Woods Cross, Utah – September 24, 2026 -- Sky Quarry Inc. (NASDAQ: SKYQ) has restarted its Eagle Springs Refinery near Ely, Nevada, the only crude oil refinery in the state, after receiving an air permit from the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection.

New York – September 24, 2026 -- U.S. oil producers are replacing only 95 barrels of proved developed reserves for every 100 barrels extracted, according to a new white paper from alternative asset manager Kimmeridge, even as natural gas reserve replacement remains above 120%.

New York – September 24, 2026 -- Direct AI-model usage accounts for just 9.4% of an AI agent's recurring monthly operating cost, according to an illustrative model cited in a new report from The Conference Board, underscoring how governance, monitoring, and human supervision drive the bulk of expenses in agentic AI deployments.

New York – September 24, 2026 -- The Italian Trade Agency will roll out Italian Wine Week across the New York Metropolitan Area from October 12 to October 25, 2026, enlisting more than 100 wine retailers in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and Jersey City to drive consumer traffic ahead of Vinitaly USA's New York debut.

Chicago – September 24, 2026 -- Keeper Security has launched a zero-knowledge Google Chat integration that lets organizations approve privileged access requests, retrieve credentials and manage secrets without leaving Google Workspace.

Austin, Texas – September 24, 2026 -- Buchanan Capital Partners (BCP), an Austin-based zero-fee commercial real estate investment firm, has acquired Churchill Tower, a 277,268-square-foot Class A office building in Dallas's Park Central submarket, marking its second major acquisition after the 2025 off-market purchase of Westbank Pointe in Austin.

Allentown, Pa. – September 24, 2026 -- PPL Electric Utilities has been selected to receive up to $71.5 million in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Energy to rebuild 29.3 miles of an existing 230-kilovolt transmission corridor under the Montour Grid Resilience and Advanced Reconductoring Project.

Washington – September 24, 2026 -- Knox Systems, which operates the largest FedRAMP and DISA-managed cloud, said veterans now make up 25% of its security workforce as it launches new recruiting partnerships with VetJobs, Military Spouse Jobs, and Hire Heroes USA.

Overland Park, Kan. – September 24, 2026 -- Aria Care Partners has appointed Veda Lewis-Simmons, DPM, MHA, as chief medical officer of podiatry, giving her oversight of operational effectiveness and clinical quality for the company's onsite podiatry services across skilled nursing facilities (SNFs).

San Diego – September 24, 2026 -- ACROBiosystems has launched CHO-Direct, a rapid high-throughput affinity validation service that delivers antibody affinity data in as little as four days from sequence submission, alongside a broader infrastructure platform called ACRO AIx aimed at AI-driven drug discovery (AIDD).