Lithuania on Monday greeted the launching of the Independence, a floating liquefied natural gas import (LNG) terminal, illustrating the end of the Baltic state's dependence on gas supplies from Russia.
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BG Group registered a worse-than-anticipated 26 percent decrease in third-quarter operating profit since its production in Egypt halved and a sudden reduction in oil prices took its toll on Britain's third-largest energy firm.
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Crude oil prices settled higher on Tuesday, with Brent closing just above $86 a barrel after two consecutive days of losses, pushed by a weaker dollar and a rally on Wall Street. Brent increased by 20 cents at $86.03 a barrel, while U.S. crude rose 42 cents to settle at $81.42 a barrel, after hitting a more than two-year low of $79.44 on Monday. Oil rose after riding a late soaring in U.S. inventories, buoyed by encouraging corporate earnings.
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Austrian utility Verbund registered a decline of 86 percent in group profit for the first three quarters of 2014 to 63.8 million euros ($81.3 million) because of decreasing electricity prices, reduced water supply and impairment losses on its Romanian wind farms.
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Poland's gas monopoly PGNiG has decided to acquire a 996-million zloty ($300 million) stake in four new oil and gas deposits from Total E&P Norge, as stated by the company on Monday.
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