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Angry motorists queue for fuel across Nigeria

LAGOS, April 5 (Reuters) - Angry motorists queued overnight at petrol stations across Nigeria and lines of cars blocked traffic in the commercial capital Lagos on Tuesday as the worst fuel shortages for years hit Africa's top oil producer.

Fluidic Energy Takes Its Metal-Air Energy Storage to Africa

The village mini-grid systems deployed will utilize more than 7.5MWp of photovoltaic panels, 45MWh of Fluidic Energy Advanced Energy Storage products, connections and pre-pay billing systems.The project will provide reliable and clean electricity for the first time to more than 400,000 people in rural areas of .This is one of the largest off-grid rural electrification projects on the continent of , and demonstrates the commitment of the Republic of Government to increase the national electrif

Freeport-McMoRan says oil & gas unit CEO stepping down

April 5 (Reuters) - Energy and mining company Freeport-McMoRan Inc said the chief executive of its oil and gas unit, Jim Flores, is stepping down as the company restructures the business.

Total says costs still unacceptably high in oil and gas

PAU, France, April 5 (Reuters) - Oil and gas companies must make further serious cost cuts and should work together to generate further savings to weather the current difficult downturn, Total's executive Arnaud Breuillac said on Tuesday.

UPDATE 1-Japan's Inpex halves net profit estimate on oil rout

* Writedowns widen on growing pessimistic views on oil prices

European steel producers on the offensive, but will price increases stick?

Mounting losses, depressed demand and capacity closures have all been causes of misery for European steel producers, reflected in perennially low finished prices. What is the outlook for the market?

RPT-COLUMN-Crude output freeze unlikely as Iran wins back Asia market share: Russell

LAUNCESTON, Australia, April 5 (Reuters) - It's not hard to see why Saudi Arabia is reluctant to take the relatively modest step of freezing crude output unless Iran also joins the producer initiative to support oil prices.

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.

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

* Noble seeking responses to loan by May 3 (Adds details on the loan)

Solar Power More Lucrative Than Crops at Some US Farms

For more than a century, Dawson Singletary’s family has grown tobacco, peanuts and cotton on a 530-acre farm amid the coastal flatlands of North Carolina. Now he’s making money from a different crop: solar panels.

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