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California residents to vent frustrations over state's biggest gas leak

LOS ANGELES, Jan 15 (Reuters) - California residents sickened and forced to evacuate their homes because of the biggest methane gas leak in state history will have a chance Friday to voice frustrations and demand answers from top officials at a community meeting.

UPDATE 1-EDF, Areva take extra 1 bln eur provision on nuclear waste storage project

PARIS, Jan 15 (Reuters) - French power group EDF and nuclear reactor maker Areva said they would take extra provisions totaling 1.05 billion euros ($1.15 billion) after the government hiked its estimate for the cost of a nuclear waste storage project.

US STOCKS-Wall St hemorrhages as oil falls and China fears deepen

* Indexes down: Dow 2.39 pct, S&P 2.16 pct, Nasdaq 2.74 pct (Updates with market close, adds comment)

UPDATE 3-Petrobras says to speed up asset sales; bailout 'last resort'

* Petrobras shares fall 9.14 pct; close near 13-year low (Adds closing prices, 7th paragraph)

Kerry to travel to Switzerland, Middle East, Asia -State Department

WASHINGTON, Jan 15 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Zurich on Jan. 20 to discuss Syria and Ukraine with his Russian counterpart before heading to Davos for the World Economic Form, the State Department said on Friday.

Bets against energy stocks hit decade high as oil gets crushed

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Short selling in energy stocks in December hit levels not seen in more than a decade as a global glut in oil crushed the commodity's prices to 12-year lows and deepened fears of bankruptcies.

UPDATE 2-North Dakota oil output defies calls for a decline

NEW YORK, Jan 15 (Reuters) - North Dakota's oil production once again defied expectations for a decline in November, even seeing a slight uptick for the second consecutive month, as unusually warm weather helped offset the deepening decline in fracking activity.

Texas ERCOT power use rises 2.2 pct in 2015 amid record demand

Jan 15 (Reuters) - A new peak demand record approaching 70,000 megawatts (MW) helped electricity use in Texas jump 2.2 percent in 2015 from the previous year, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) said on Friday.

U.S. oil drillers cut rigs to least in nearly 6 years -Baker Hughes

Jan 15 (Reuters) - U.S. energy firms this week continued to cut the number of rigs drilling for oil to the lowest in nearly six years, data showed on Friday, suggesting drillers were preserving cash as they evaluate spending plans as crude prices hover near 12-year lows. Drillers removed one oil rig in the week ended Jan. 15, bringing the total rig count down to 515, the least since April 2010, oil services company Baker Hughes Inc said in its closely followed report.

UPDATE 1-Report paving way for Iran sanctions relief likely on Jan.16 -source

VIENNA, Jan 15 (Reuters) - An IAEA report verifying whether Iran has kept its promises under a nuclear deal Tehran reached last year with world powers is likely to be issued on Saturday, paving the way for sanctions relief, a diplomatic source said on Friday.

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