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Nigeria pipeline saboteurs vow further Niger Delta attacks

YENAGOA, Nigeria, April 17 (Reuters) - A group that claimed
responsibility for a major attack on a pipeline in Nigeria's
oil-producing Delta region said it will carry out more strikes,
just days after President Muhammadu Buhari vowed to crack down
on "vandals and saboteurs".

OPEC, non-OPEC fail to reach deal on output freeze - sources

DOHA, April 17 (Reuters) - OPEC and non-OPEC producers on
Sunday failed to reach a deal to freeze oil output, three oil
industry sources told Reuters.

Ecuador's Esmeraldas refinery still down after quake

QUITO, April 17 (Reuters) - Ecuador's 110,000 barrel-per-day
Esmeraldas refinery remained down on Sunday as a precautionary
measure though will likely soon restart after a major earthquake
in the OPEC nation that killed at least 235 people, the state
oil company said.

Heavy rains in central Chile affect millions, hit copper output

SANTIAGO, April 17 (Reuters) - Heavy rains battering central
Chile have left an estimated 4 million people without drinking
water as landslides wreaked havoc and rivers breached their
banks, leaving at least one person dead and closing the world's
largest copper mine.

UPDATE 1-Kuwait lowers crude, refining output as workers strike

KUWAIT, April 17 (Reuters) - Kuwait reduced its crude oil
output and refining production on Sunday as part of an emergency
plan to help the OPEC member deal with the largest petroleum
workers' strike in years.

MIDEAST STOCKS-Saudi pulls back as Doha deal in doubt; Egypt gains

DUBAI, April 17 (Reuters) - Uncertainty at talks among oil
producers in Doha dampened Gulf stock markets on Sunday, with
Saudi Arabia pulling back after a 4 percent jump last week.
Egypt edged up as local investors returned to buy shares.

UPDATE 3-Earthquake kills at least 77 in Ecuador, toll expected to rise

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, April 17 (Reuters) - Ecuador launched
rescue operations on Sunday after its biggest earthquake in
decades killed at least 77 people, caused devastation in coastal
populations and left an unknown number trapped in ruins.

UPDATE 1-Congress to vote on impeaching Rousseff in divided Brazil

BRASILIA, April 17 (Reuters) - Brazil's lower house of
Congress will decide on Sunday whether to recommend impeaching
President Dilma Rousseff on charges of manipulating budgetary
accounts, in a vote that could hasten the end of 13 years of
leftist Workers Party rule.

RPT-Poland feels the pain of its love affair with coal

WARSAW/BRUSSELS, April 15 (Reuters) - For generations, the
region of Silesia has been at the heart of Poland's love affair
with coal as a source of pride and heroism.

UPDATE 3-Oil freeze deal faces trouble as Saudi-Iran tensions spike

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