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Libya's NOC says western pipelines reopened, expects 270,000 bpd boost in 3 months

TRIPOLI, Dec 20 (Reuters) - Libya's National Oil Corporation
said on Tuesday that pipelines leading from the western fields
of Sharara and El Feel had been reopened after a two-year
blockade, paving the way for a major boost to production.

Britain's FTSE hits two-month high, boosted by banks after Lloyds deal

* Precious metals miners

UPDATE 1-Norway replaces oil, justice, EU ministers before election year

OSLO, Dec 20 (Reuters) - Norwegian Prime Minister Erna
Solberg replaced the ministers for energy, EU affairs and
justice in her right-wing government on Tuesday in a reshuffle
nine months before the next general election.

UPDATE 1-France's Total buys stake in U.S. gas projects group Tellurian

PARIS, Dec 20 (Reuters) - French oil and gas major Total
said on Tuesday it will buy a 23 percent stake in
Tellurian Investments, a private U.S. gas projects operator, for
$207 million as it pursues its drive to secure more downstream
gas market share.

UPDATE 2-Russia to cut oil exports outside ex-Soviet nations by 0.7 pct in Q1

MOSCOW, Dec 20 (Reuters) - Russia will cut oil exports to
markets outside the former Soviet Union (FSU) by 0.7 percent in
January-March from the fourth quarter of 2016, pipeline company
Transneft said on Tuesday, as Moscow prepares to reduce output
as part of a global pact.

Guinea soldier wanted for stadium massacre arrested in Senegal

CONAKRY, Dec 20 (Reuters) - Senegal authorities have
arrested a Guinean soldier linked to a 2009 massacre in Conakry
where at least 150 people were killed and dozens of women raped,
a Senegalese security source said on Tuesday.

EU nations back stricter emissions rules for new gasoline engines

BRUSSELS, Dec 20 (Reuters) - EU nations backed measures to
strengthen new on-road emissions tests on Tuesday to supplement
laboratory-based ones, whose flaws were laid bare by the
Volkswagen scandal.

Norway's PM to reshuffle cabinet ahead of election year-report

OSLO, Dec 20 (Reuters) - Norway's Conservative Prime
Minister Erna Solberg will reshuffle her cabinet on Tuesday,
replacing at least three ministers nine months before the next
general election, public broadcaster NRK reported, quoting
unnamed sources.

Statoil the Winner of US Federal Lease Auction for Wind Area Offshore of New York

Statoil said Dec. 16 that it has been declared the provisional winner of the U.S. government’s wind lease sale of 79,350 acres offshore New York. Statoil will now have the opportunity to explore the potential development of an offshore wind farm to provide New York City and Long Island with a significant, long-term source of renewable electricity.

Deepwater Wind Starts Operation of First Offshore Wind Project

Deepwater Wind last week said that the 30-MW Block Island Wind Farm project has completed its commissioning and testing phases and began commercial operations, marking the startup of the first commercial offshore wind farm in the United States.

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