• Nat-Gas Prices Supported by a Surge in European Gas Prices | 2026-07-17
  August Nymex natural gas (NGQ26 ) on Friday closed up +0.053 (+1.85%). Nat-gas prices settled higher on Friday, garnering carry-over support from a sharp rally in European nat-gas prices to a 3.75-month high. Prices rallied on concern that escalation of the US-Iran conflict will keep the Strait of Hormuz closed,...
• Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) Hits Record Natural Gas Open Interest As LNG Demand Grows | 2026-07-17
  Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE) reported record open interest in its North American Financial Natural Gas futures and options. The milestone comes as the natural gas market undergoes structural changes tied to U.S. LNG exports, infrastructure buildout, and extreme weather. The new records highlight ICE's role in energy risk management at a time when real-world demand and supply patterns are shifting. For investors tracking Intercontinental Exchange, the headline is that its North...
• Marathon Petroleum (MPC) Stock May Be 17% Undervalued As Earnings Near | 2026-07-17
  Marathon Petroleum has delivered a very large 5 year return for shareholders, yet its valuation checks send mixed messages, with a Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) estimate pointing to the stock trading below intrinsic value while market multiples lean toward it being expensive. Over the last 5 years, Marathon Petroleum has returned about 7x, which puts extra focus on whether recent gains leave enough valuation cushion. Expectations around future refining margins and cash flows, including ahead of...
• Alleima AB (SAMHF) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Highlights: Record Orders and Strategic Growth Amid ... | 2026-07-17
  Alleima AB (SAMHF) reports strong organic growth and record-breaking orders, while navigating market uncertainties and environmental challenges.
• Beyond LNG: Berlin’s red-carpet diplomacy signals a bigger bet on Algeria | 2026-07-17
  Germany, stripped of Russian pipeline gas, received Algeria's president with military honours and talked about LNG.
• Miliband-backed pipeline ‘risks engulfing town in deadly gas’ | 2026-07-17
  A 125-mile pipeline that will allow Britain to produce low-carbon cement could put an East Midlands town at risk of suffocating gas leaks.
• "Elbows Up for Climate" Activists Exploit Wildfires and Floods to Prop Up Collapsing Narrative says Friends of Science Society | 2026-07-17
  CALGARY, AB, July 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- As reported by BBC on July 16, 2026, over 800 wildfires are burning across northwestern Ontario, with the smoke pall setting poor air quality records across the northeastern USA; meanwhile, Friends of Science Society denounces the "Elbows Up for...
• Next Bridge Hydrocarbons Provides Guidance Regarding Dividend Share Distributions | 2026-07-17
  MIDLAND, Texas, July 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Next Bridge Hydrocarbons, Inc. ("Next Bridge," "our," "we," or the "Company"), an oil and natural gas exploration and production company with interests in Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma today announced the following: The Company has received a...
• Top energy firm sends key signal on AI's future after $1.2B deal | 2026-07-17
  Artificial intelligence needs enormous amounts of electricity, and that has turned power companies into some of the most closely watched stocks in the market. Talen Energy (TLN) gave investors a hard number on July 14. The Houston power producer said it had secured about $1.2 billion in revenue for ...
• Milk prices at an all-time high, but most consumer prices slip in June after months of increases | 2026-07-17
  Following months of rising costs, inflation saw the biggest single-month drop in six years in June thanks to cheaper clothes, medical care and transportation, coupled with rapidly falling energy prices. Across the board, consumer costs decreased 0.4% last month after rising 0.5% in May, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ latest report released Tuesday. That month-over-month change is ...
• Eight killed, at least 34 missing after landslide in China’s Chongqing | 2026-07-17
  Landslide has buried homes and forced more than 1,100 people to evacuate.
• CO2 Energy Transition Corp. (Nasdaq: NOEM) Signs Letter of Intent with Texas-Based Energy Company to Advance Domestic Lithium Recovery and Strontium Ferrite Production for Defense Applications | 2026-07-17
  Houston, TX, July 17, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CO2 Energy Transition Corp. (Nasdaq: NOEM) today announced the signing of a non-binding Letter of Intent with a Texas-based operating oil and gas company with a track record of unconventional natural resource development in the United States. The target plans to recover lithium and strontium from subsurface brines produced from its own leased wells to support domestic critical mineral production and energy independence.
• 3 Utility Stocks Built for the Coming AI Power Crunch | 2026-07-17
  As artificial intelligence data centers continue to proliferate, these electric utilities remain well positioned to benefit from the resultant energy demand.
• Why Plug Power (PLUG) Is Down 9.7% After Australian Hydrogen Hub Deal Enters Execution Phase | 2026-07-17
  Plug Power Inc. previously announced that Orica Limited’s 50-megawatt Hunter Valley Hydrogen Hub in Australia had reached final investment decision, moving Plug’s GenEco PEM electrolyzer supply into execution for a project backed by A$432 million in production credits from ARENA. The hub’s plan to use renewable hydrogen to displace natural gas in low-carbon ammonia production underscores Plug Power’s role in scaling industrial decarbonization projects and building a global electrolyzer track...
• 3 Small-Cap Stocks with Questionable Fundamentals | 2026-07-17
  Small-cap stocks can be incredibly lucrative investments because their lack of analyst coverage leads to frequent mispricings. However, these businesses (and their stock prices) often stay small because their subscale operations make it harder to expand their competitive moats.
• U.S. import prices rose in June 2026 as China goods costs surged | 2026-07-17
  The Bureau of Labor Statistics said import prices beat expectations, with the annual gain of 7.1% the largest since August 2022
• Barrel Energy Inc. Announces Expansion of Happy Traps Division with New Corporate Offices and Operations Facility | 2026-07-17
  New Headquarters and Operational Build Out Position Company to Scale Renewable Energy Solutions Nationwide HANNACROIX, N.Y., July 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Barrel Energy Inc. (OTC: BRLL) today announced a significant expansion of its renewable energy platform through its Happy Traps...
• U.S. Natural Gas Futures Settle Higher | 2026-07-17
  U.S. natural gas futures recovered most of the previous session’s losses to close the week modestly weaker.
• MKDWELL Tech Inc. to Acquire Premium Smart-Home and IoT Group, Diversifying Beyond Automotive Electronics | 2026-07-17
  Hsinchu, Taiwan, July 17, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MKDWELL Tech Inc. (“MKDWELL” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: MKDW), an automotive electronics manufacturer, today announced that it has entered into a sale and purchase agreement (the “Agreement”) to acquire the entire issued share capital of Landvision Inc. (“Landvision BVI”), a British Virgin Islands holding company that owns 100% of Landvision Technology Limited (“Landvision HK”), a fast-growing developer and supplier of AI-enabled smart-home and Internet-of-Things (“IoT”) products. The acquisition (the “Acquisition”) will be satisfied entirely through the issuance of new shares of the Company, and represents a strategic step to diversify MKDWELL’s business and broaden its technology platform into the high-growth consumer smart-home sector.
• US Considers Creating Finra-Like Watchdog to Vet Top AI Models | 2026-07-17
  The Trump administration is considering plans for an independent regulator to vet the safety of artificial intelligence models with industry input, after Silicon Valley leaders complained about the ad-hoc nature of recent US moves to slow the release of cutting-edge AI systems.

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