All of Ukraine's 15 nuclear power units - at Rovno, Zaporozhe, South Ukraine and Khmelnitsky - are operated by state-run Energoatom.

Noble Energy shareholders have approved a deal to sell the oil and gas producer to Chevron Corp, making Chevron the No. 2 U.S. shale oil producer and giving it international natural gas reserves close to growing markets.

Brent was up $1.20, or 3.1%, to $40.47 a barrel, WTI was $1.26, or 3.4%, higher at $38.31 a barrel.

Total U.S. nonfarm payroll employment rose by 661,000 in September, and the unemployment rate declined to 7.9 percent,

The S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO closed 2.6% higher at 5,941.6 points, starting the week on a firm note after a 2.9% drop last week.

“The Canada Infrastructure Bank is critical to expanding Canada’s ambition by bringing in the private sector to get more infrastructure built,” said Infrastructure and Communities Minister Catherine McKenna, adding that the investments will create 60,000 jobs and “help build a low-carbon future”.

The energy market is rapidly changing. In the past several years, power grids have transformed from a few well-controlled generating units to multiple distributed energy resources connected to a vast system managed by increasingly digital solutions.

OPEN100 online platform serves as a repository for engineering schematics, construction schedules and financial models, establishing a common framework to align technology start-ups, engineering firms, utilities and capital firms.

The People’s Committee of Haiphong (Vietnam) has approved ExxonMobil’s 6 Mt/year LNG import terminal and 2,250 MW gas-fired power plant projects, which would require an investment of US$5.1bn.

U.S. Rig Count is up 5 from last week to 266, Canada Rig Count is up 4 from last week to 75