Oil & Shipping Risk: Drone attacks and renewed US-Iran tensions are keeping crude prices jumpy and tightening tanker supply, with the Caspian Pipeline Consortium halting oil loadings after two more tanker strikes near Novorossiysk and Egypt’s Damietta port confirming a drone caused fires on two gas vessels. Shell Earnings Surge: Shell reported second-quarter profit tripling to $10.8bn as Middle East disruption boosted trading and refining margins. Power & Gas Strain: Moldova urged voluntary electricity cuts after Danube flow disruptions forced reactor shutdowns at Cernavoda, while Bangladesh faced load shedding and higher generation costs after an LNG outage cut imported gas supplies sharply. Household Bills Pressure: Hawaiian Electric customers are seeing steep bill increases tied to oil-fired generation costs, and Pakistan’s petrol and diesel prices rose despite falling crude benchmarks. Policy & Transition: Michigan lawmakers moved to restrict climate lawsuit funding, while Brookfield launched a $600m Lumara platform to accelerate India’s solar, wind and storage buildout. Nuclear Push: The US DOE is considering Tennessee for a nuclear fuel-cycle partnership, aiming to support the full lifecycle and potential advanced reactor deployment. Grid Reliability: ERCOT data highlighted solar and wind covering over half of Texas power around midday, underscoring renewables’ growing role in meeting peak demand.