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MOSCOW, Nov 18 (Reuters) - The arrest of Russia's economy
minister on bribery charges has sown fear across the Moscow
political elite that a wider purge may be coming of other senior
officials.

ZAGREB, Nov 18 (Reuters) - An international arrest warrant
has not been renewed for the head of Hungary's MOL who
is accused in Croatia of bribery, the Hungarian oil and gas firm
said on Friday.

NEW YORK, Nov 17 (Reuters) - U.S. oil refiner Tesoro Corp's
$4.1 billion purchase of Western Refining Inc is
a bet on many things, but above all it may be a bet on Texas.

SOFIA, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Bulgarian prosecutors charged
former energy minister Delyan Dobrev on Friday with failing to
take steps to stop payments to a consultancy engaged with a
now-cancelled nuclear power project.

MILAN, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Eni on Friday finalised
plans to develop Mozambique's Coral South offshore gas project,
part of a larger scheme that will see Italy's top energy company
and partners spend an estimated $50 billion.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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