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S&P Global Announces New Strategic Direction for Upstream Energy Business

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5 months ago

April 24, 2026

Divests its geoscience and petroleum engineering software portfolio to global technology firm SLB in order to sharpen focus on proprietary data and insightsLaunches Titan, a new customer facing AI-powered platform for upstream data and insightsPartners with SLB to distribute S&P Global Energy data and develop new tools

NEW YORK, April 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Today, S&P Global announced strategic innovations and changes to its upstream energy business, beginning with a definitive agreement to sell S&P Global Energy’s geoscience and petroleum engineering software portfolio to SLB, a global technology company driving energy innovation across more than 100 countries. This portfolio of subsurface and engineering software, widely used by U.S. onshore and unconventional operators, includes Kingdom Software, Petra, Harmony Enterprise, Analytics Explorer, SubPUMP, PowerTools, FieldDIRECT, Piper, WellTest, and The Element Platform, together with associated business services.

In addition, S&P Global Energy will launch an AI-powered upstream data platform known as Titan, designed to transform how customers discover, analyze, and act on high-quality data and insights. Built on comprehensive global coverage spanning 113 countries, Titan will serve an estimated 110,000 users across 4,000 client organizations, scaling from individual analysts to global enterprises.

Currently in beta testing with select customers, Titan is scheduled for full commercial launch later this year. The platform consolidates content and analytics into a single, high-performance workspace that accelerates critical decision-making. Titan differentiates through an AI-Powered experience that enables anticipatory discovery, surfacing relevant patterns before users need to search, and helping teams translate upstream market signals into faster commercial and strategic actions.

“This new strategic direction for our upstream business will allow us to transform a core part of our business and deliver enhanced value to our customers,” said Dave Ernsberger, President, S&P Global Energy. “Backed by an innovative new AI-powered platform, Titan, that will fundamentally change how our upstream data is connected and delivered, we are taking a significant leap forward in how we serve global energy markets as the most trusted provider of data and insights. These new investments could not come at a more important time as the world navigates a challenging energy environment, powered by the data and insights we provide.”

Along with launching Titan, divesting these software assets will allow S&P Global Energy to focus on providing world class data and insights and pursue a channel-agnostic approach toward the distribution of its content. As part of this transaction, S&P Global Energy will continue to distribute its leading proprietary data through the divested geoscience and petroleum engineering workflow tools. The parties have also entered an agreement to expand their partnership through further data distribution and collaboration on building new AI models to transform upstream business use cases.

“Unconventional markets demand speed, scale and efficiency,” said Olivier Le Peuch, Chief Executive Officer, SLB. “This software portfolio is widely used by U.S. land operators in their daily workflows. By integrating these capabilities with our industrial-scale digital platforms and AI technologies we can serve customers across the full spectrum of subsurface and planning needs.”

SLB’s upstream energy sector tools and services are designed to deliver insights and manage data to meet diverse client needs across exploration, production, logistics, and midstream infrastructure including pipelines, storage terminals, and ports. The customers include national and international energy companies, and independents, along with midstream-downstream operating companies.

The transaction is subject to the satisfaction of customary conditions, including the receipt of regulatory approvals, and is expected to close in the second half of 2026 or early 2027. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC is acting as financial advisor to S&P Global. Ropes & Gray LLP is acting as legal advisor to S&P Global. Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP is acting as legal advisor to SLB.

Media Contacts:

Josh Goldstein   
S&P Global Energy 
+1 954-254-4900 
josh.goldstein@spglobal.com 

Orla O’Brien 
S&P Global 
+1 857-407-8559 
orla.obrien@spglobal.com  

About S&P Global Energy
At S&P Global Energy (formerly S&P Global Commodity Insights), our comprehensive view of global energy and commodities markets enables our customers to make superior decisions and create long-term, sustainable value. Our four core capabilities are: Platts for pricing and news; CERA for research and advisory; Horizons for energy expansion and sustainability solutions; and Events for industry collaboration.

S&P Global Energy is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI). S&P Global enables businesses, governments, and individuals with trusted data, expertise, and technology to make decisions with conviction. We are Advancing Essential Intelligence through world-leading benchmarks, data, and insights that customers need in order to plan confidently, act decisively, and thrive economically in a rapidly changing global landscape. Learn more at www.spglobal.com/energy.

About SLB
SLB is a global technology company that has driven energy innovation for 100 years. With a global presence in more than 100 countries and employees representing almost twice as many nationalities, we work each day on innovating oil and gas, delivering digital at scale, decarbonizing industries, and developing and scaling new energy systems that accelerate the energy transition.

