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EPE, CCEE and ONS said they placed the code for their jointly owned electricity operations and pricing model in an open repository on 8 October. EPE’s 15 October statement says outside users can inspect and test the software and propose improvements.
The company said its first finalized concentrate production yielded 992 ounces of gold and 4,181 ounces of silver.
Azerbaijan produced 19.9 million tonnes of oil and condensate from January through September 2026, down 3.9% year on year, according to Energy Ministry data carried by AZERTAC on 15 October. Oil exports were 15.5 million tonnes, a decline of 10.9%.
Brazilian petroleum regulator ANP’s September report, released on 15 October, records 411 exploration blocks under contract and 25 discovery assessments in progress as of 30 September. Four exploratory wells had begun drilling since the start of 2026.
Statistics Canada reported 174,611 new motor vehicles sold in August, up 4.9% from a year earlier. The dollar value of sales rose 8.8%.
LeadSnap launches MCP server for AI-assisted local SEO workflows. Las Vegas-based local SEO platform LeadSnap announced a hosted Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that connects customer data with AI assistants. The company says users can query ranking data, create client reports and research sales prospects through natural-language prompts.
Ofgem is consulting on a 10% wholesale-price fall trigger and 85% compensation for stranded hedges; the proposed charge is not yet active.
Schneider Electric reported record third-quarter revenue of €11.46 billion, with organic growth in both Energy Management and Industrial Automation. It raised its 2026 organic adjusted EBITA growth target to 18–21%.
Clivet presents data-center cooling compressor at OCP 2026. Midea brand Clivet presented a magnetic-bearing centrifugal compressor and liquid-cooling solution during the OCP Global Summit in San Jose. The company positioned the design as a cooling architecture for gigawatt-scale AI data centers.
SK hynix demonstrates CXL memory systems for AI agents at OCP 2026. At the OCP Global Summit in San Jose, SK hynix demonstrated AI-server systems using CXL memory pooling. In a demonstration with Arcee, Liqid and Marvell, it showed KV-cache transfer and reuse across multiple servers and GPUs; the company reported better system performance than conventional methods relying on network communication.
INSEE reported 119,307 business creations in September 2026, a 1.1% increase from August after that month’s rise was revised to 7.2%. The September figure is adjusted for seasonal variation and working days; the monthly increase marks a slowdown from August’s revised pace.
Statistics Norway recorded NOK 1.076 trillion in cumulative non-petroleum tax payments from January through September 2026, compared with NOK 953 billion over the same months in 2025. Petroleum extraction tax payments were NOK 276 billion, versus NOK 275 billion a year earlier.
