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MANILA, April 15 (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Ash
Carter said he will visit a U.S. aircraft carrier transiting the
disputed South China Sea on Friday, a move bound to anger China,
which has been increasingly asserting its territorial claims.

BEIJING, April 15 (Reuters) - China's March refinery
throughput fell 0.2 percent compared with the same period a year
earlier to 44.91 million tonnes, or 10.58 million barrels per
day (bpd), data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed on
Friday.

* Analysts say little impact expected from meeting in Doha

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BEIJING, April 15 (Reuters) - China produced 294 million
tonnes of coal in March, down 4.5 percent on last year, the
National Bureau of Statistics said on Friday.

SINGAPORE, April 15 (Reuters) - Crude futures dipped early
on Friday as traders doubted that a planned meeting over the
weekend of major oil exporters would result in successful
measures to rein in ballooning global over production.

* Iran March crude imports up 81 pct y/y -customs
* Jan-March oil imports from Iran up 111 pct y/y
* Total crude imports in March 11.52 mln T, up 3.7 pct y/y

LONDON, April 14 (Reuters) - The structure of Brent futures
prices shows most market participants believe the oil market
will begin to rebalance in the second half of 2016 and through
2017.

CARACAS, April 14 (Reuters) - President Nicolas Maduro said
on Thursday punitive electricity rationing would be imposed on
15 shopping malls and drought-hit Venezuela's time zone would
also be modified to save power.

PERTH, April 14 (Reuters) - The world's top producers of
liquefied natural gas (LNG) are investing in ship-fuelling
operations, floating import terminals and power plants to open
new markets and keep from drowning in a fuel surplus expected to
last into the next decade.

WASHINGTON, April 14 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama
and Defense Secretary Ash Carter will talk next week with
leaders in Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries about the fight
against Islamic State militants and other defense issues, a
White House official said on Thursday.

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