 mln tonnes in 2025
• China to implement export license management for certain steel products
• China’s central bank to conduct 600-bln-yuan outright reverse repo operation
• China to promote financial support for green factory construction
• Hang Lung Partners with Shanghai Join Buy Group to Announce No. 1038 West Nanjing Road Commercial Project

India

• Govt notifies New Petroleum and Natural Gas Rules to boost investment, ease of doing biz
• India – Petronet LNG secures loan
• Petronet LNG MD & CEO Akshay Kumar Singh Gets Service Extension
• Indian shares trim weekly losses on Fed-fueled rebound
• Indian rupee steadies after hitting record low
• India cabinet approves opening of nuclear, insurance sectors for private investment
• Indian benchmark bond logs biggest weekly fall in nearly four months on post-policy selloff
• India approves coal exports amid healthy power station stocks
• Mercedes-Benz India to hike car prices on rising costs
• Sumitomo Plans Bigger Investments in Indian Renewables
• Rupee slumps 9 paise to close at all-time low of 90.41 against US dollar
• India’s Russian crude imports hit five-month high in Nov; fuel exports to Australia soar
• No-win diesel: Vehicles run on ‘dirty’ fuel going out of favour
• Adani Energy Solutions acquires KPS III HVDC Transmission Ltd
• India’s EV battery demand to rise multifold to 256.3 GWh by 2032
• JSW Energy arm signs 400 MW power supply agreement with Karnataka DISCOMs
• India on cusp of major BESS expansion as demand set for J-curve growth

Japan

• Japanese shipbuilder delivers new Dunkirkmax bulk carrier
• Japan’s core inflation likely held at 3.0% in November
• Private finance structures to drive bumper Japan M&A into 2026
• Japanese player signs first LNG export deal

Malaysia

• Malaysian rare earth companies eligible for incentives
• PTTEP plotting its pathway on Malaysia gas projects

Pakistan

• PIA and Canadian High Commission agree to boost aerial connectivity, trade
• ADB approves $540mn financing to advance SOE reforms, coastal resilience
• PQFTL IPO oversubscribed 3.2 times, raises Rs 676m at PSX
• Pakistan commits to raising electricity and gas prices
• Russia, Pakistan explore alternative payment channels to bypass Western systems
• IMF applauds energy sector progress, urges deeper structural reforms
• Cabinet Ratifies Diversion of 45 LNG Cargoes Amid Declining Gas Demand
• IMF Sets 11 New Structural Benchmarks for Pakistan
• World Bank approves $400 million Punjab city development loan
• Pakistan – Binance/HTX allowed to start process of applying for crypto exchange licences
• PSX stays bullish, gains 1,289 points
• Gold prices soar in Pakistan, up Rs10,700 per tola
• PKR rises by 04 paisa against US Dollar

Singapore

• Seatrium’s 2025 orders surpass $3 billion

Thailand

• Thailand adjusts EV policies to prevent potential price wars, oversupply

Vietnam

• Hanoi opens bid for $286 mln waste-to-energy project at its largest landfill
• Central Vietnam province opens door to carbon credit developers in push for green growth
• Major foreign investors eye Danang Free Trade Zone
• Rosatom pledges cooperation on Vietnam’s nuclear power plant
• Forex, interest rate projections for Vietnam in 2026
• Parliament okays special mechanisms for HCMC, Hanoi

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Middle East

Egypt

• Dana Gas announces new onshore discovery in Egypt’s Nile Delta
• UK’s BII backs Egypt’s first solar-plus-storage project, deepens climate push
• Egypt’s Energy Map: Markets, Transition & Strategic Partnerships

Iraq

• Trojan wins $272m Maysan residential package deal

Jordan

• Jordan’s government to finalise major project deals, launch tenders before end of 2026
• NEPCO, Shams sign deals for 100MW solar project to cut industrial energy costs

