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Brent crude pares gains after Qatar says agrees output freeze

LONDON, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Brent crude oil futures pared gains on Tuesday after Qatar's energy minister said his country had agreed to freeze output at January's levels, together with Saudi Arabia, Russia and Venezuela.

Anglo American to exit coal assets 'at the right time' - CEO

JOHANNESBURG, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Anglo American plans to completely exit its coal business, Chief Executive Mark Cutifani said on Tuesday as part of strategic changes to cope with a global commodities rout.

Anglo American to sell iron ore unit, FY profits plunge

JOHANNESBURG, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Global miner Anglo American on Tuesday said it planned to sell Kumba Iron Ore as it posted a decline in full-year profit amid a plunge in commodity prices.

China Jan green vehicle output more than doubles from year ago -MIIT

BEIJING, Feb 16 (Reuters) - China produced 16,100 new energy vehicles in January, a 144 percent increase from a year earlier, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said on Tuesday.

Canada, Mexico, United States launch North American Cooperation on Energy Information site

(Tue, 16 Feb 2016) The Energy Minister and Secretaries from Canada, Mexico, and the United States are launching a framework for sharing energy information for North America, hosted at www.nacei.org. The website can be displayed in English, French, and Spanish and has links to all three countries' energy statistical agencies.

Australia to ask China if others will get access to reclaimed South China Sea islands

TOKYO, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said on Tuesday she will seek clarification from China about how it intends to use reclaimed islands in the South China Sea, including whether Beijing intends to grant access to other countries.

UPDATE 1-Paragon Offshore says debtholders support restructuring plan

Feb 15 (Reuters) - Paragon Offshore Plc said on Monday the vast majority of its debtholders have agreed to sign its Plan Support Agreement (PSA), as part of its "first day" motions with a U.S. bankruptcy court to facilitate normal operations during its bankruptcy process.

GE explores oil and gas business in Iran with top exec visit

Feb 15 (Reuters) - General Electric Co is exploring potential business opportunities in Iran and the chief executive of its oil and gas division visited the country recently, a company spokeswoman said.

UPDATE 2-Oil rises on chance of output cuts as producers to meet

* Scepticism of cuts but market wary of being wrong - analyst (Adds comment, updates prices)

UPDATE 3-Venezuela names leftist businessman as economy VP, hard-liner out

CARACAS, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday unexpectedly named a moderate business leader as the country's economy vice president, replacing a hard-line socialist who lasted only a month amid the OPEC nation's deepening economic crisis.

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