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COLUMN-U.S. oil, gas industry sheds 100,000 jobs in slump: Kemp

LONDON, Feb 4 (Reuters) - The number of people employed in oil and gas extraction and support activities across the United States has fallen by around 100,000 since October 2014.

Conflict-hit southeast Turkey dealt fresh blow as power project shelved

ISTANBUL/OSLO, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Traumatised by months of fighting between security forces and Kurdish militants which has killed hundreds, Turkey's southeast suffered an economic blow on Thursday as a major hydropower project in the region was suspended due to security concerns.

UPDATE 2-Beijing Enterprise buys Germany's Energy from Waste

* China needs top notch waste management technology (Adds details on valuation, deal advisers)

UPDATE 2-Shell ready for more cost cuts as earnings fall 87 pct on weak oil prices

* Shares outperform sector, rising 6.2 pct (Adds share price, CEO, CFO comments, details)

Duke Energy looking to sell its international energy unit

Feb 4 (Reuters) - Duke Energy Corp, the largest U.S. power company by generation capacity, said it was looking to sell a whole or part of its international energy unit.

Occidental cuts 2016 capex by 48 pct, reports bigger qtrly loss

Feb 4 (Reuters) - Occidental Petroleum Corp said its 2016 capital budget is expected to be not more than $3 billion, nearly half its 2015 levels, and reported a bigger loss for the fourth quarter.

ConocoPhillips posts bigger loss, slashes dividend

Feb 4 (Reuters) - ConocoPhillips reported a much bigger quarterly loss, hurt by impairment charges, and slashed its dividend as the relentless fall in crude oil prices takes a toll on the largest U.S. independent oil and gas company.

UPDATE 5-Oil slips below $35 on glut, scepticism over talk of producer meet

* OPEC's Venezuela lobbies for producer meeting to cut output

RPT-Oil bears closing of $600 mln triple-short fund bet seen adding to tumult

HOUSTON, Feb 4 (Reuters) - This week's roller-coaster ride in the global crude oil market was likely fueled in part by the sudden liquidation of a $600 million leveraged fund bet on falling prices, market sources said on Wednesday.

UPDATE 3-Statoil cuts spending, to offer share option on dividends

OSLO/LONDON, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Norway's Statoil pledged on Thursday to keep cutting capital spending as oil prices fall, after reporting better than expected fourth-quarter results, and said it would give shareholders the option to take their dividends in shares instead of cash.

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