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Continental Resources is expanding its Permian Basin footprint through the acquisition of FireBird Energy II, adding about 54,000 net Midland Basin acres and 32,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day of production, including a 69% oil mix. Representative image.

Continental Resources to buy FireBird as Permian footprint grows more than 40%

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation’s $1.4 billion acquisition of PCI Energy Solutions expands its push into power-market software as utilities manage increasingly complex grids shaped by renewables, battery storage and rising electricity demand. Representative image.

Mitsubishi Electric’s $1.4bn PCI deal targets software managing 60% of US power

Johan Sverdrup crude could meet 25% of ORLEN demand under three-year agreement

Equinor strikes three-year ORLEN deal for up to 9m tonnes of crude a year

APA Group is advancing the A$259 million Sybella Creek Solar Farm and Battery Energy Storage System in Mount Isa, combining 72 MW of solar generation with a 52 MW/104 MWh battery and existing gas-fired power infrastructure under a long-term supply agreement with Ernest Henry Mining. Representative image.

APA Group (ASX: APA) commits A$259m to Mount Isa solar and battery project

NextEra Energy’s proposed $66.8 billion combination with Dominion Energy faces heightened Virginia regulatory scrutiny as the State Corporation Commission weighs potential conditions around customer rates, jobs and clean-energy commitments. Representative image.

Inside the Virginia intervention: What Abigail Spanberger actually wants from NextEra and Dominion

Spanberger's intervention does not remove SCC approval authority, but it raises the political cost of a clean pass on the NextEra-Dominion $67 billion deal.

byVenkatesh

August 9, 2026

Representative image of high-voltage power infrastructure, grid corridors and data center energy demand, reflecting the proposed $66.8 billion NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy all-stock merger and its role in reshaping the US regulated utility sector.

The $66.8bn answer to America’s data centre power crunch: NextEra Energy strikes deal to acquire Dominion Energy

US data centres need power yesterday. NextEra Energy will pay $66.8B for Dominion Energy. The question is whether regulators let scale win.

byVenkatesh

May 18, 2026

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Continental Resources to buy FireBird as Permian footprint grows more than 40%

Mitsubishi Electric’s $1.4bn PCI deal targets software managing 60% of US power

Equinor strikes three-year ORLEN deal for up to 9m tonnes of crude a year

APA Group (ASX: APA) commits A$259m to Mount Isa solar and battery project

Inside the Virginia intervention: What Abigail Spanberger actually wants from NextEra and Dominion

The $66.8bn answer to America’s data centre power crunch: NextEra Energy strikes deal to acquire Dominion Energy

Continental Resources to buy FireBird as Permian footprint grows more than 40%

Mitsubishi Electric’s $1.4bn PCI deal targets software managing 60% of US power

Equinor strikes three-year ORLEN deal for up to 9m tonnes of crude a year

APA Group (ASX: APA) commits A$259m to Mount Isa solar and battery project

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Telangana pharma factory explosion kills two workers and leaves two critically burned