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PARIS, May 23 (Reuters) - Oil sector workers of French
hardline CGT and FO unions voted on Monday to start a strike at
Exxon Mobil's 240,000 barrel-per-day Port Jerome
refinery in northern France on Tuesday morning, a statement
said.

CARACAS May 23 (Reuters) - Venezuelan state oil company
PDVSA is preparing to issue $2.5 billion in promissory notes to
settle unpaid bills to services companies, according to industry
sources and documents seen by Reuters.

CALGARY/TORONTO, May 23 (Reuters) - Authorities in Canada
lifted evacuation orders on Monday for more work camps and oil
facilities that had been shuttered when a massive wildfire
threatened the nation's energy hub, bringing more good news for
companies eager to restart production.

AMSTERDAM, May 23 (Reuters) - Dutch pension fund PGGM, a
major shareholder in Royal Dutch Shell, criticised the
company's climate change policy on Monday, a day before Shell's
annual meeting.

In the wind industry, there is a need not only for people who make turbines larger and larger, but also for people who manage all the phases of wind project realization.

KAMPALA, May 23 (Reuters) - Uganda said on Monday four
policemen patrolling on its side of Lake Albert had been killed
by Congolese troops and demanded Kinshasa punish those
responsible.

LONDON, May 23 (Reuters) - U.S. investment firm General
Atlantic is to buy a majority stake in oil price reporting
agency Argus Media in a deal valuing London-based Argus at
nearly 1 billion pounds ($1.45 billion) and making dozens of
employees potential millionaires.

A new biomass system fueled by woodchips will begin providing heat to two health facilities this year in Prince Edward Island (PE), the provincial government said on May 20.

DUBAI, May 23 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's stock index
sank 3.1 percent on Monday as investors sold shares
indiscriminately, while the United Arab Emirates and Qatar held
onto small gains. Egypt fell as foreign funds exited the market.

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