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Poland's PGE does not rule out including hard coal mines in group

WARSAW, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Poland's largest utility PGE is open to the possibility of including restructured hard coal mines in its group, PGE's Chief Executive Officer Marek Woszczyk said on Monday.

European shares led lower by Glencore, VW

LONDON, Sept 28 (Reuters) - European shares fell on Monday, with miner Glencore seeing nearly a quarter of its value wiped out by debt concerns and carmaker Volkswagen , which has been hit by an emissions data scandal, extending losses.

No easy fixes as Russia's budgetary troubles mount

MOSCOW, Sept 28 (Reuters) - The oil price collapse and Ukraine sanctions have punched a hole in Russia's finances, but the government is fudging its response so far because the solutions could hurt President Vladimir Putin's popularity.

Energy Transfer to buy rival pipeline company Williams Cos

Sept 28 (Reuters) - Pipeline company Energy Transfer Equity LP said it would buy Williams Cos Inc in a cash-and-stock deal valued at about $37.7 billion, including debt.

Halliburton, Baker Hughes to divest more businesses for deal approval

Sept 28 (Reuters) - Oil services provider Halliburton Co and Baker Hughes Inc will sell additional businesses in connection with Halliburton's pending acquisition of its smaller rival, the companies said in a joint statement.

Glencore slumps 25 pct as debt fears grow

* Traders concerned there is no "floor" for price (Updates share price data, adds comments, background)

UPDATE 2-Shell pulls the plug on Arctic exploration for now

LONDON, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Oil company Royal Dutch Shell is pulling out of exploration in Arctic waters off Alaska for the foreseeable future and could take a hit of up to $4.1 billion after failing to find enough oil.

Shell to stop exploration activity in Alaska

Sept 28 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell Plc said it would stop exploration activity in offshore Alaska after poor results from a key well in the Chukchi Sea.

Russia's oil industry woes also from within: Petrodollars

Russia's oil and natural gas industry is feeling the impact of low prices and financial and technological sanctions, but disagreements within the country’s own energy sector are also proving a hurdle to development.

U.S. nuclear outages were less than 3% of capacity this summer

(Mon, 28 Sep 2015) Outages at U.S. nuclear power plants were extremely low this summer (June through August), averaging 2.9 gigawatts (GW), or less than 3% of total U.S. nuclear capacity. During four days in August, outages dropped to just 0.1 GW out of a total U.S. nuclear capacity of 98.7 GW, the lowest value recorded since the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) began collecting data in 2007.

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