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* EIA supply report due later on Thursday (Updates prices, adds quotes, changes dateline from SINGAPORE)

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 18 (Reuters) - With low oil prices reducing its operating costs, AirAsia Chief Executive Tony Fernandes said the budget carrier was ready to start expanding again in southeast Asia and was eyeing Vietnam and the Philippines.

COPENHAGEN, Feb 18 (Reuters) - MHI Vestas, a joint venture between Vestas and Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries , said on Thursday it would likely supply turbines to Belgium's largest wind farm project.

Feb 18 (Reuters) - Oil producer Tullow Oil Plc said there was a potential issue with a storage vessel at its flagship Jubilee field in Ghana, sending shares down more than 7 percent on Thursday morning.

NEW DELHI, Feb 18 (Reuters) - India's Reliance Industries Ltd, owner of the world's biggest refining complex, is preparing to lift oil from Iran next month after a gap of about five years, said an industry source with knowledge of talks between the two.

DUBAI, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Oil prices are not suitable and will force producers to freeze their output, the United Arab Emirates' energy minister Suhail bin Mohammed al-Mazrouei said on Thursday, adding investments in high-cost production would also be restrained.

LONDON, Feb 18 (Reuters) - British Gas owner Centrica reported a 4 percent fall in 2015 adjusted earnings on Thursday as it felt the effects of a steep fall in energy prices and said it could trim investments further if conditions fail to improve.

Feb 18 (Reuters) - British property and casualty insurer Lancashire Holdings Ltd reported a 24.2 percent fall in full-year pretax profit on Thursday, hurt by a fall in gross written premiums in its property and energy businesses.

* U.S. oil output could fall on low prices -Phillip Futures (Updates prices)

* Proposed 2015 div of 1 eur/shr down 20 pct vs 2014 (Adds 2015 results, dividend cut, industry context)

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