Kuwait

• SLB passes evaluation for Kuwait upstream project

Oman

• UK’s Kistos to buy Oman onshore oil and gas stakes for $148mln
• Oman’s OQ in talks with partners for Duqm petrochem project as SABIC withdraws
• Oman gas contract is worth $683m
• BP still on board Hyport Duqm green hydrogen project, Hydrom

Saudi Arabia

• Saudi firms sign deals to build oil fields, boost output in Syria
• Arabian Qudra to set up first floating solar plant in Saudi Arabia
• Saudi non-oil private sector sees strong growth as PMI climbs over 60
• Saudi National Development Fund sees 45 agreements worth $1.6bn at Momentum 2025
• Saudi Ministry of Industry issues 95 new licenses, announces production start at 81 factories in October
• Diriyah allows exhibition centre bidders more time
• Local firm starts piling works on Mirdad Motor City

Turkey

• Turkey central bank chief says disinflation on track after latest rate cut
• Erdoğan Pushes Putin on ‘Limited Ceasefire’ at Ports, Energy Facilities

United Arab Emirates

• Mideast Stocks: UAE stocks ease as oil slips
• Abu Dhabi Investment Office partners with Bain Capital
• DP World launches 36-hour Dubai-Iraq sea link
• Dubai firm announces $136m Jafza facility expansion
• ONE Development launches ONE Residence in Abu Dhabi
• Dubai Chamber of Commerce launches Bulgarian Business Council

Middle East (regional / general)

• ACWA Power, Bapco Energies sign JDA to develop cross-border solar-and-storage project
• IEA lowers 2026 oil glut forecast for first time since May
• Oil hovers near 2-week highs on expected US interest rate cut
• Oil prices up on US-Venezuela tensions, but set for weekly decline

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Africa

Angola

• Maurel and Prom, BW Energy to acquire Azule Energy’s stakes in Angolan blocks
• BW Energy enters Angola’s offshore oil & gas playground with new acquisition
• BW Energy and Maurel & Prom strike $310 million deal to buy Angola assets

Burkina Faso

• Burkina Faso advances thermal power project

Democratic Republic of Congo

• Glencore first miner to export cobalt under new DRC quotas

Guinea / Mali

• The African Development Fund grants Guinea nearly $26 million in additional funding to develop an electricity interconnection with Mali

Kenya / Tanzania / Zambia

• 28 ships queue in Mombasa amid diversions from Dar es Salaam port
• After Kenya, Tanzania’s Amsons ventures into Zambia

Morocco

• AfDB lends Morocco $316mln for airport upgrades ahead of 2030 FIFA World Cup
• Morocco launches prequalification for LNG project

Nigeria

• Explosion hits Nigeria’s key Escravos-Lagos gas pipeline, NNPC says
• Nigeria: Enugu govt earmarks $6.8mln for phase 1 of 135.4km rail project
• Nigeria’s $1trln economy goal depends on digital skills, innovation, human capital

South Africa

• South Africa sells $59.2mln of inflation-linked bonds at auction
• South African inflation expectations fall after setting of 3% target
• South African rand lifted by gold
• Five tips to avoid hefty electricity costs in the Cape Town CBD

Tunisia / Algeria

• Tunisian and Algerian PMs co-chair opening of joint Economic Forum in Tunis

Africa (regional / general)

• African Development Bank Group approves $76.3 million in additional financing to advance transport connectivity in the Horn of Africa
• Top 10 largest, busiest airports in Africa
• African airlines brace for another year of thin margins

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Europe

Germany / Netherlands

• North Sea green shift at play: Dutch gas platform plugs into German offshore wind power

Italy

• Italy’s Snam tightens grip on LNG terminal as liquefied gas imports rise
• Snam to buy Igneo’s entire stake in Offshore LNG Toscana
• Snam moves to take over sole ownership of Italy’s FSRU

Norway

• Electric hydrofoil ferry to enter service in Trondheim, Norway
• GT Wings secures Grieg investment to scale wind-propulsion tech
• Global Marine Group to update fleet with Solstad construction support vessel
• ‘A good opportunity’: Equinor renewables VP on Utsira tender win
• ‘Turning point’ for Vantris Energy as $1 billion debts forgiven

