Company Highlights Strategic Connectivity Across Key Domestic Producing Regions Dallas, TX, June 17, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vivakor, Inc. (Nasdaq: VIVK) (“Vivakor” or the “Company”), an integrated provider of energy transportation, storage, reuse, and remediation services, today highlighted the strategic positioning of its integrated midstream operating assets across several major U.S. producing basins amid elevated crude oil price volatility and increasing demand for domestic energy logistics infrastructure. Vivakor is a diversified midstream energy company, operating oil terminals, trucking fleets, pipeline injection stations, and a crude oil pipeline infrastructure across several of the most active U.S. producing basins, including Permian, Delaware, Haynesville and Eagle Ford. Vivakor’s network of operating assets in New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas : Vivakor’s operating network includes pipeline-connected injection stations, terminaling infrastructure, transportation assets, and storage operations designed to support regional crude oil movement and market connectivity. Vivakor Chairman and Chief Executive Officer James Ballengee commented, “Periods of elevated crude oil volatility typically increase the importance of strategically located transportation, storage, and pipeline-connected infrastructure across domestic oil producing regions. We believe Vivakor’s operating footprint across highly active oil basins positions the Company to support increasing regional crude oil movement through strategically connected logistics, storage and terminaling infrastructure.” Pipeline-Connected Infrastructure Network: 10 pipeline injection stations in Texas and New Mexico supported by a fleet of more than 100 tanker truck fleet Connecting pipelines in Texas: Centurion Pipeline (Lotus), Plains Basin Pipeline, Cactus II, Permian Express, The West Texas System (Enterprise) Crude Oil Terminal (White Claw Colorado City), 120,000 bbl storage capacity with connection to the Enterprise Pipeline, Scurry Gathering System, and optionality to tie into the Midland Basin System Omega Terminal in Oklahoma, 100,000 bbl storage capacity, connected to Cushing, Oklahoma through the Omega Pipeline and Plains Pipeline network Domestic Infrastructure Demand: Crude oil markets have experienced significant volatility during 2026, with Brent crude prices rising sharply amid heightened geopolitical tensions and supply concerns in the Middle East. Higher oil prices typically support increased domestic drilling activity and oil production. Analysis from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas reports that U.S. drilling activity tends to accelerate when oil prices rise above the $70 to $80 per barrel range, supporting increased production activity and longer-term drilling programs. At current price levels, the economics for regional crude production in the Southwestern U.S. are substantially improved, increasing demand for existing transportation, storage, terminaling, and pipeline-connected infrastructure throughout the region. About Vivakor, Inc. Vivakor, Inc. is an integrated provider of sustainable energy transportation, storage, reuse, and remediation services, operating one of the largest fleets of oilfield trucking services in the continental United States. Its corporate mission is to develop, acquire, accumulate, and operate assets, properties, and technologies in the energy sector. Vivakor’s integrated facilities assets provide crude oil gathering, storage, transportation, reuse, and remediation services under long-term contracts. Once operational, Vivakor's interest in oilfield waste remediation facilities will facilitate the recovery, reuse, and disposal of petroleum byproducts and oilfield waste products. For more information, please visit our website: http://vivakor.com Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements This news release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are based upon the current beliefs and expectations of our management and are inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are difficult to predict and generally beyond our control. Actual results and the timing of events may differ materially from the results anticipated in these forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements may be identified but not limited by the use of the words "anticipates," "expects," "intends," "plans," "should," "could," "would," "may," "will," "believes," "estimates," "potential," or "continue" and variations or similar expressions. Our actual results may differ materially and adversely from those expressed in any forward-looking statements as a result of various factors and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, the expected transaction and ownership structure, the valuation of the transaction, the likeliho