Energy Update
WASHINGTON, Dec 9 (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald
Trump is expected to pick U.S. Representative Cathy McMorris
Rodgers, a strong advocate of increased oil and gas development
who is skeptical about climate change, to run the Department of
the Interior, sources briefed on the matter told Reuters on
Friday.
OSLO, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Colombia's peace deal with Marxist
rebels will help the country battle the cocaine trade, President
Juan Manuel Santos said on the eve of collecting a Nobel Peace
Prize that he called a "gift from heaven".
WASHINGTON, Dec 9 (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald
Trump is expected to pick U.S. Representative Cathy McMorris
Rodgers, a strong advocate of increased oil and gas development
who is skeptical about climate change, to run the Department of
the Interior, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on
Friday.
LIMA, Dec 9 (Reuters) - An indigenous federation opposed to
a recently approved plan for oil drilling in the Peruvian Amazon
said on Friday that native communities will physically block any
attempt by oil companies to operate on their lands.
MOSCOW, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Carter Page, a businessman
previously described as a foreign-policy adviser to U.S.
President-elect Donald Trump, said on Friday he saw significant
business opportunities in Russia.
TORONTO, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index
extended a 19-month high on Friday and was heading for a 1.8
percent jump over the week as heavyweight energy and bank stocks
gained with rising oil prices and bond yields.
LONDON, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Angola does not need to devalue
its currency at the moment but will work on measures to lessen
the gap between the formal and informal exchange rates, central
bank governor Valter Filipe da Silva told Reuters.
MOSCOW, Dec 9 (Reuters) - EU officials are mediating between
Ukraine and Russia over gas supplies on Friday, their first
talks since the former Soviet republic stopped buying gas from
Gazprom last November.
MOSCOW, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Carter Page, previously described
as a foreign-policy adviser to U.S. president-elect Donald
Trump, said the purchase of a stake in Rosneft by
Qatar and Glencore made it clear sanctions hurt Western
companies more than the Russian oil major, RIA news agency
reported on Friday.
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