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Red tape, not militancy, putting Nigeria's oil future at risk

Nigeria, mired in some of its toughest battles yet to halt resurgent militancy in the oil-rich Niger Delta, is facing longer term threats to its oil wealth.

Can Trump make coal great again? At least some companies think so

WASHINGTON, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Most of the U.S. coal
industry doubts Donald Trump can fulfill his promise to make the
ailing industry great again in a country awash in dirt-cheap
natural gas, a competing fuel.

UPDATE 1-Total and Salesforce back French internet start-up Sigfox

London, Nov 18 (Reuters) - French start-up Sigfox has raised
150 million euros ($160 million) to help build networks
connecting everything from washing machines to smart meters to
the internet, it said on Friday, confirming an earlier Reuters
report.

Japan's nuclear export ambitions hit wall as Vietnam set to rip up reactor order

TOKYO/HANOI, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Vietnam is poised to abandon
plans for Japanese firms to build a multi-billion dollar nuclear
power plant, damaging Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's drive to begin
exporting reactors after the Fukushima disaster left the
industry in deep-freeze at home.

Vestas considers buying Chinese United Power - report

COPENHAGEN, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Danish wind turbine maker
Vestas is looking at buying Chinese competitor United
Power, Finans.dk. reported on Friday.

Iraq's oil contracts make joining OPEC output cut more painful

* Iraq must compensate firms for output curbs -documents,
sources

Tesoro to acquire Western Refining for $4.1bn

US-based oil refiner Tesoro has entered into an agreement to buy Western Refining for $4.1bn to create a highly integrated and geographically diversified company.

China stocks down, but poised for 6th week of gains; HK up slightly

* Energy and transportation shares corrected from recent
rally

UPDATE 1-Oil prices fall as strong dollar wipes out OPEC cut optimism

* Strong dollar weighs as U.S. Fed rate hike chance
increases

Coal may surpass natural gas as most common electricity generation fuel this winter

(Fri, 18 Nov 2016) After declining for several months, the share of U.S. electricity fueled by coal is expected to slowly begin growing when compared to the same period last year. In contrast, the share of generation from natural gas is expected to experience year-over-year declines.

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