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Stability still elusive despite peaceful Central African election

BANGUI, Feb 22 (Reuters) - As rival gunmen tightened their stranglehold on Central African Republic during three years of inter-religious bloodshed, women like Madeleine Nzanga became, and remain, lifelines for the nation's war-weary people.

As U.S. shale sinks, pipeline fight sends woes downstream

WILMINGTON, Del., Feb 22 (Reuters) - Within weeks, two low-profile legal disputes may determine whether an unprecedented wave of bankruptcies expected to hit U.S. oil and gas producers this year will imperil the $500 billion pipeline sector as well.

CERAWEEK-Veterans of 1980s oil glut say this price slump, too, will last

Feb 22 (Reuters) - When Sheikh Ali Khalifa al-Sabah of Kuwait thinks about today's plunging oil prices, his mind drifts back to the mid-1980s, when he was forced to sell some of his country's crude for as little as $5 a barrel.

Pipelines, tankers, and barges convey transportation fuels from Gulf Coast to East Coast

(Mon, 22 Feb 2016) In the United States, the East Coast and Gulf Coast are highly dependent on each other to balance supply and consumption of transportation fuels. East Coast transportation fuels consumption is met through a number of supply sources, but none is more important than supply from the Gulf Coast. Conversely, surplus supply in the Gulf Coast is distributed to a number of domestic and foreign markets, but none is larger than the East Coast.

UPDATE 3-Oil prices rise on lower U.S. rig count, but glut weighs

* U.S. 2016 crude output to fall by 445,000 bpd - Goldman Sachs

UPDATE 4-Evo Morales looks set to lose Bolivia referendum on fourth term

LA PAZ, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Bolivian President Evo Morales looked headed for defeat in a referendum on whether the leftist leader can seek a fourth term in office, according to exit polls and early results on Sunday.

DBS says even at $20/bbl for 2 years provisions won't exceed S$200 mln

SINGAPORE, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Singapore's DBS Group said if oil prices dip to $20 a barrel and stay at that level for two years, its total provisions on its oil and gas portfolio won't exceed S$200 million ($142.55 million).

China overcapacity problems worsen over 2008-2015 -EU chamber

BEIJING, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Industrial overcapacity in China has got much worse since 2009, with Beijing struggling to implement reforms and overcome the resistance of growth-obsessed local governments, a European business lobby said on Monday.

RPT-COLUMN-Oil's slump is scattering the workforce and supply chain: Kemp

LONDON, Feb 19 (Reuters) - The U.S. oil and gas industry has lost around 100,000 jobs over the last 16 months, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (http://tmsnrt.rs/212GuVD).

Oil prices stay weak on ongoing overproduction, brimming crude stocks

SINGAPORE, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Oil prices clung to steep losses in early Asian trading on Monday as production outpaces demand and U.S. crude stocks swelled to record levels.

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