Energy stocks are attracting significant investor attention due to various factors. Geopolitics plays a major role in influencing oil and natural gas prices, but other elements are also at play, including the rising demand for electricity spurred by the artificial intelligence (AI) data center boom. Several factors suggest investors should consider increasing their exposure to energy stocks, including oil, natural gas, pipeline, and contract drilling stocks. Three stocks expected to generate strong returns are Energy Transfer Partners, Diamondback Energy, and Transocean. Energy Transfer Partners, with its extensive pipeline network, is one of America's largest midstream energy companies. As a master limited partnership (MLP), it distributes a significant portion of its taxable income to investors, offering a relatively high yield. Currently, the forward dividend yield is around 7%. Despite a mixed dividend growth track record, Energy Transfer has steadily increased payouts, averaging 4.2% annually over the past five years. Management anticipates further payout increases, between 3% and 5% annually, due to new pipeline projects, including those supplying natural gas to AI data centers. The stock is reasonably priced at 12.5 times forward earnings estimates and is likely to rise in tandem with dividend growth. Diamondback Energy and Transocean are also promising investments in the energy sector.