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Oil exports via Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline drop 2.2 pct in Jan-Feb

BAKU, March 3 (Reuters) - Oil exports through the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline via Georgia and Turkey totalled 4.6 million tonnes in January-February, down 2.2 percent from the same period last year, Azeri state energy company SOCAR said on Thursday.

EU seen approving weed-killer ingredient glyphosate amid cancer row

BRUSSELS, March 3 (Reuters) - The European Union is expected to extend approval next week for weed-killer ingredient glyphosate, used in many herbicides including Monsanto's Roundup, despite a dispute between EU and U.N. agencies over whether it causes cancer.

Vitol seeks partner in VTTI oil storage business -sources

LONDON, March 3 (Reuters) - Vitol, the world's top oil trader, is looking to sell a stake in wholly owned storage company VTTI, in a bid to cash in on one of its most profitable businesses in the current downturn in crude prices, several banking and industry source said on Thursday.

Almost 100 Million Homes May Run Only on Solar by 2020

Almost 100 million households worldwide may be powered by solar panels by 2020, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance.

Iran hopes to raise March oil exports on higher European sales - sources

NEW DELHI/DUBAI, March 3 (Reuters) - Iran, OPEC's No. 3 producer, is expected to raise its oil exports in March to around 1.65 million barrels per day from 1.5 million bpd a month earlier on the back of higher crude shipments to Europe, two industry sources told Reuters on Thursday.

Thai Oil says new LAB, power plants to boost 2016 margins

BANGKOK, March 3 (Reuters) - Thai Oil Pcl, Thailand's top oil refiner, said on Thursday it had started operations at the country's first linear alkyl benzene (LAB) plant in late February and that it should help boost margins this year.

UPDATE 1-Nigeria says OPEC, non-OPEC producers to meet in Moscow on March 20

ABUJA, March 3 (Reuters) - Some members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries plan to meet with other producers in Russia around March 20 for new talks on an oil output freeze, Nigeria's petroleum minister said on Thursday.

Gulf dividend payments may sag as cheap oil weighs

* High dividend yields a longstanding feature of Gulf markets

Pipeline strains set to cloud Canada climate change talks

VANCOUVER, March 3 (Reuters) - Strains over stalled Canadian oil pipeline projects look set to cloud tough talks on Thursday between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the country's 10 provinces on how to tackle global warming.

RPT-COLUMN-Saudi price rise for Asia suggests tentative oil recovery: Russell

LAUNCESTON, Australia, March 3 (Reuters) - - Saudi Arabia's decision to raise oil prices to its main customers in Asia may just be another sign that crude markets are indeed on the road to recovery.

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