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UPDATE 1-Brazil's Petrobras, Brookfield enter talks over pipeline unit

SAO PAULO, May 12 (Reuters) - State-controlled Petróleo
Brasileiro SA has entered exclusive talks with Brookfield Asset
Management Inc over the sale of natural gas pipeline
unit Nova Transportadora do Sudeste SA, as part of a plan to
dispose of $15 billion of non-essential assets by year-end.

UPDATE 2-Brazil's Petrobras reports net loss of 1.25 billion reais

RIO DE JANEIRO, May 12 (Reuters) - Brazil's state-controlled
oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA posted its
third-straight quarterly loss on Thursday as oil prices and
production fell and a weaker currency boosted debt costs.

Ebola, commodity price fall cost Guinea $500 mln in lost revenue

CONAKRY, May 12 (Reuters) - Guinea lost around $500 million
in revenue in 2015 after an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus
and the drop in global commodity prices slowed growth and hurt
the mining sector in the West African country, Prime Minister
Mamady Youla said on Thursday.

UPDATE 1-Shell shuts wells to Brutus platform after spill off Louisiana

May 12 (Reuters) - A 2,100-barrel oil spill in the U.S. Gulf
of Mexico forced Royal Dutch Shell on Thursday to shut
in all wells that flow to its Brutus platform, federal
regulators said.

Brazil's Petrobras expects to drill 65 new wells in 2016

RIO DE JANEIRO, May 12 (Reuters) - Brazil's state-run oil
company Petrobras expects to drill 65 new wells in 2016 and kept
its forecast for average output during the year at 2.145 million
barrels per day, the company said in a presentation after its
quarterly earnings release on Thursday.

UPDATE 2-Hedge fund managers give stock picks in Vegas at SALT conference

LAS VEGAS, May 12 (Reuters) - Hedge fund managers on
Thursday named some of their recent investments, including a bet
that shares of American Airlines Group would fall and
shares of both Chinese Internet company Tencent and
chipmaker Xilinx would rise, in addresses at one of the
industry's most prominent conferences.

SunEdison CFO asked to leave

May 12 (Reuters) - Bankrupt solar company SunEdison Inc
terminated the employment of Chief Financial Officer
Brian Wuebbels and said it would delay filing its 10-Q report
for the quarter ended March 31.

Argentina's Pampa Energia aims to invest $400 mln in renewable energy

BUENOS AIRES, May 12 (Reuters) - Argentina's Pampa Energia
SA said on Thursday it planned to invest $400 million
in thermal and wind energy projects if it wins a tender process
for renewable power projects that the government will hold next
week.

Brazil's Petrobras reports net loss of 1.25 billion reais

RIO DE JANEIRO, May 12 (Reuters) - Brazil's state-led oil
company, Petroleo Brasileiro SA, reported a 1.25
billion real ($358 million) net loss in the first quarter,
according to a company statement.

Saudi stirrings and Iran's return dominate oil rebalancing conversation

What could the return of Iranian crude oil output to near pre-sanctions levels and changes at the Saudi oil ministry mean ahead of the upcoming OPEC meeting?

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