Energy, Utilities & Environment

Oslo – October 15, 2026 -- TGS has secured multi-client rights from state agency PetroGuin to reprocess more than 11,000 km2 of JAAN 3D seismic data across Guinea-Bissau, with final products due in Q4 2027.

TGS builds on 2019 reprocessing with new imaging tools

The agreement builds on the parties' previous 2019 PSDM reprocessing. TGS will apply elastic dynamic-matching full waveform inversion (E-DMFWI) and Kirchhoff pre-stack depth migration (KPSDM). The company expects a significant uplift in image quality compared with the existing data.

Improved imaging targets clastic and carbonate plays

The upgraded images are meant to improve assessment of both clastic and carbonate targets across the margin. TGS says this will give explorers greater confidence in evaluating prospectivity as they plan future exploration activity in Guinea-Bissau.

Gainesville, Texas – October 15, 2026 -- Select Water Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: WTTR) priced an upsized $900 million offering of 7.625% senior notes due 2034 through its subsidiary Select Water Holdings LLC, raising the deal by $100 million from the initial $800 million.

Notes priced at par with semiannual coupons starting May 2027

The notes mature on October 15, 2026, and pay interest at 7.625% per year on May 1 and November 1. The first payment is due October 15, 2026. The offering is expected to close on October 15, 2026, subject to customary closing conditions.

The notes are guaranteed jointly and severally on a senior unsecured basis by existing subsidiaries that are borrowers or guarantors under the revolving credit facility. Future restricted subsidiaries that guarantee certain indebtedness of the issuer or a guarantor under any credit facility will also guarantee them.

Houston – – October 15, 2026 -- Two Williston Basin wells operated by Chord Energy have run for more than a year without a sand-related pump failure after a single SandBONDTM treatment, extending pump run life 5.5× and 4.7×, TenEx Technologies reported. Both pumps are still running with stable performance, and the wells recorded zero production loss.

Single bullhead treatment replaces rig-based intervention in 10,000-ft laterals

Chord Energy sought to cut pump failures caused by severe proppant production in horizontal wells with laterals of approximately 10,000 ft. TenEx treated two wells with SandBONDTM, a non-resin, atomized aluminum-based sand-control technology.

The treatment is bullheaded directly into the well and followed by a 24-hour soak. It requires no intervention rig, workover, or specialized equipment.

Loveland – October 15, 2026 -- ATS Energy has closed a new financing round to fund commercial production of its Solid-State Generator (SSG), with the first commercial unit targeted for deployment by mid-2027. The Colorado company did not disclose the size of the round or the investors involved.

Capital targets thermoelectric cartridge production and the first commercial unit

Proceeds will fund production of ATS's proprietary thermoelectric cartridges, the core component of the SSG, and completion of the first commercial unit. The generator converts industrial waste heat directly into electricity without turbines or moving parts. ATS says the financing will shorten the time needed to produce and deliver later installations. The company aims to begin revenue-generating operations in 2027.

Belleville – – October 15, 2026 -- Illinois American Water put 125 employees to work at 13 local organizations last month, logging more than 475 volunteer hours during its AmerICANs In Action! Month of Service.

The projects addressed food insecurity, neighborhood revitalization, environmental stewardship, youth needs and community health in communities the utility serves. Company President Rebecca Losli described the program as a commitment to living out company values through local giving.

Volunteers packed 5,500 diapers and sorted food donations

In Champaign, volunteers packed more than 5,500 diapers for the Bottom Line Diaper Bank through United Way of Champaign County. At Eastern Illinois Foodbank in Urbana, which provided 11.7 million meals to nearly 200 agencies and programs in the past year, they sorted donations.

Richardson, Texas – October 15, 2026 -- Lennox (NYSE: LII) will integrate Everyday Electric's savings features into its smart thermostats, giving more than 1 million installed units access to automated demand-response adjustments once the rollout starts in 2027.

Everyday Electric, formerly Renew Home, operates what it describes as the largest residential virtual power plant (VPP) in the U.S. The partnership links that network to Lennox's connected HVAC base. New smart thermostat buyers will also be eligible.

Thermostat adjustments target high-price and high-demand periods

Eligible customers can switch on features that make subtle, personalized temperature adjustments when energy prices or demand are high. The aim is to cut heating and cooling costs while keeping households comfortable. Customers can also earn utility rewards where available.

Kansas City, Kan. – October 14, 2026 -- Skystream Energy is testing a new wind turbine blade with a larger swept area and a custom blend of wind tunnel-tested airfoils, aimed at higher energy output across a wider range of wind conditions. A prototype is installed at a test site in Iowa, where the company is collecting performance data.

Blade targets light and turbulent winds with a larger swept area

The design builds on the existing Skystream platform. Its larger size increases the swept area, the total area covered by the rotating blades, so the turbine can capture more energy from available wind. Raising output at lower wind speeds is one of the blade's primary objectives.

The airfoil blend is intended to capture energy more efficiently in light and turbulent winds and to give the turbine better control of output at higher wind speeds. The design is also expected to reduce turbine noise.

Kyiv – October 14, 2026 -- DoGo Power plans to deploy more than 200 smart grid-forming energy storage systems (ESS) across research bases and experimental farms of Ukraine's Institute of Horticulture of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences (IH NAAS), one of three cooperation agreements it reached at EcoEnergy Expo 2026.

Ukraine's 2030 storage target drives demand

Ukraine has set an official target of 1.5 to 2 GW of installed energy storage capacity by 2030. The country's agricultural supply chain is increasingly dependent on stable electricity and distributed energy resources, according to the company. That dependence is raising demand for storage integrated with agricultural production and research.

Columbus – October 14, 2026 -- American Electric Power (Nasdaq: AEP) plans to invest approximately $4 billion in a 702-megawatt fuel cell generation project near Cheyenne, Wyoming, backed by a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Google.

AEP controls 92% of the project company, Basalt funds hold nearly 8%

Google will buy power from Cheyenne Fuel Cell, LLC. AEP owns and controls about 92% of the entity, and funds advised by Basalt Infrastructure Partners, LLP hold nearly 8%. AEP and its partners plan to start construction in 2026. The facility is expected to be fully operational by the end of 2028.

Dallas – October 14, 2026 -- Solidion Technology (NASDAQ: STI) says its PEAK Series uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system can cut UPS footprint by up to 30%, based on company testing, as it targets AI data center operators short on floor space.

PEAK Series uses a proprietary 5500 silicon-carbon anode cell

The PEAK Series is a UPS battery system built for AI data centers around Solidion's proprietary 5500 silicon-carbon anode cell. The company says the design is meant to free floor space that operators could otherwise use for servers and additional computing equipment.

Rising power density in AI facilities is increasing pressure on the systems that keep sites running during grid disruptions, according to the company. UPS batteries occupy space that could hold computing hardware and require periodic replacement.