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Switzerland to hand Venezuela oil firm bank records to US - Bloomberg

ZURICH, March 24 (Reuters) - In a widening corruption probe into Venezuela's state oil company by the U.S. Justice Department, Swiss regulators have agreed to provide U.S. prosecutors with records from at least 18 banks relating to the oil firm, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday.

Delays at Venezuela's main crude port trigger vessels backlog

HOUSTON/CARACAS, March 24 (Reuters) - Serious delays to load and unload vessels at Venezuela's main crude port started to create a backlog of tankers last week that is now extending to the island of Curacao, according to traders, a union representative and Thomson Reuters data.

WRAPUP 3-Syrian forces fight their way into Palmyra, as Kerry and Putin hail thaw

GENEVA/MOSCOW/BEIRUT, March 24 (Reuters) - Syrian troops backed by Russian air support fought their way into the Islamic State-held city of Palmyra on Thursday, their biggest offensive yet against the jihadist caliphate, as Moscow and Washington discussed how to help to end the civil war.

Total and Iran sign South Azadegan agreement - Press TV

PARIS, March 24 (Reuters) - French oil and gas firm Total has signed a confidential agreement with Tehran to develop Iran's South Azadegan oil field which it shares with Iraq, state-run Press TV reported on Thursday, quoting Oil Minister Bijan Zangeneh.

UPDATE 4-U.S. indicts Iranians for hacking dozens of banks, New York dam

WASHINGTON, March 24 (Reuters) - Seven Iranian hackers broke into computers of dozens of U.S. banks, causing millions of dollars in lost business, and tried to shut down a New York dam, the U.S.

Brazilian turbulence may offer value for careful stockpickers

NEW YORK, March 24 (Reuters) - When global oil prices peaked in 2008, Brazil's Petrobras had a market value of $290 billion, outranking U.S. tech bellwethers like Microsoft Corp and Apple Inc. Today, the one-time state champion is worth one ninth of that.

UPDATE 1-Iraqi oil minister suspends participation in cabinet meetings

BAGHDAD, March 24 (Reuters) - Iraq's oil minister said on Thursday he was suspending his participation in cabinet meetings and asking a deputy to carry out his functions at the ministry which oversees some of the world's largest oil reserves.

UPDATE 1-U.S. drillers cut oil and gas rigs for 14th straight week -Baker Hughes

(Adds natural gas rigs) March 24 (Reuters) - U.S. energy firms this week cut oil and natural gas rigs for a 14th week in a row to the lowest level since at least 1940, data showed on Thursday, as energy firms continue to slash spending as part of the deepest energy price rout in a generation. Oil rigs alone fell 15 to 372, the lowest level since November 2009, oil services company Baker Hughes Inc said in its closely followed report. After last week fallin

How Much Noise Would a Wind Farm Make if a Wind Farm Could Make Noise?

That’s the question that researchers in Australia are trying to answer with a new $2.2 M study funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).

Australia's spending $3.3 million on 'wind turbine syndrome'

There's a good chance wind turbine syndrome doesn't exist, but Australia's going to spend $3.3 million (U.S. $2.2 million) to find out for certain. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and many health officials consider it psychosomatic. Atlas ObscuraScience AlertTechTimesABC Net People who say they suffer from the syndrome have dizzy spells, trouble sleeping, and get nasty headaches, Atlas Obscura reports.

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