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1. TotalEnergies Announces A Partnership With Mistral To Develop Frontier AI Models For Reservoir Exploration And Engineering 9/15/2026

   TotalEnergies and Mistral announce a 3-year joint program representing an investment of more than €100M aimed at developing a new generation of frontier AI models to support TotalEnergies’ geosciences experts in the exploration, characterization and development of oil and gas reservoirs.

2. Woodside And PEMEX Sign MOU To Expand Strategic Partnership In Mexico 9/2/2026

   Woodside Energy announced today that it had signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX).

3. Chevron Expands Position In Venezuela 9/2/2026

   Chevron Corporation today announced agreements with Venezuela that establish updated terms for its joint ventures, supporting future investment, project development and production growth in the country.

4. Formentera Partners And Daly Waters Energy Start Commissioning First Natural Gas Plant In The Beetaloo Basin 8/30/2026

   Formentera Partners and its Australian operating company, Daly Waters Energy (DWE), today announced the start of natural gas commissioning at the Sturt Plateau Compression Facility (SPCF).

5. Empire Petroleum Marks Strategic Milestone With Successful 21,006-Foot Well In The Western Haynesville In Texas To Accelerate Revenue Development 8/17/2026

   Empire Petroleum Corporation ("Empire" or the "Company"), an oil and gas company with current producing assets in New Mexico, North Dakota, Montana, Texas, and Louisiana, today announced the successful 21,006-foot re-entry and subsurface evaluation of the Wakefield-Harrison GU B #1 well in the Fort Trinidad field in Madison County, Texas, marking a strategic milestone in its Texas gas development program.

6. Formentera Partners Scales Up U.S. Shale Technology In Australia 8/6/2026

   Formentera Partners, its Australian operating company, Daly Waters Energy (DWE), and INPEX Pty Ltd (INPEX) today announced that, together with Helmerich & Payne, they have contracted an H&P FlexRig for operations in Australia.

7. US-Saudi Consortium 'MERA Oil' Enters Final Stage Of Site Selection For Planned US$5B Refinery And Energy Export Corridor 7/29/2026

   MWG Enterprises, the Fort Worth-based energy development company, Patel Family Office, the third-generation global family office, and PWS, an associate company of one of Saudi Arabia’s longest-established industrial groups AHQ Group, have together launched MERA Oil, a US-Saudi private consortium, and entered the final stage of selecting a host for their planned US$5B integrated refinery and energy export corridor.

8. Cyprus: TotalEnergies Approves The Development Of The Cronos Gas Field To Supply Europe With LNG 7/28/2026

   TotalEnergies (50%) and Eni (50%, operator), partners in Cyprus offshore Block 6, have taken the Final Investment Decision (FID) for the development of the Cronos gas field, discovered in 2022 and successfully appraised in 2024.

9. Matador Resources Company Announces Strategic Delaware Basin Acquisitions And Successful Woodford Exploration Well Results 7/23/2026

   Matador Resources Company (“Matador” or the “Company”) announced today two of its catalysts for this year. First, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Matador has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Paloma Permian LLC (“Paloma”), a portfolio company of EnCap Investments L.P. (“EnCap”), including certain proved undeveloped acreage and oil and natural gas producing properties located in Southeast New Mexico (the “Paloma Acquisition”).

10. ConocoPhillips Reaches Agreement Supporting Redevelopment Of Producing Oil Fields In Iraq 7/20/2026

    ConocoPhillips today announced it has agreed to terms with bp to acquire a 42% interest in BP Energy Company of Kirkuk Limited (BP ECKL), supporting the ongoing redevelopment of four large-scale, currently producing oil fields in the Kirkuk area of northern Iraq.