•The $66.8 billion all-stock merger between NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy is facing regulatory reviews in Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
•U.S. Senator Angus King has urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to reject the deal due to concerns about market concentration.
•Dominion Energy's stock performance is currently driven by regulatory approval odds rather than its core fundamentals.
•ADNOC is changing its pricing formula for four crude grades (Murban, Das, Umm Lulu, and Upper Zakum) to a prompt-month system based on the Platts Dubai benchmark.
•The new pricing mechanism will take effect on November 1, moving away from the ICE Futures Abu Dhabi-based Murban methodology.
•Namibia Critical Metals announced the formation of TJ Namibia Rare Earths Corporation with Toyota Tsusho to hold Japan's 50% interest in the Lofdal Project.
•The Japanese side completed a C$23 million earn-in commitment for a 50% participating interest in the project.