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Opportune LLP Acquires Pickering Energy Partners’ Consulting & Advocacy Practice

Opportune LLP Acquires Pickering Energy Partners’ Consulting & Advocacy Practice Feb 13, 2026 11:31 AM Eastern Standard Time HOUSTON--( BUSINESS WIRE )--Opportune LLP, a leading Houston, TX-based global business advisory firm, has acquired the Consulting & Advocacy Practice of Pickering Energy Partners LP (“PEP”). Practice leader Dan Romito and his team will join Opportune to advise clients and lead the firm’s growing sustainability and energy expansion practices. "I am proud of what has been accomplished. I expect Dan Romito and his team will continue the momentum built here at PEP and we look forward to collaborating with Opportune on an ongoing basis,” said Dan Pickering.Share PEP Consulting & Advocacy built a reputation for assisting private companies, public issuers, and asset managers in addressing a critical challenge in today’s markets: ensuring the energy narrative reflects economic reality and balancing practical, value-accreting sustainability strategies wi...

JERA Announces Close of Haynesville Shale Gas Asset in Louisiana

JERA Announces Close of Haynesville Shale Gas Asset in Louisiana : Key Milestone in Expanded Commitment Across Louisiana TOKYO and HOUSTON , Feb. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- JERA Co. Inc., a global energy leader and Japan's largest power generation company, today announced that through its subsidiary JERA Americas Inc., it has closed on its previously announced agreement with Williams and GEP Haynesville II, LLC to acquire 100% of their respective interests in the South Mansfield upstream asset located in the Haynesville Shale basin in western Louisiana. The transaction, referred to as the Haynesville Acquisition, further expands JERA's investment footprint across Louisiana, which spans natural gas, LNG, renewables, advanced fuels, and carbon reduction technologies. Collectively, these investments represent billions of dollars in capital deployment to support job creation, expand local tax bases, and stimulate long‑term economic activity. Key Louisiana projects includ...

Verde Clean Fuels, Inc. Announces Suspension of Development of Permian Basin Project

Verde Clean Fuels, Inc. Announces Suspension of Development of Permian Basin Project Feb 6, 2026 4:15 PM Eastern Standard Time HOUSTON--( BUSINESS WIRE )-- Verde Clean Fuels , Inc. (NASDAQ: VGAS) (“Verde” or the “Company”) announced today the suspension of development of its Permian Basin project primarily as a result of changing market conditions driven by increasing demand for natural gas in the Permian Basin. In February 2024, the Company and Cottonmouth Ventures, LLC ("Cottonmouth"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Diamondback Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: FANG) (“Diamondback”) entered into a joint development agreement (“JDA”) to develop a natural gas-to-gasoline plant in the Permian Basin utilizing Verde’s STG+® technology and associated natural gas from Diamondback’s operations (the “Permian Basin Project”). Following announcement of the JDA, the Company began development work on the Permian Basin Project, which included a front-end engineering and design (“FEED”) study that was...

Kodiak Gas Services to Acquire Distributed Power Solutions

Kodiak Gas Services to Acquire Distributed Power Solutions February 05, 2026 8:00 am EST THE WOODLANDS, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Kodiak Gas Services, Inc. (NYSE: KGS) (“Kodiak” or the “Company”) today announced that it entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Distributed Power Solutions, LLC (“DPS”), a leading provider of turnkey, scalable and highly-reliable distributed power solutions serving a diverse set of customers and end markets, in an equity and cash transaction valued at approximately $675 million (the “Acquisition”), subject to adjustment in accordance with the purchase agreement. The purchase price includes $575 million in cash, subject to adjustment in accordance with the purchase agreement, and the issuance of 2,401,278 shares, representing approximately $100 million of Kodiak common stock, to the sellers. Strategic Rationale and Transaction Highlights: Premium Generation Fleet: DPS’s fleet consists of approximately 384 MW of state-of-the-art distributed power gener...

Granite Ridge Resources, Inc. Appoints Kyle Kettler as Chief Financial Officer

Granite Ridge Resources, Inc. Appoints Kyle Kettler as Chief Financial Officer Feb 5, 2026 4:08 PM Eastern Standard Time DALLAS--( BUSINESS WIRE )--Granite Ridge Resources, Inc. (“Granite Ridge” or the “Company”) (NYSE: GRNT) today announced the appointment of Kyle Kettler as Chief Financial Officer, effective February 9, 2026. Mr. Kettler brings over 25 years of experience across energy finance and capital markets, with deep expertise in financing oil and gas companies in the public and private markets. He will be responsible for overseeing Granite Ridge’s financial operations and will play a significant leadership role in guiding the Company’s financial and business strategy to support the Company’s long-term growth objectives while enhancing shareholder value. “I am thrilled to welcome Kyle to Granite Ridge, as this appointment underscores our commitment to maintaining a best-in-class leadership team that drives value for all of our stakeholders,” said Granite Ridge President and C...

Natura Resources Partners with NGL Energy Partners to Enable Large-Scale Produced Water Treatment with Small Modular Nuclear Reactors in the Permian Basin

Natura Resources Partners with NGL Energy Partners to Enable Large-Scale Produced Water Treatment with Small Modular Nuclear Reactors in the Permian Basin News provided by  Natura Resources Feb 03, 2026, 07:38 ET Natura's 100-megawatt, molten-salt reactor design offers an ideal option for power production and produced water treatment, providing solutions for critical problems in Texas and other energy producing states Agreement to pursue pairing Natura's MSR-100 reactor with desalination technology to create large-scale produced water treatment opportunities ABILENE, Texas, Feb. 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Natura Resources LLC (Natura), a leading developer of advanced molten-salt nuclear reactors, has signed an agreement with NGL Water Solutions Permian LLC, a subsidiary of NGL Energy Partners LP (NYSE: NGL ), to pursue opportunities to combine Natura's advanced nuclear reactor technology with thermal desalination for power production and oil and gas produced water treatment. N...

DG Matrix and Exowatt Form Strategic Partnership to Deliver Gigawatt-Scale, Dispatchable Power for the AI Era

DG Matrix and Exowatt Form Strategic Partnership to Deliver Gigawatt-Scale, Dispatchable Power for the AI Era Feb 4, 2026 9:00 AM Eastern Standard Time Partnership integrates DG Matrix’s solid-state transformer technology into Exowatt’s P3 platform, accelerating the rollout of renewable energy for hyperscale data centers. RALEIGH, N.C. & DURHAM, N.C. & MIAMI--( BUSINESS WIRE )--DG Matrix, the global leader in solid-state transformer (SST) solutions, and Exowatt, the next-generation renewable energy company delivering dispatchable solar for the AI era, today announced a strategic partnership to deploy integrated, behind-the-meter power systems targeting gigawatt-scale (GW-scale) infrastructure buildouts. “To stay competitive in the AI era, the industry needs reliable, clean megawatts at speed,” said Hannan Happi, CEO of Exowatt. “DG Matrix’s Power Router provides the flexible, power-first foundation we need to scale our operations."Share As part of the collaboration, Exowa...