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Petrobras inks $2.2 bln deal with Total to sell assets

BRASILIA, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Petroleo Brasileiro SA
said on Wednesday it agreed with France's Total SA to
sell $2.2 billion worth of assets that include stakes in
oilfields and two thermal power stations.

US$40 million available for the first open-ocean, grid-connected U.S. wave energy test facility

U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Patty Murray, D-Wash., today announced funding will be awarded to build the United States’ first open-ocean, power grid-connected wave energy test facility at a site off the Oregon coast, according to a U.S. Senate press release.
 

UPDATE 3-Brazilian firms to pay record $3.5 billion penalty in corruption case

* Bribe money routed through a network of shell companies

(Recasts first paragraph, adds company comments, quotes from
prosecutors)

Icahn to be named Trump's special adviser on regulatory issues

Dec 21 (Reuters) - Billionaire investor Carl Icahn will be
named as a special adviser to the president on regulatory
issues, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's transition team said
on Wednesday.

UPDATE 1-Nigerian union says to end strike over Exxon Mobil sackings

ONITSHA, Nigeria, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Nigerian oil workers at
Exxon Mobil have decided to end a strike over sackings
of staff after earlier agreeing to halt crude oil production, a
union official said on Wednesday.

Nigerian union says to end strike over Exxon Mobil sackings

ONITSHA, Nigeria, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Nigerian oil workers at
Exxon Mobil have decided to end a strike over sackings
of staff after earlier agreeing to halt crude oil production, a
union official said on Wednesday.

Trump win ignites hope for stalled Alaska copper, gold mine

VANCOUVER, Dec 21 (Reuters) - A small Canadian miner is
confident Donald Trump's U.S. presidential win will let it
proceed with an application for a copper and gold mine in Alaska
that has been stalled almost three years by environmental
regulators aiming to protect the world's biggest sockeye salmon
fishery.

New South Wales Government Launches Energy Storage Challenge

The government of New South Wales, Australia, on Dec. 16 issued a call for energy storage proposals to help wind and solar generators deliver energy to the grid constantly.

3@3 on Solar PV: REWI Wrap-Up, Rick Perry, Tax Credits

Jenn Runyon, Chief Editor of Renewable Energy World and Paula Mints, Chief Market Research Analyst with SPV Market Research discuss three hot topics in the global solar industry for three minutes each. Today’s topics include a wrap up of the REWI conference, how Rick Perry could change the U.S. Department of Energy and solar tax credits. Check it out.

Exxon Mobil oil spill hits communities in southeast Nigeria -local leader

ONITSHA, Nigeria, Dec 21 (Reuters) - An oil spill from Exxon
Mobil Corp facilities in southeast Nigeria's Akwa Ibom
state has hit local communities, affecting farming, fishing and
drinking water, a local leader said on Wednesday.

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