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UPDATE 3-Canadian Natural posts smaller loss, says Horizon plan on track

Aug 4 (Reuters) - Oil and natural gas producer Canadian
Natural Resources Ltd reported a smaller
quarterly loss on Thursday as lower expenses helped offset a
slump in crude prices.

Argentina's YPF posts loss of $50.7 mln in 2nd quarter

BUENOS AIRES, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Argentina's state-controlled
oil company YPF registered a net loss of 753 million
pesos ($50.7 million) in the second quarter, it said Thursday,
an abrupt reversal from the 2.3 billion peso profit it posted in
the same period a year ago.

Venezuela oil minister talks to OPEC head, seeks higher oil price

CARACAS, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Venezuela's Oil Minister Eulogio
del Pino has spoken to OPEC Secretary-General Mohammed Barkindo
ahead of a meeting between OPEC and non-OPEC producers in hope
of boosting the global oil price, President Nicolas Maduro said
on Thursday.

TerraForm Power Said to Plan September Auction of Its Shares

TerraForm Power Inc., the wind-and-solar company formed by the bankrupt SunEdison Inc., is setting up a formal auction to sell itself after Brookfield Asset Management Inc. attempted to take control of the company, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.

Judge for U.S. lawsuits to stop insurance mergers may drop one case

Brazil Eletronuclear CEO gets 43-year sentence for corruption -paper

SAO PAULO, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Othon Luiz Pinheiro da Silva,
the former chief executive of Brazil's nuclear power company
Eletronuclear, was sentenced to serve 43 years in prison by a
Rio de Janeiro judge late on Wednesday, the Valor Economico
newspaper reported.

UPDATE 1-Chevron to sell assets in Asia worth up to $5 bln-WSJ

Aug 4 (Reuters) - Chevron Corp, the second-largest
U.S. oil company, is selling some assets in Asia worth up to $5
billion, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people
familiar with the matter.

UPDATE 1-Centrica estimates point to low British gas stocks next winter

LONDON, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Britain could go into next winter
with very low levels of gas stocks, according to estimates by
Centrica Storage Limited (CSL) for withdrawals from its Rough
gas storage site, published on Thursday.

U.S. ethanol industry finds sweet deals in Brazil as sugar prices soar

NEW YORK/SAO PAULO, Aug 4 (Reuters) - U.S. ethanol plants
and traders are rushing to sell biofuel to Brazil as tightening
supplies and logistics in the South American market give the
world's top producer a rare opportunity to ship south during the
peak sugar cane harvest, sources said.

Egypt's solar power upset clouds outlook for foreign investors

CAIRO, Aug 4 (Reuters) - When Egypt announced plans to
develop renewable power in 2014, investors piled in, drawn by
year-round sunshine and chronic electricity shortages. Two years
on, many projects have stalled, hitting confidence among foreign
investors Egypt sorely needs.

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