Germany's energy regulator on Friday requested electricity transport firms to get ready for a separation of the German and Austrian power markets, which are currently joined, to allow for more traffic at reduced cost and less technical risks.
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French utility Engie declared on Friday it would form a subsidiary in Ukraine and inked an agreement with transmission system operator UkrTransGaz to reserve transport and gas storage capacities there, beginning with this winter.
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French oil company Total has announced it has made an oil discovery in the Khan Asparuh license, situated in the Black Sea offshore Bulgaria. The volumes of oil have not yet been made public.
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Oil
Oil prices reduced on Friday on uncertainties about OPEC's planned production cut. Experts of Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and counterparts from non-member producers such as Russia initiated two-day negotiations on Friday on curbing output to reduce a global glut that has influenced the markets for two years.
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The potential cost of Slovakia's nuclear power plant at Mochovce has increased to 5.4 billion euros ($5.9 billion), as stated by a government source, or double the initial prediction.
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