Crude oil futures dropped on Monday as plentiful supply and declining economic growth in Europe and China eclipsed expectations of a reduction in oil production from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Brent crude for November delivery eased $1.42 to close at $96.97 a barrel, having slipped $2.01 intraday to $96.38. The WTI October crude contract slipped 89 cents to settle at $91.52 a barrel and, down for a fourth consecutive session, while U.S. November crude closed at $90.87, down 78 cents.
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Germany's European Energy Exchange (EEX) intends to take over French equal Powernext, according to a demand filed with the German competition regulator, in a move that could permit them to compete Britain as the region's foremost gas trading hub.
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Romanian state-owned nuclear electricity producer Nuclearelectrica might purchase part of the power distribution assets that Italy's Enel intends to vend, as it said in a statement on Friday.
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Safi Energy Company has secured $2.6 billion in funding the construction of a coal-fired power plant of 1,386 megawatts in southern Morocco, as reported by state news agency MAP.
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Germany launched Europe's biggest commercial battery plant on Tuesday, an installation powered by 25,600 lithium-ion batteries that will aid alleviate the increasing supply of renewable energy in the region.
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