•Supermajors including ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips, Repsol, and Shell participated in the most successful lease sale ever held in Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve.
•88 Energy is advancing plans to drill one of the North Slope's most promising untested prospects.
•Iranian officials warned that the UAE will face widespread attacks if the US uses its territory to launch a ground invasion of Iranian islands.
•Donald Trump is weighing the deployment of ground troops to seize strategic Kharg and Qashm islands to secure energy supplies.
•Iranian leadership has decided to end a period of tolerance toward Abu Dhabi, concluding the UAE's role exceeds merely hosting US bases to active war participation.
