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UPDATE 3-Venezuela Paraguana refineries begin restart after blackout

PUNTO FIJO, Venezuela, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA said on Wednesday it had begun restarting operations at its massive 955,000-barrel-per-day Paraguana refinery complex following a blackout.

COLUMN-Don't worry (too) much about China's commodity demand: Russell

SHANGHAI, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Just how worried should the commodity sector be about China?

UPDATE 1-More pain seen ahead for U.S. banks exposed to energy loans

Jan 13 (Reuters) - U.S.

Oil price rout forces companies to slash $170 bln in projects from 2016-2020

* Total $380 billion of projects deferred since 2014 - WoodMac

Propelling a New Profitability Model for Hydro Generation

Many hydropower plants are fed by reservoirs that are used by homeowners, boaters, swimmers, hikers, wildlife and others. The operating license issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission may have conditions that require a minimum water release to benefit wildlife, tourism and recreational activities.

BOK Financial to increase provisions for bad loans as oil slumps

Jan 13 (Reuters) - Energy-focused regional bank BOK Financial Corp said it expected a big jump in the money it will set aside to cover bad loans owing to an extended downturn in the commodities market.

Bid to mine more coal on U.S. federal lands tests Obama's green agenda

WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's State of the Union pledge to better manage fossil fuel development will face a test within days, when federal officials rule on whether to open public lands containing more than 600 million tons of coal to more mining.

RES to Build UK Energy Storage Demo Project

Renewable Energy Systems has signed its first U.K. contract to build and support a battery energy storage system (BESS) for a 300 kVA/640 kWh demonstrate project for several different applications of energy storage on the grid.

UPDATE 1-EDF, Areva agree reactor business worth about 2.5 bln eur - sources

PARIS, Jan 13 (Reuters) - EDF and French nuclear group Areva have agreed that Areva's reactor business is worth slightly more than 2.5 billion euros ($2.7 billion) as part of EDF's plan to take a controlling stake in the unit, two sources said on Wednesday.

European LNG reloads ex-Spain grow in 2015 as new markets emerge

Platts managing editor for LNG in Europe, Desmond Wong, explains why market players see European ex-Spain reloads as a viable option to the Iberian peninsula.

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