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UPDATE 2-Crude prices climb after U.S. oil output falls for sixth week

* Supply cuts, demand growth could tighten oil by 1.5m bbls -HSBC

Kerry meets UN envoy for Libya, repeats support for unity government

WASHINGTON, March 3 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met on Thursday with Martin Kobler, the U.N. secretary-general's special representative for Libya, to discuss efforts to support a unified Libyan government, the State Department said.

Brazilian prosecutors question Samarco dam burst settlement

BRASILIA, March 3 (Reuters) - Brazilian prosecutors on Thursday criticized a deal that mining company Samarco reached earlier this week with the federal government to pay an estimated 20 billion reais ($5.27 billion)in damages for a deadly dam spill in November.

U.S. crude rises after domestic oil output falls for sixth week

SINGAPORE, March 4 (Reuters) - U.S. crude futures rose in early Asian trade on Friday, buoyed by renewed optimism prices may have bottomed out after official data showed U.S.

UPDATE 2-Workers at Colombia's Cerrejon coal mine vote in favor of strike

BOGOTA, March 3 (Reuters) - Union workers at Colombia's largest coal mine, Cerrejon, have voted in favor of a strike, the union said on Thursday, in a dispute with the company over wages and benefits.

RPT-UPDATE 2-Moody's downgrades BHP Billiton's debt

March 3 (Reuters) - Moody's Investors Service on Thursday cut BHP Billiton Plc's debt rating to "A3" from "A1", citing a deterioration in the company's earnings and cash flow.

UPDATE 1-Carbon tax wrangling center stage at Canada climate change talks

VANCOUVER, March 3 (Reuters) - Strains over stalled Canadian oil pipeline projects and Ottawa's push to impose a national carbon price hung over talks on Thursday between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the country's 10 provinces on how to tackle global warming.

RPT-UPDATE 2-High life, low coal price sends Australian mining baron bankrupt

SYDNEY, March 3 (Reuters) - Rags-to-riches coal baron Nathan Tinkler, who rode the mining boom to become Australia's youngest billionaire before losing it all when coal prices collapsed, has been declared legally bankrupt after failing to pay off a private jet.

Brazil January oil, natural gas output falls to 14-month low

RIO DE JANEIRO, March 3 (Reuters) - Output of oil and natural gas in Brazil fell to its lowest in 14 months in January as companies performed maintenance on offshore oil platforms, the country's petroleum regulator ANP said on Thursday.

Brazil top court votes 10-0 to indict speaker Cunha for corruption

BRASILIA, March 3 (Reuters) - Brazil's Supreme Court voted 10-0 on Thursday to accept corruption and money laundering charges against lower house speaker Eduardo Cunha, putting him on trial for allegedly accepting bribes on contracts for two drill ships leased by state oil company Petrobras.

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