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As we begin to prepare for the annual Advanced Bioeconomy Feedstocks & Supply, we look at more ongoing activity in feedstocks.

WASHINGTON, March 9 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation hinted on Wednesday that authorities in Iran had recently been trying to help locate Robert Levinson, a retired FBI agent who disappeared exactly nine years ago after traveling to an Iranian resort island to meet a fugitive from U.S. justice.

March 9 (Reuters) - Chesapeake Energy Corp is considering selling some of its assets in Oklahoma's Stack shale field, Bloomberg reported.<

Idemitsu Kosan Co. has begun construction of a geothermal power plant in Japan’s southwestern prefecture of Oita.

QUITO, March 9 (Reuters) - A meeting between Latin American oil producers on Friday will seek to unify the region in backing an output freeze or other measures to bolster prices ahead of a possible OPEC, non-OPEC meeting in Russia from March 20, Ecuador's oil minister said.

Chevron Corp. is considering a sale of its geothermal assets in Asia as it seeks to counter a slump in energy markets, according to people familiar with the matter.

KIEV, March 9 (Reuters) - Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) said on Wednesday it suspected a senior executive in state energy firm Naftogaz of putting "illegal pressure" on a former minister to secure a government post.

TORONTO, March 9 (Reuters) - Canada's benchmark stock index rose on Wednesday, led higher by energy stocks as crude oil prices rallied while financial sector stocks gained after the Bank of Canada chose to hold interest rates steady.

OSLO, March 9 (Reuters) - Norway's $830-billion sovereign wealth fund pulled out of 27 firms with links to coal last year as part of a policy to combat climate change, prompting campaigners to urge other big investors to follow suit.

GE last week said that its energy consulting business has been chosen by wind energy firm IL&FS Energy Development to examine the feasibility of integrated wind, solar and energy storage projects at IL&FS Energy’s sites in Ramagiri, Andhra Pradesh, and Nana Layja, Gujarat, India.

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