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U.S. refiners brace for possible glitches amid first winter test

NEW YORK, Jan 20 (Reuters) - U.S. refineries along the East Coast and the Midwest are facing their first major test of the winter season since last year's blistering cold set off a string of outages, sending gasoline and diesel prices soaring.

Communist Laos awaits new leaders, but same approach likely

Jan 20 (Reuters) - Laos will unveil a new Communist Party lineup this week at a congress expected to usher in some leadership changes, but no shift in the authoritarian status quo in a country that has become one of Asia's quiet economic success stories.

Russia's Gazprom warns Europe: We need clear rules to prevent gas crisis

* Russian Q1 gas price in Europe seen falling to $180/1,000 cm

UPDATE 1-Khamenei praises arrest of U.S. sailors, condemns Saudi embassy attack

DUBAI, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday thanked the Revolutionary Guards for briefly detaining U.S.

UPDATE 2-Shell's profits hit by further slide in oil prices

* Norwegian wealth fund says to vote in favour of Shell-BG deal

German exports to Gulf surge despite oil price slump -official data

BERLIN, Jan 20 (Reuters) - German exports to major oil producers are soaring despite the slump in oil prices to their lowest for more than a decade, data showed on Wednesday, countering worries that weaker demand from Gulf countries was slowing growth in Europe's largest economy.

UPDATE 1-European mining and energy share indexes slump to 12-year lows

LONDON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - European basic resources and energy share indexes slumped to their lowest levels in more than 12 years on Wednesday, with a sharp decline in oil and metals prices scaring investors away from commodities stocks.

US Interior review will likely find ways to ‘fix’ federal coal

At the very least, the announcement was seen as a shot across the bow of coal production in the US.

SE Asia Stocks-Fall on oil shares; Singapore posts biggest drop since August

BANGKOK, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Southeast Asian stock markets fell in line with global equities on Wednesday, with Singapore posting its worst drop in nearly five months and the Philippines sliding to a near two-year closing low, as energy shares faced pressure due to a relentless slide in oil prices. Singapore's key Straits Times Index ended down 3 percent, its biggest single-day percentage decline since Aug. 24.

Khamenei condemns attack on Saudi embassy in Tehran

DUBAI, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday condemned the attack on the Saudi embassy in Tehran this month, saying it was "really bad".

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