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Royal Dutch Shell Plc shut the crude distillation units (CDUs) at its 318,000-barrel-per-day (bpd) Deer Park, Texas, refinery on Sunday morning following a malfunction, said sources familiar with plant operations.
Workers will decide on Monday whether to strike this week at Norway's largest oil loading terminal, action that could disrupt production at fields responsible for a third of the country's crude output and more than 40% of natural gas exports.
European spot electricity prices on Monday fell for the day-ahead as French demand is expected to ease and average temperatures are forecast to rise in France and Germany.
Union officials and energy firms were in talks on Monday to avert a strike this week at Norway's largest oil terminal that could disrupt production at fields responsible for a third of the country's crude output and more than 40% of gas exports.
Japanese refiners led by the biggest, Eneos Corp, shut down a fifth of the country's crude oil refining capacity after a powerful earthquake struck northeastern Japan knocking out power, bullet train lines and injuring more than 150 people.