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level of success of new product developments and global expansion;the impact of customer cost-cutting pressures;a decline in the demand for our products and services by our customers and other market participants;our ability to develop new products or technologies, to integrate our products with new technologies (e.g., AI), or to compete with new products or technologies offered by new or existing competitors;the introduction of competing products (including those developed by AI) or technologies by other companies;our ability to protect our intellectual property from unauthorized use and infringement, including by others using AI technologies, and to operate our business without violating third-party intellectual property rights, including through our own use of AI in our products and services;our ability to attract, incentivize and retain key employees, especially in a competitive business environment;our ability to successfully navigate key organizational changes;the continuously 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companies resulting from the separation of Mobility not realizing all of the expected benefits of the separation; andfollowing the separation of Mobility, the combined value of the common stock of the two publicly-traded companies not being equal to or greater than the value of the Company’s common stock had the separation not occurred.

The factors noted above are not exhaustive. The Company and its subsidiaries operate in a dynamic business environment in which new risks emerge frequently. Accordingly, the Company cautions readers not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the dates on which they are made. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances arising after the date on which it is made, except as required by applicable law. Further information about the Company’s businesses, including information about factors that could materially affect its results of operations and financial condition, is contained in the Company’s filings with the SEC, including Item 1A, Risk Factors in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K.

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Twenty Years After an Attic Startup, TydeCo Brings “HR & Finance Walk Into a Bar” Home

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49 minutes ago

September 8, 2026

After becoming a hit in Cape Town and Johannesburg, the event makes its US debut in Maryland with Sage on September 24

FREDERICK, Md., Sept. 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — In 2006, two college students started a bookkeeping practice from the attic of a rented house in Maryland. They had $1,500 in the bank and no clients, so they placed an advertisement on Craigslist. One of them was Matt Lescault, now CEO of TydeCo.

That practice became Lescault & Walderman, moved to a fully virtual model in 2010 and expanded from outsourced accounting into software implementation, integration and data.

Twenty years later, the company is TydeCo, operating in four countries with teams across 10 time zones.

This September, TydeCo will bring an idea shaped through that global growth back to the state where the business began. “HR & Finance Walk Into a Bar” makes its US debut September 24 after successful events in Cape Town and Johannesburg, with Sage joining TydeCo for the afternoon.

The complimentary event takes place from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Charley’s Chesapeake Chophouse, Rio Lakefront in Gaithersburg. Designed for finance, HR and payroll leaders, owners and senior decision makers, it combines business conversations with four courses, paired drinks and live magic woven into one continuous story.

The concept was influenced in part by what happens when people leave the structure of the working day. Although TydeCo has operated virtually since 2010, Director of Marketing, Becky Clawson and Lescault occasionally meet at Charley’s when a conversation needs more room than a scheduled video call allows.

“When you sit down at your desk, you are automatically thinking about emails and everything that needs to be checked off,” Clawson said. “When you step outside that environment and talk face to face, your mindset opens. The best conversations and brainstorms happen when you are no longer in that preprogrammed thought process.”

The name “HR & Finance Walk Into a Bar” borrows from one of comedy’s most recognizable setups. And TydeCo put HR and finance at the center because the two functions make decisions about the same organization while often working with different information and separate systems.

“When the right people are part of the conversation, the outcome is better because everyone hears it firsthand and creates the answer together,” Clawson said.

That idea carries through the format. Speakers from finance, HR and payroll share real business experiences, while food, drinks and live magic develop alongside the conversation.

“This is not a business card exchange. This is not a 30-second elevator pitch. This is an experience,” Clawson said.

TydeCo first introduced the format in Cape Town before taking it to Johannesburg. The response established it as one of the company’s signature events and led to the decision to bring it to the US.

“We used South Africa as the test bed and asked whether the concept had legs. Resoundingly, it did,” Clawson said. “What stayed with me was the curiosity. People were willing to step outside the box and consider a business problem in a completely different way.”

During one South African event, guests entered different calculations into their phones. Each followed a different sequence, but when everyone pressed equal, every screen displayed the same number.

“That same number represents the core mission and vision we show up for every single day,” Clawson said. “We may come at the problem differently, but ultimately we are working toward the same outcome.”

The event’s move from South Africa to the US mirrors TydeCo’s own growth. In 2022, Lescault & Walderman acquired a majority stake in AWCape, a South African Sage Platinum Partner, and a minority stake in Applico, a Sage training specialist. The businesses began collaborating across US and African projects before coming together under the TydeCo name, chosen in reference to the tides connecting the continents.

Today, the teams work together across finance, HR and operational technology, supported by TydeCo’s Better Together value.

That value will be reflected in Maryland through TydeCo’s relationship with Sage and integrating them into to the same story rather than appearing as separate sponsor. Representatives from Sage will be attending.

Sage has been part of TydeCo’s evolution from an accounting practice into a global business systems partner. Sage Intacct will bring the financial management and enterprise resource planning perspective to the conversation, alongside human capital management technology.

The Maryland event will explore reporting clarity, accountability and connected data through contributions from Sage and TydeCo.

For TydeCo, however, the real measure of the event comes after the final performance.

“Where the real magic happens is seeing teams move from a conversation with their HR or finance counterpart into actually implementing new technology, new processes and more efficient ways to work together,” Clawson said.

