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ADNOC Deploys AI-Powered Rig Operations Center
ADNOC put into service a Real-Time Operations Center powered by artificial intelligence, streamlining management for over 120 onshore and offshore rigs.
8:00 PM EST | August 04, 2026
Eni Opens Supercomputing Capabilities to 'Innovation Ecosystem'
Eni announced that it is opening up its supercomputing capabilities to the 'innovation ecosystem'.
8:00 PM EST | July 29, 2026
SLB, Liberty Agree to Form Data Center Alliance
'We will help developers accelerate deployment of new data center capacity', Gavin Rennick, president of SLB's New Energy and Industrial business, said.
8:00 PM EST | July 15, 2026
BOEM Explores Potential for OCS Space Launch and Recovery
'The Outer Continental Shelf presents a significant opportunity to support the future of America's space economy', Acting BOEM Director Matt Giacona said.
8:00 PM EST | July 09, 2026
Crypto Startup Trying to Put a Barrel of Oil on Blockchain
A small crypto startup is trying to persuade the industry to experiment with a different kind of frontier: putting a barrel of oil on a blockchain.
8:00 PM EST | July 08, 2026
Decade of Cheap Henry Hub Gas Coming to End, WoodMac Warns
'The conditions that kept Henry Hub between $2 to $4 per MMBtu for the best part of a decade are no longer all operating at full force', said Kristy Kramer, Head of LNG Strategy and Market Development at Wood Mackenzie.
8:00 PM EST | July 07, 2026
4 US Advanced Nuclear Reactors Successfully Demonstrated, DOE Says
The Energy Department said its Reactor Pilot Program has exceeded Trump's goal to have at least three advanced nuclear reactor designs achieve 'criticality' by the U.S.' July 4 anniversary.
8:00 PM EST | July 07, 2026
Antares Successfully Tests Nuclear Microreactor
Antares Nuclear achieved 'initial criticality' for a microreactor design that uses TRISO fuel, the first to reach that stage under a Trump administration program.
8:00 PM EST | June 09, 2026
Energy Cos Team Up for New AI Powered Safety Initiative
Enverus revealed that it has teamed up with Continental Resources, BPX Energy, Chord Energy, and Ranger Energy Services to introduce LifeSaver, 'a field safety initiative'.
8:00 PM EST | June 02, 2026
Venezuela Wants Oil Firms to Supply Their Own Power
Energy companies heading to Venezuela are being told to bring their own power plants to run their oil and natural gas operations.
8:00 PM EST | June 02, 2026
NOAA Predicts 2026 Atlantic Hurricane Activity
NOAA revealed that it is predicting a 'below normal' Atlantic hurricane season this year.
8:00 PM EST | May 31, 2026
Digitalization, AI in Upstream Oil, Gas is '$500B Opportunity'
Rystad Energy described digitalization and Artificial Intelligence in upstream oil and gas as 'a $500 billion opportunity'.
8:00 PM EST | May 26, 2026
Santos Says Moomba CCS Delivering Emissions Reduction at Scale
The Moomba Carbon Capture and Storage project onshore South Australia permanently sequestered 2 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent in over 18 months, the equivalent of taking 826,000 cars off the road, Santos said.
8:00 PM EST | May 25, 2026
NYSE Owner, OKX to Launch Perpetual Futures Tied to Oil
Intercontinental Exchange Inc is working with OKX to launch oil futures contracts that never expire.
8:00 PM EST | May 22, 2026
Aramco, Pasqal Launch Platform Offering Quantum Computing
Aramco and Pasqal said they had inaugurated Saudi Arabia's first quantum computer and launched the Middle East's first commercial quantum-computing-as-a-service platform.
8:00 PM EST | May 19, 2026
Eni Completes Investment in Canadian Battery Feedstock Project
The commitment from the Italian state-backed energy major is part of a $213.16 million capital raise via private placement for phase 2 of NMG's Matawinie Mine project in Canada.
8:00 PM EST | May 17, 2026
US DOE Awards Over $94MM to Light Water SMR Advancement Projects
The Department of Energy awarded 8 projects a total of more than $94 million to support site permitting and supply chain development efforts for light water small modular reactors.
