Inside this issue:

• Dealmaker Spotlight

  American Petroleum Institute President & CEO Mike Sommers

• Conversations From the C-Suite

  Josh Viets brings Ironman tenacity to COO role at Expand Energy 

• OPEC Update

  Navigating complexity, maintaining control 

• Geothermal & Hydropower
  What is old is made renewable again
• Waterflood Revival

  Engineered salinity and AI are breathing new life into America’s mature petroleum systems 

• NAPE Hubs
  NAPE Summit debuts 3 new hubs
• US Upstream

  Gas is back in vogue: Demand signals underpin upstream opportunities

• AI Geopolitics
  Strategic divergence: How the US, China and EU are positioning to power AI

• AI & Data Centers
  New facilities boost demand for natural gas, turbines 

• Bitcoin Mining
  New fTax-smart strategies for bitcoin miners

• Energizing Higher Ed
  The university factor in energy innovation 

• US Offshore
  In just 6 months, a major energy reversal