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A fire on the small hydrocracking unit (HCU) was extinguished on Thursday afternoon at Valero Energy Corp's 335,000-barrel-per-day Port Arthur, Texas, refinery, people familiar with plant operations said.

Some 1,076 members of three Norwegian labour unions could go on strike on June 17 if wage talks fail, hitting oil exploration and other drilling services, the unions said on Friday.

Brazil's state-run oil giant Petroleo Brasileiro SA will close its Mexilhao platform and Rota 1 gas pipeline for 30 days on Aug. 15 for scheduled repairs, it said in a securities filing on Friday.

By Reuters Staff 1 Min Read SOFIA, May 27 (Reuters) - Bulgaria’s state nuclear power plant Kozloduy reconnected on Thursday its 1,000 megawatt (MW) nuclear reactor Unit 5 after a planned maintenance and refuelling, the plant said. Kozloduy, situated at the Danube River, said in a statement that the reactor was reconnected to the national power grid at 0651 GMT, after a clearance by the country’s nuclear regulator. The reactor was shut on April 17. Its other 1000 MW reactor, Unit 6, whose ca...

Asian spot prices for liquefied natural gas (LNG) rose this week, as buyers stocked up the power-generating fuel on anticipation that a warmer-than-usual summer will spur demand for air-conditioning units.

Norway's oil and gas production exceeded official expectations in April, preliminary data from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) showed on Thursday.

By Reuters Staff 2 Min Read PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech utility CEZ said it aims to shut most of its coal-fired power plants by 2030, cutting the proportion of coal in its energy production mix to 12.5% from 36% last year. The country’s main power utility said on Thursday it would boost renewables, mainly in the form of solar, and continue to run and build new nuclear capacity as well as gas plants that will be prepared to mix hydrogen with natural gas. “Decarbonization goals have not only bec...

By Reuters Staff 1 Min Read ZURICH, May 14 (Reuters) - Swisscom reported a large outage issue affecting internet access for some customers in Switzerland on Friday. Its website referred to a “major malfuntion” that it was working to remedy, giving no estimated time for restoration of full service. Rival Sunrise also reported an internet outage for some customers. Reporting by Michael Shields; editing by Jason Neely

The troubled Limetree Bay oil refinery in St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands, has suspended operations after a malfunction sent oil raining onto a nearby neighborhood, the company said late Wednesday.

By Reuters Staff 1 Min Read NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Thursday denied a request from operators of the Dakota Access oil pipeline for a stay, while they seek a Supreme Court review in the company’s battle to keep the line open. The 570,000 barrels-per-day (bpd) pipeline is the largest out of the Bakken shale basin of North Dakota and operators have been locked in a legal battle with Native American tribes on whether the line can stay ope...