“HR & Finance Walk Into a Bar” takes place from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on September 24, 2026, at Charley’s Chesapeake Chophouse, Rio Lakefront, Gaithersburg. Attendance is complimentary and limited.

Registration is available at tydeco.com/event/maryland-event-september. A Boston edition will follow in October.

About TydeCo

TydeCo is a global business transformation partner helping organizations connect finance, people and operational systems. Its services include software implementation and support, integration and automation, data and analytics, and outsourced bookkeeping, controller and CFO services. TydeCo operates in four countries, with teams working across 10 time zones.

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Regpack Introduces Program Insights, Built Around the People Programs Serve

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49 minutes ago

September 8, 2026

SAN DIEGO, Sept. 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Regpack, an online registration and payment platform, today announced Program Insights, an intuitive real-time dashboard that shows directors what is happening with their enrollment and their families while a season is still in motion.

For program directors and staff, registration is not a data point. It’s a kid who signed up, a family who came back, a seat that got filled. Program Insights is built around that. Directors can watch enrollment percentages fill in, class by class, as sign-ups arrive, see which sessions are close to full and which still have room, and see which families from last season have returned and which haven’t.

Additionally, it shows where people stop partway through signing up. If a class loses most of its interest at a particular step, that step becomes visible, and a director can change the form, the wording, or the price and see whether the next group makes it through. The rough spots stop being a mystery.

Every view comes with a short AI summary read of what it means and next steps, so directors and staff aren’t left interpreting a chart between pickup and payroll.

“Nobody starts a program because they love spreadsheets. They do it for the kids in the room, the attendees they bring in,” said Asaf Darash, founder of Regpack. “Directors already know their families better than any dashboard will. What they have asked us for is a faster way to see who is missing, who is coming back, and where a program needs attention, so the time goes to the students instead of the reporting.”

Program Insights is available now to Regpack customers on tiered packages

https://www.regpacks.com/features/registration-reporting/program-insights-dashboard

About Regpack

Regpack is an online registration and payment platform built for the people who run programs. Camps, after-school and enrichment programs, schools, nonprofits, and event organizers use it to handle sign-ups, collect payments, and manage participant information in one place.

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Mandi Rogers, Marketing Director, Regpack – mandi@regpacks.com

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Consumer Watchdog Alert Calls Out PG&E’s Bailout And PG&E CEO’s Misrepresentation

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49 minutes ago

September 8, 2026

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Sept. 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — A new Consumer Alert video published by Consumer Watchdog exposes the “bailout blackmail” that PG&E is engaging in to force the legislature to approve a bailout for the company in a special session. The company is cutting back on $2 billion in infrastructure that ratepayers have already paid for unless it gets a bailout, which the legislature has refused to do in its regular session.

The short video features an interview with former California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) President Loretta Lynch alleging that PG&E CEO Patti Poppe lied in a video. Poppe said that PG&E could not provide new services because it would cost it too much in borrowing costs. Lynch pointed out PG&E had already been paid for the new equipment in approved rate hikes with a 10% markup and the cost of taxes on the equipment.

Consumer Watchdog has petitioned the PUC to issue an order to show cause.

Watch the video.

“It’s bailout blackmail,” said former President of the California Public Utilities Commission Loretta Lynch in the Consumer Alert video. “The utility wanted, regardless of whether its negligence caused damage, to not be held liable for that damage, and thankfully the legislature said no. PG&E is trying to browbeat California policy makers into giving PG&E a get out of jail free card for its own liability.”

The Consumer Alert takes issue with this video statement published by PG&E CEO Patti Poppe: “PG&E collects money from customers through rates every year. We use nearly all of that to operate and maintain the existing gas and electric equipment. But that is not enough to build new equipment to keep people safe and energy reliable. That’s why we must raise billions of dollars more every year.”

Lynch responds in the Consumer Alert: “That’s bull. Ratepayers already pay for every single penny PG&E spends. Ratepayers pay $19 billion. In addition, ratepayers pay 10% on every single piece of equipment or power plant or physical infrastructure that they build, own, or maintain. We also pay the taxes on that 10%. So ratepayers end up paying 15 cents out of every dollar we pay for PG&E’s profit and to pay PG&E taxes on their own profit.”

Pope has said that if the legislature approves liability relief in bailout legislation she will spend the $2 billion she is withholding. Consumer Watchdog’s petition to the PUC asks for the Commission to require PG&E to answer why it is withholding the use of dollars ratepayers are already paying for and force a refund or to have those dollars spent.

“PG&E is just choosing to hold us hostage in order to get legal changes that will exempt itself from liability for its own negligence,” said Lynch. “So we need to just say no to PG&E. PG&E enjoys monopoly status because it has entered into a legal duty to serve all customers and to keep us safe. PG&E has plenty of money to do that. And if they don’t, let’s audit their books and see where they’re stashing the cash.”

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