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ABUJA, May 17 (Reuters) - Nigerian labour unions
representing millions of workers have been blocked from staging
a general strike in protest against government plans to increase
petrol prices by up to 67 percent.

LONDON/MILAN, May 17 (Reuters) - European shares steadied on
Tuesday with gains in companies such as Taylor Wimpey and
Vodafone following encouraging updates and a rally in
mining companies offset by a weaker auto sector.

Solar, geothermal, and microhydro will be the focus of three projects that won the New York State “Energy to Lead Competition” this week.

ABUJA, May 17 (Reuters) - Nigerian labour unions
representing millions of workers have been blocked from staging
a general strike in protest at government plans to increase
petrol prices by up to 67 percent.

LONDON, May 17 (Reuters) - BP's head of exploration
Richard Herbert is leaving the British oil major after slightly
more than two years in the job, a period in which the company
slashed spending on the search for new deposits.

U.S. Geothermal is expecting the Guatemalan government to release a 40 MW request for proposals (RFP) exclusively for geothermal in 2Q16, U.S. Geothermal president and chief operating office Doug Glaspey said on May 11.

NEWCASTLE, Okla., May 17 (Reuters) - After intense lobbying,
Oklahoma's oilmen scored a victory two years ago. State
lawmakers voted to keep in place some of lowest taxes on oil and
gas production in the United States - a break worth $470 million
in fiscal year 2015 alone.

LONDON, May 17 (Reuters) - Mexico's oil consumption has
started growing again in 2016 after declining for three years
between 2013 and 2015.

May 17 (Reuters) - TerraForm Global Inc, a unit of
bankrupt U.S. solar energy company SunEdison Inc,
said it could not file its report for the quarter ended March
31.

CALGARY, Alberta, May 17 (Reuters) - Canadian energy
producers were hit with fresh disruptions on Tuesday after a
massive wildfire burning around the oil sands hub of Fort
McMurray, Alberta, shifted north, forcing the evacuation of
about 4,000 people from work camps.

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