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Nigeria's parliament to start debating petroleum bill next week -Senate

ABUJA, March 21 (Reuters) - Nigeria's Senate president said on Monday that the country's parliament would start debating next week an amended Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), a much-delayed plan to overhaul the vital energy sector hit by graft and mismanagement.

CORRECTED-UPDATE 1-Canada's Terra Energy halts operations after bank demands payment

CALGARY, Alberta, March 21 (Reuters) - Canadian junior oil and gas producer Terra Energy Corp said it shut down production, ceased operations and announced the resignation of directors and officers on Monday, after its lender, Canadian Western Bank, demanded full repayment of its debt.

UPDATE 2-Alberta regulator sets steam restriction at CNRL oil sands project

CALGARY, Alberta, March 21 (Reuters) - The Alberta Energy Regulator said on Monday it is implementing additional requirements at Canadian Natural Resources Ltd's Primrose oil sands project after concluding excessive steaming caused a 6,648-barrel bitumen emulsion leak in 2013.

Aruba refinery to start hiring staff in April to repair plant -sources

HOUSTON, March 21 (Reuters) - The refinery in Aruba plans to start hiring workers in April to repair and upgrade the 235,000-barrel-per-day plant, while its proposed new operator, Citgo Petroleum, continues talks with the government to sign a contract to lease the idled facility, sources close to the deal told Reuters.

UPDATE 1-OPEC's Badri hopes for positive producer meeting in April, says Iran could join group later

* Says 300-million-barrel overhang is market's only problem (Adds quotes, context, byline)

Regulator sets permanent steam restriction at CNRL project

CALGARY, Alberta, March 21 (Reuters) - The Alberta Energy Regulator said on Monday it is implementing additional requirements at Canadian Natural Resources Ltd's Primrose oil sands project after concluding excessive steaming caused a 6,648 barrel bitumen seep in 2013.

Serbia could lose EU pipeline funds if fails to reform gas firm-watchdog

BELGRADE, March 21 (Reuters) - Serbia could lose European Union funding for a major pipeline project if it fails to reform indebted gas company Srbijagas by July, an organisation in charge of extending the EU's energy policy to would-be member states said on Monday.

OPEC's Badri says Iran could join oil-output freeze group later

VIENNA, March 21 (Reuters) - Iran may join other oil producers planning to freeze production to support prices at a later date, OPEC's secretary general said on Monday, since the country is seeking to raise its exports.

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UPDATE 1-Sadr wants Iraqis to get a share of country's oil revenue

BAGHDAD, March 21 (Reuters) - Influential Iraqi Shi'ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr urged followers demonstrating in Baghdad for a new government to also demand that politicians give every Iraqi a direct share of the nation's oil revenues.

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