A consortium led by French utility Engie SA is to acquire the Portuguese hydropower portfolio of Energias de Portugal SA, with a total capacity of 1.7 GW, for EUR 2.2 billion (USD 2.4bn).
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Russia has offered to pay Ukraine about $3 billion to end a legal row over gas, a source close to talks told Reuters on Friday, in line with the amount proposed in arbitration rulings between Russian Gazprom and Ukrainian Naftogaz.
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Crude oil futures hit a fresh three-month high on Thursday, spurred by a mix of factors: falling U.S. crude stockpiles, soothing U.S.-China trade conflict and OPEC+ output cuts. Brent crude for February delivery rose by 37 cents, or 0.6%, to settle a t $66.54 a barrel, increasing for the sixth consecutive day.
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The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Equinor a drilling permit for a wildcat well located in the Barents Sea offshore Norway.
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The world's first floating nuclear power plant (NPP), Akademik Lomonosov, was grid-connected to provide electricity for the first time in the remote Chaun-Bilibino network in the coastal gold-mining town of Pevek, in Russia's Far East, Russian State Atomic Corporation Rosatom announced on Thursday.
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