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TOKYO, June 9 (Reuters) - Prices for liquefied natural gas
(LNG) spot cargoes for Japan, the world's top buyer, fell to the
lowest in May since the trade ministry started publishing
figures more than two years ago, official data showed on
Thursday.

JAKARTA, June 9 (Reuters) - Six months after winning power,
President Joko Widodo pledged to boost Indonesia's electricity
capacity by two-thirds by 2019 as Southeast Asia's biggest
economy battled persistent power shortages and blackouts.

LONDON, June 8 (Reuters) - Cheaper gasoline prices are
spurring significant changes in driving behaviour which are in
turn propelling a phenomenal increase in motor fuel consumption
in the United States.

SINGAPORE, June 9 (Reuters) - Oil prices remained near 2016
highs in early trading on Thursday, buoyed by a fall in U.S.
crude inventories, a weaker dollar and strong demand, but some
analysts warned that the recent rally was starting to look
overblown.

* Glencore to unload $3.6 bln in debt on to Agri unit

(Adds Glencore comments)

Saipem has been awarded new drilling contracts and extensions to existing contracts in Portugal, Norway, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Kazakhstan and Latin America, with a cumulative value of approximately Euro 150 million.

* Police fire on students, public at university and in
capital

* Eight of the TSX's 10 main groups fall

(Updates share prices)

Following numerous Russia-Asia economic events this spring, our editors assess the prospects of oil and gas cooperation with investors from several Asian countries.

QUITO, June 8 (Reuters) - Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa
predicted on Wednesday that the global oil price would hover
around $50 a barrel for the rest of 2016, though he said that
would not be enough to relieve the financial strain on the
smallest OPEC nation.

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