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* Talks include BHP's U.S. investments

(Adds BHP comment, investment details)

MELBOURNE, Jan 11 (Reuters) - BHP Billiton ,
the world's biggest miner, said its chairman and chief executive
held positive talks with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on
Tuesday.

MEXICO CITY, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Mexico's oil company, Pemex,
is struggling to supply gas stations around the northern border
city of Mexicali because of a blockade at a storage site, part
of a wave of sometimes violent protests and looting over a
gasoline price hike.

Jan 10 (Reuters) - Two U.S.-based energy executives pleaded
guilty on Tuesday to U.S. charges stemming from a scheme to
corruptly secure contracts by bribing officials from Venezuela's
state oil company PDVSA.

Jan 10 (Reuters) - A former general manager of a
Florida-based energy company and an owner of several Texas-based
energy companies pleaded guilty on Tuesday to U.S. charges
stemming from a scheme to corruptly secure contracts from
Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA.

Jan 10 (Reuters) - The U.S. Energy Information
Administration on Tuesday reduced its forecast for dry natural
gas production in 2017 to 73.78 billion cubic feet per day, up
slightly from last year but shy of the previous month's forecast
of 74.80 bcfd.

NEW YORK, Jan 10 (Reuters) - The decline in U.S. crude
output that began amid a global slump in oil markets in mid-2014
appears finally to be over, the U.S. government said on Tuesday,
as higher oil prices and increased drilling activity are set to
boost output for this year.

* Defeat in Mosul would be decisive blow for the jihadists

(Adds Iraq PM, WHO)

CALGARY, Alberta, Jan 10 (Reuters) - A Canadian
environmental group on Tuesday filed a legal challenge against
the regulatory review of TransCanada Corp's Energy East
pipeline, seeking to restart what it calls a process tainted by
bias.

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