•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.
•Google developed a new compression algorithm that reduces the memory needed for AI models.
•This breakthrough could drastically reduce the volume of memory chips needed to support AI infrastructure, impacting companies like Micron and SanDisk.
•Leidos completed its previously announced approximately $2.4 billion acquisition of ENTRUST Solutions Group from Kohlberg.
•The acquisition aims to create a scaled, end-to-end energy infrastructure organization focused on grid modernization and helping utilities improve reliability.
•The deal strengthens Leidos's ability to meet rising power demand across the United States.
•TotalEnergies completed the merger of its UK upstream oil and gas business with NEO NEXT to form a new entity called NEO NEXT+.
•TotalEnergies holds a 47.5% shareholding interest in the newly formed NEO NEXT+.
•NEO NEXT+ has become the largest independent oil and gas producer on the UK Continental Shelf, with expected production exceeding 250,000 boepd by 2026.
•urban-gro, Inc. (Nasdaq: UGRO) announced its entry into the global T20 cricket market through the Lanka Premier League (LPL) Season Six Player Auction.
•The company will operate as Flash Sports & Media, Inc., a vertically integrated sports, media, and experiential platform.
•The auction is scheduled for May 15, 2026, executed via the Innovative Production Group (IPG) platform.
•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.
•Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana, headquarters of the Air Force’s Global Strike Command, faced operational disruptions from sophisticated drone swarms.
•The drone incursions delayed B-52H aircraft launches for Operation Epic Fury against Iran.
•The drones were described as more sophisticated than those seen in Ukraine or possessed by Iran, with loiter times of 4 hours daily.