8:00 PM EST | May 17, 2026
USA Has More Natural Gas Than It Can Use
In the heart of U.S. shale country, gas is so plentiful that producers have to pay buyers to take it off their hands.
8:00 PM EST | April 28, 2026
Meta Agrees Offtakes with Space Solar, Long-Duration Storage Startups
Facebook's parent company signed up for potential capacity from a project to harvest solar power in space and another project to enable 'ultra- long-duration' battery energy storage.
8:00 PM EST | April 27, 2026
Trump Cancels More Wind Leases
Two offshore wind developers will give up federal leases and instead commit funds to fossil fuel projects under agreements with the Trump administration, the DOI said Monday.
8:00 PM EST | April 27, 2026
Data Center Electricity Use Surges
Data center electricity use surged in 2025, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said.
8:00 PM EST | April 19, 2026
EIA Launches Pilot Studies to Assess Data Center Energy Demand
The U.S. Energy Information Administration announced that it is launching three voluntary pilot field studies to evaluate energy consumption in data centers.
8:00 PM EST | March 30, 2026
EIB to Shell Out $87B in Clean Energy Financing over 3 Years
The European Commission adopted a new Clean Energy Investment Strategy under which the European Investment Bank is expected to roll out EUR 75 billion over the next three years.
8:00 PM EST | March 11, 2026
Saipem Pilots AI System on Ultra Deepwater Drillship
'Continuous data analysis allows for the timely detection of any anomalies and the planning of targeted interventions, increasing reliability and safety', Saipem said.
7:00 PM EST | February 22, 2026
Aramco, Microsoft Sign AI MOU
'This marks the next step in our long-standing collaboration with Aramco', said Brad Smith, Vice Chair and President of Microsoft.
7:00 PM EST | February 18, 2026
US DOE Seeks State Partnerships to Build Integrated Nuclear Sites
The Department of Energy issued a call to state governments for expressions of interest in end-to-end sites that would expand the entire U.S. nuclear value chain.
7:00 PM EST | January 31, 2026
DOE, NASA Advance Partnership to Enable Nuclear Power on Moon
The U.S. agencies announced a memorandum of understanding renewing their commitment to developing a lunar power system using fission by 2030.
7:00 PM EST | January 13, 2026
Equinor Says AI Saved It $130MM in 2025
The Norwegian majority state-owned energy company said it has identified 'over a hundred new use cases' for AI across its activities.
7:00 PM EST | January 06, 2026
Execs Have Different Views on Potential AI Impact on Breakevens
Executives from small and large exploration and production firms have differing views on the potential impact of AI on break-even prices, the fourth quarter Dallas Fed Energy Survey stated.
7:00 PM EST | January 06, 2026
US DOE Awards $2.7B for Uranium Enrichment in Nuclear Power Push
The work to be undertaken by three companies 'will transition the United States away from foreign sources of uranium and diversify the nation's domestic fuel supply', DOE said.
7:00 PM EST | January 05, 2026
Consortium Eyes Integrated Partnership for Advanced Nuclear in US
'We see this as a potential America-first model that combines U.S. resources, digital infrastructure and scalable markets'.
7:00 PM EST | December 30, 2025
CPTech Gets US, Saudi Patents for Pyrolysis Oil Upgrading Method
CPTech secured patents in Saudi Arabia and the U.S. for its core pyrolysis oil upgrading process, part of its campaign to produce sustainable aviation fuel from plastic waste.
7:00 PM EST | December 11, 2025
UK Energy Tech Firm Seeks $500MM in Funding Round
Kraken Technologies Ltd has kicked off a fresh funding round to raise about $500 million, according to people familiar with the matter.
7:00 PM EST | December 03, 2025
TVA, Holtec to Get Up To $800MM in DOE Funding for SMR Development
The funding will help 'advance initial projects in Tennessee and Michigan and help expand the nation's capacity while facilitating additional follow-on projects and associated supply chains'.
