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Private equity funds eye ending drought in U.S. energy IPOs -sources

NEW YORK, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Private equity funds are looking to sell shares in two U.S.
energy companies, people familiar with the plans said this week, deals that could end a
year-long drought for Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) in the oil and gas sector.

Oil and natural gas production jobs in May were 26% lower than in October 2014

(Fri, 05 Aug 2016) Despite increases in crude oil prices since the start of the year, employment in oil and natural gas extraction and support activities continued declining from levels reached in the fall of 2014, just before the onset of falling oil prices. The total rig count (including both oil-directed and natural gas-directed rigs) has declined even more sharply, from nearly 1,800 rigs in the fall of 2014 to a weekly low of 404 rigs in May 2016.

Levelized Cost and Levelized Avoided Cost of New Generation Resources in the Annual Energy Outlook 2016

(Fri, 05 Aug 2016) This paper presents average values of levelized costs for generating technologies entering service in 2018, 2022, and 2040 as represented in the National Energy Modeling System (NEMS) for the <em>Annual Energy Outlook 2016</em> (AEO2016) Reference case.

S.Korea's KNOC in talks with Kazakhstan to drop oil field project

SEOUL, Aug 5 (Reuters) - State-owned Korea National Oil Corp
(KNOC) is in talks with the Kazakhstan government to pull out of
an oil field project due to disappointing exploration results, a
KNOC spokesman said on Friday.

California voters could decide future of climate change program

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 4 (Reuters) - California voters could
decide whether to extend the state's pioneering climate change
program beyond 2020 when they go to the polls in two years, an
official within Governor Jerry Brown's administration said on
Thursday.

CORRECTED-Amazon dam opposed by tribes fails to get environmental license

BRASILIA, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Brazil's environmental regulator
Ibama decided on Thursday to shelve the environmental license
request for a hydroelectric dam on the Tapajos River in the
Amazon, a project that had been opposed by indigenous tribes and
conservation groups.

EagleClaw Midstream agrees to acquire PennTex Permian

EagleClaw Midstream Ventures has signed an agreement to acquire Texas-based PennTex Permian from PennTex Midstream Partners for undisclosed amount.

UPDATE 2-EOG boosts fracking plans even with oil price at $40

HOUSTON, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Shale oil bellwether EOG
Resources Inc on Thursday boosted this year's fracking
plans by 30 percent, saying it expected big returns on new wells
even as oil dipped back to $40 a barrel.

Idemitsu may buy smaller stake in Showa Shell to counter opposition-Nikkei

Aug 4 (Reuters) - Idemitsu Kosan Co Ltd is looking
to acquire a smaller stake in Showa Shell Sekiyu than
planned, aiming to counter efforts by the former's founding
family to block a merger of the two oil distributors, the Nikkei
reported.

Home solar loan provider Mosaic raises $220 mln financing round

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Solar Mosaic Inc, the top
provider of loans for home solar installations in the U.S., said
on Thursday it had raised $220 million in fresh funding to
continue growing the rooftop solar loan market.

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