Poland

• Poland’s LNG gateway: Ten years of the Świnoujście Terminal

Russia

• Russia – Lukoil halts output at major Caspian field after Ukrainian drone attack
• Russian Central Bank Sues Euroclear
• Kremlin outlines results of Putin-Erdogan talks

Switzerland

• UBS shares hit 17 year-high as Swiss lawmakers pitch capital compromise

United Kingdom

• MCS SWATH 3 – UK’s Maritime Craft Services welcomes first crewboat in new series
• Oil & gas asset consolidation in full swing in UK North Sea: Harbour makes a play for Waldorf
• Harbour acquires troubled UK oil and gas producer
• Shell to defer UK partner’s development costs amid acquisition delay
• UK economy stumbled during bumpy run-up to budget

Ukraine / Russia

• Ukraine Claims Destruction of 2 Vessels Transporting Russian Arms in Caspian Sea
• Ukrainian drone strikes apartment block in western Russia

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North America

Canada

• Canada – LNG Canada traces noise issues to flare system during startup, not plant operations

United States

• Last Coal-Fired Plant in Washington State Converting to Natural Gas
• Big Storage Withdrawal Fails to Halt Natural Gas Futures Selloff
• Natural gas prices surge as early winter blast boosts heating needs
• Harold Hamm, Oklahoma Oil Tycoon, Allies With Trump to Reshape U.S. Energy
• White House says US intends to keep seized tanker’s oil, hits Maduro family with new sanctions
• US seizure of rogue oil tanker off Venezuela signals new crackdown on shadow fleet
• US sanctions six more ships after seizing oil tanker off Venezuela
• BP Starts Up Atlantis Expansion Project in US Gulf
• USA Crude Oil Stocks Drop Nearly 2MM Barrels WoW
• Ten-year job for Wood on US Gulf Coast LNG project
• Galveston LNG Bunker Port inks supply deal with international shipping company
• Galveston LNG Bunker Port secures commercial commitment for 2029 marine fuel deliveries
• Trinity Gas Storage Launches 13 Bcf Expansion as Power, LNG Loads Accelerate
• Lake Charles LNG Moves Toward ’26 Green Light; Early Site Prep Targeted
• Trump signs AI de-regulation order
• Halliburton makes first move in AI data centre partnership with US contractor
• Venture Global Plummets Amid Escalating Legal Dispute with Shell
• Cheniere Energy (LNG) Falls as LNG Stocks Come Under Pressure

Global / International

• Trump administration completes permitting for Alaska LNG pipeline

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South America

Brazil

• Brazil Oil Output Rebounding from Outages
• Shell chooses Valaris drillship for drilling ops at giant oil & gas project in Brazilian waters
• Valaris drillship to work for Shell offshore Brazil

Venezuela

• Maduro says Trump wants Venezuela’s oil
• Venezuela condemns US oil tanker seizure as ‘international piracy’
• Oil prices up on US-Venezuela tensions, but set for weekly decline

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Oceania

Australia

• Woodside Taps Former Equinor Senior Manager to Lead LNG Trading
• TechnipFMC Bags Production Systems Contract for Gorgon Stage 3
• Third stage of giant Australian gas project to sport TechnipFMC subsea production systems
• FID taken for Australia shale gas project
• Victoria offers new exploration acreage

Papua New Guinea / Pacific

• Google to build three subsea cables in PNG funded by Australia defence treaty

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Global

• IEA Cuts 2026 Oil Glut Forecast as Demand Outlook Strengthens
• EIA Ups Brent Price Forecast, Still Sees Drop in 2026
• Oil prices rise on Venezuela supply jitters, still set for weekly drop
• New supertankers sail empty to collect oil
• Gold prices soar to fresh record highs as global rally accelerates
• Investments in oil & gas more crucial now as green green options lag: ExxonMobil