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UPDATE 1-Iraq's Qayyara oil fields won't return to production before Mosul retaken - spokesman

BAGHDAD, Aug 30 (Reuters) - Iraq doesn't expect to resume
production from the northern Qayyara oil region before the
capture of nearby Mosul from Islamic State, an oil ministry
spokesman said on Tuesday.

Iraq's Qayyara oil fields won't return to production before Mosul retaken - spokesman

BAGHDAD, Aug 30 (Reuters) - Iraq doesn't expect to resume
production from the northern Qayyara oil region before the
capture of nearby Mosul from Islamic State, an oil ministry
spokesman said on Tuesday.

UPDATE 1-VW reviews procurement strategy in wake of supplier dispute

* VW CEO says Prevent Group had not signed up to code

(Adds details, background)

UPDATE 1-Australia steps up gas fracking bans despite supply crunch

* Northern Territory to impose fracking moratorium

(Adds Northern Territory, Armour Energy, Lakes Oil)

UPDATE 1-Philippines says China must recognise South China Sea ruling

MANILA, Aug 30 (Reuters) - China will be the "loser" if it
does not recognise an international court ruling against its
territorial claims in the South China Sea, Philippine Foreign
Minister Perfecto Yasay said on Tuesday.

Petrofac names former BG executive as CFO

Aug 30 (Reuters) - British oilfield services company
Petrofac Ltd on Tuesday named former BG Group executive
Alastair Cochran as its finance head.

Philippines says China must recognise South China Sea ruling

MANILA, Aug 30 (Reuters) - China will be the "loser" if it
does not recognise an international court ruling against
Beijing's territorial claims in the South China Sea, Philippine
Foreign Minister Perfecto Yasay said on Tuesday.

UPDATE 1-Oil prices rise as dollar comes off 2-wk high

* Nigerian militant group says ends attack on oil, gas sites

(Adds U.A.E. minister comments, Libya outages, updates prices)

Coal consumption by U.S. educational institutions has declined by 64% since 2008

(Tue, 30 Aug 2016) Coal consumption by educational institutions such as colleges and universities in the United States fell from 2 million short tons in 2008 to 700,000 short tons in 2015. Consumption declined in each of the 57 institutions that used coal in 2008, with 20 of these institutions no longer using coal at all. Many of these institutions participate in the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment, a program aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

UPDATE 4-Samarco dam failed due to poor drainage and design -investigation

BELO HORIZONTE/RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 29 (Reuters) - The deadly
collapse of a tailings dam last November at the Samarco mine,
owned by Vale SA and BHP Billiton, was caused
by drainage and design flaws, a report into Brazil's worst-ever
environmental disaster showed on Monday.

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