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RPT-UPDATE 1-Noble Group launches $1-billion loan facility - sources

HONG KONG/SINGAPORE, April 5 (Reuters) - Noble Group will have to fork out more than double in interest margin on a $1-billion unsecured loan it is raising with banks, as a fall out of the commodity trader's credit rating downgrades, sources familiar with the matter said.

Half of natural World Heritage sites at risk from industry - WWF

OSLO, April 6 (Reuters) - Industrial activity such as mining and logging threatens almost half of the world's natural World Heritage sites, from Australia's Great Barrier Reef to the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu in Peru, the WWF conservation group said on Wednesday.

RPT-COLUMN-U.S. gasoline demand still strong despite poor weather in January: Kemp

LONDON, April 5 (Reuters) - Unexpectedly weak gasoline consumption in the United States reported for the month of January has been blamed by some market participants for the continued slide in oil prices on Tuesday.

Iran expects 4 mbpd oil output by March 2017 -state TV

ANKARA, April 6 (Reuters) - Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said the country's crude output would reach four million barrels per day (bpd) by March 2017, state television reported on Wednesday.

Bollywood studios eye profits at last as India goes smartphone mad

MUMBAI, April 6 (Reuters) - India's all-singing, all-dancing movie hits capture the attention of hundreds of millions of fans - but they generate precious little in box office profits for the world's largest cinema industry.

UPDATE 1-Latin American oil producers to meet Friday in Quito - Ecuador president

QUITO, April 5 (Reuters) - Latin American oil producers Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico and Venezuela are to meet on Friday to discuss an output freeze or other methods to bolster crude prices, Ecuador's President Rafael Correa told journalists on Tuesday.

Most of Niger affected by power cuts caused by Nigeria fuel shortage

NIAMEY, April 5 (Reuters) - Nigeria's fuel shortages have caused power cuts across the border in Niger, according to a statement released by the state electric company, NIGELEC, affecting seven of Niger's eight regions for the past 72 hours.

UPDATE 2-California seeks to avoid power outages after Aliso Canyon gas leak

LOS ANGELES, April 5 (Reuters) - Electrical generators in the greater Los Angeles area face up to 14 days of natural gas shortages severe enough to cause blackouts this summer in the aftermath of the months-long methane leak from the Aliso Canyon gas storage field, state energy officials warned on Tuesday.

INSIGHT-U.S., Iran keep Iraqi PM in place as he challenges ruling elite

* Allies back Abadi to avoid delaying war against Islamic State

UPDATE 1-China State Grid officials visit Abengoa's Brazil assets for sale -sources

SAO PAULO/BRASILIA, April 5 (Reuters) - Officials from China State Grid visited energy transmission projects in Brazil under construction by Abengoa SA to evaluate the merits of a takeover of the assets that had stalled last year when the Spanish firm ran into financial problems, two sources confirmed on Tuesday.

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