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Japanese nuke restart will shake but not break gas markets

NEWS Japan has restarted its first nuclear reactor in two years, Sendai Unit 1, is yet another factor that will shake up and already well-rattled oil and gas industry suffering from an energy glut, with the immediate impact likely to be a drag on spot Asian LNG prices.

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Japanese nuke restart will shake but not break gas markets

On August 11 Kyushu Electric Power Company's 846 megawatt nuclear power plant was switched on. That was almost two years since the last of Japan's 54 reactors were shut down in response to the disaster...

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