Energy Update
RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Employees at Brazilian
state-controlled oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA working at
Campos Basin, the largest oil-producing area in the country,
approved a strike to begin Friday, an oil workers union said.
WASHINGTON, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Billionaire investor Carl
Icahn targeted environmental and banking regulations on Thursday
as big drags on U.S. corporate investment and said revamping
them would be a top priority in his role as adviser to
President-elect Donald Trump.
Dec 22 (Reuters) - Private-equity firm Blackstone Group LP
is in talks to buy a stake in assets owned by Energy
Transfer Partners LP, the company building the
controversial Dakota Access pipeline, the Wall Street Journal
reported.
Over a seven-year period in a deal worth an estimated C$1 billion (US$750 million), Ontario will be allowed to annually import up to 2 TWh of hydropower from Quebec, including access to energy from pumped-storage facilities in Quebec.
GENEVA, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Nigeria's commercial capital
Lagos faces a water crisis that is creating unacceptable
conditions for millions of people, a U.N. expert said on
Thursday, but an official in the megacity said spending was
being increased to alleviate the problem.
Dec 22 (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump called
for the expansion of the United States' nuclear capabilities
until the world "comes to its senses," but gave no other details
in a tweet on Thursday.
TUNIS, Dec 22 (Reuters) - The reopening of western Libya's
main oil pipelines puts ambitious production targets within
reach, but the shadow of an unresolved conflict and the risk of
new blockades hang over potential output gains.
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