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UPDATE 1-Oil prices dip as oversupply lingers, economic growth seen slowing

* Oil prices may have bottomed out, but upside seen limited (Adds comment, trading data, China figures; updates prices)

UPDATE 5-Record Brazil protests put Rousseff's future in doubt

* Rallies may quicken impeachment process against president (Adds new protester comment)

Noble seeks major funding breakthrough without asset sales

LONDON, March 13 (Reuters) - Trading house Noble Group is under no pressure from banks to sell assets and is not planning further divestments as it negotiates more than $4 billion of new and refinanced loans with lenders, a senior source close to the process said.

UPDATE 1-Brazil prosecutors seek $2 bln from Odebrecht, Petrobras executives

BRASILIA, March 13 (Reuters) - Brazilian prosecutors late on Saturday accused executives from construction conglomerate Odebrecht and state-run oil company Petrobras of misconduct and demanded they pay 7.3 billion reais ($2 billion) in damages.

UPDATE 1-Saudi Arabia says it will punish anyone linked to Hezbollah

DUBAI, March 13 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia said on Sunday it would punish anyone who belongs to Lebanon's Iran-backed Shi'ite Islamist group Hezbollah, sympathises with it, supports it financially or harbours any of its members.

Brazil prosecutors seek $2 bln from Odebrecht, Petrobras executives

BRASILIA, March 13 (Reuters) - Brazilian prosecutors late on Saturday accused executives from construction conglomerate Odebrecht and state-run oil company Petrobras of misconduct and demanded they pay 7.3 billion reais ($2 billion) in damages.

Iranian commander rejects claims of regional interference, calls Saudis adventurists

BEIRUT, March 13 (Reuters) - A leader of Iran's Revolutionary Guard rejected on Sunday accusations that Iran was interfering in regional affairs and accused Saudi Arabia of "adventurism".

Nigerian minister warns oil pipeline vandals will be prosecuted

ABUJA, March 13 (Reuters) - Nigeria's government will prosecute those who attack the country's oil pipelines, the Nigerian information minister said on Sunday, amid fears of a revived militant movement in the Niger Delta.

Coal miners protest in northeastern China, claiming unpaid wages

BEIJING, March 13 (Reuters) - Thousands of Chinese coal miners marched through the streets of a mining town in northeastern China over the weekend protesting against unpaid wages, as China grapples with rising unemployment due to overcapacity in heavy industries.

Turning to frack tech, stricken U.S. oil drillers test new limits

NEW YORK, March 13 (Reuters) - Fifty-stage frack jobs. Fifteen-foot cluster spacing. More than 2,000 pounds of proppant concentrate per foot.

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