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DUBAI, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Kuwait is committed to an agreement between top exporters Russia and Saudi Arabia to freeze output provided other producers back it, Kuwait's acting Oil Minister Anas al-Saleh said on Tuesday.

ERBIL, Iraq, Feb 16 (Reuters) - The deputy prime minister of Iraqi Kurdistan said a dispute with Baghdad over oil sales could easily be resolved if the federal government agreed to cover the region's bloated public payroll, including the salaries of its armed forces.

* Investment may take time to recover for West Africa projects

Feb 16 (Reuters) - Oil and natural gas producer Energy XXI Ltd said it would not make an interest payment due on Tuesday, to continue talks with debtholders related to its capital structure improvement.

The death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia on Saturday raises a number of questions regarding the future of the controversial Clean Power Plan (CPP) — none of which have clear-cut answers.

BRUSSELS, Feb 16 (Reuters) - The United States will sign the Paris Agreement on climate change this year regardless of the Supreme Court's decision to put a chunk of President Barack Obama's environmental action on hold, the U.S. climate envoy said on Tuesday.

* EDF make biggest jump since 2008, market cap up 2 bln euros

CONAKRY, Feb 16 (Reuters) - A general strike in Guinea will not curb production of bauxite, the country's top producer said on Tuesday, even though miners have announced their support for a nationwide walkout to push for higher wages and lower fuel prices.

BAGHDAD, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Iraq is ready to commit to freezing its oil production at January levels if a deal is reached among OPEC and non-OPEC countries, an Iraqi oil ministry source said on Tuesday.

PARIS, Feb 16 (Reuters) - French utility EDF's project to build two nuclear reactors in Hinkley Point, Britain should pour its first concrete in 2019 and a possible British exit from the European Union would not change the plan, its chief executive said on Tuesday.

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