7:00 PM EST | December 02, 2025
Uniper, thyssenkrupp Uhde Partner for Six Ammonia Plants
The German multinationals signed a 'framework agreement' for the construction of six commercial ammonia plants toward the establishment of a scalable hydrogen import terminal in Wilhelmshaven.
7:00 PM EST | November 30, 2025
Pions Takes 'Big Step on Path Toward AEI'
Pions, previously named eDrilling, announced that it was 'taking another big step on the path toward Artificial Engineering Intelligence (AEI)'.
7:00 PM EST | November 27, 2025
Currie Says AI Spending Frenzy Echoes Early Shale Days
The eye-popping amounts Big Tech is shelling out on artificial intelligence resembles shale's golden age of spending before a price crash wiped out $2.6 trillion in equity, Carlyle Group Inc.'s Jeff Currie says.
7:00 PM EST | November 26, 2025
USA Data Center Electricity Demand Projected to Triple
The IEA described U.S. data center electricity demand as the closest proxy available for the energy consumption of artificial intelligence.
7:00 PM EST | November 26, 2025
Trump Issues EO to Launch DOE Led Genesis Mission
'Throughout history, from the Manhattan Project to the Apollo mission, our nation's brightest minds and industries have answered the call when their nation needed them', U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said.
7:00 PM EST | November 26, 2025
Baker Hughes Books 1.3 GW Gas Turbine Order from Dynamis
The turbines include a new offering that represents 'the oil and gas industry's highest reported mobile power density (MW per square foot) to date'.
7:00 PM EST | November 22, 2025
Tape Ark Bags Multi Million Dollar Oil and Gas AI Enablement Deal
'This contract is more than a migration - it's a digital transformation of decades of exploration intelligence', Tape Ark Founder and CEO Guy Holmes said.
7:00 PM EST | November 12, 2025
Energy Is the Foundation of Every Digital Addition
Energy is the foundation of every digital addition, Antonio Coutinho, the CEO of EDP Innovation, said in a presentation at the Web Summit event in Lisbon, Portugal, on Tuesday, which was attended by Rigzone.
7:00 PM EST | November 11, 2025
Chevron Chooses West Texas for 1st AI Data Center Power Project
Chevron Corp. chose West Texas as the site of its first project to provide natural gas-fired power to a data center.
7:00 PM EST | November 11, 2025
USA Energy Dept Announces $625MM to Renew 5 NQISR Centers
The U.S. Department of Energy announced $625 million in funding to renew its five National Quantum Information Science Research Centers.
7:00 PM EST | November 10, 2025
ADNOC, Masdar Pen AI Collaboration with Microsoft
The Emirati state-owned companies signed a cooperation agreement with Microsoft for AI deployment across ADNOC's operations and the delivery of energy solutions to support the U.S. tech giant's AI and data center growth.
7:00 PM EST | November 02, 2025
Adnoc CEO Says AI Raises Energy Investment Needs to $4T
The global energy industry needs annual investment of $4 trillion as the boom in data centers and artificial intelligence increases demand, according to Sultan Al Jaber.
7:00 PM EST | November 02, 2025
AI Frenzy Spreading Over to Caterpillar, Oil Frackers
Caterpillar Inc., the company synonymous with yellow bulldozers and mining trucks, is getting a boost from another type of machinery.
8:00 PM EST | October 29, 2025
DOE Announces New Team Up 'to Build Largest DOE AI Supercomputer'
'winning the AI race requires new and creative partnerships that will bring together the brightest minds and industries American technology and science has to offer', U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said.
8:00 PM EST | October 29, 2025
Energy CEOs 'Optimistic About Growth'
'Despite inflation and regulatory headwinds, confidence among CEOs is rising', KPMG said.
8:00 PM EST | October 27, 2025
VoltaGrid, Halliburton Form Data Center Partnership
'VoltaGrid and Halliburton will combine their complementary strengths to develop, deploy and operate advanced, efficient and sustainable power generation systems utilizing turbines, reciprocating engines and VoltaGrid's proprietary QPac platform'.
8:00 PM EST | October 21, 2025