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RPT-UPDATE 1-At private Goldman confab, U.S. oil drillers add to glut woes

Jan 8 (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs has diagnosed a new reason for the sudden slump in energy industry sentiment this week: talk of agility, not agony, among leading U.S.

UPDATE 1-Poland studies energy sector mergers, copper concerns

WARSAW, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Poland surprised the markets on Monday with plans to merge its biggest oil and gas firms to forge central Europe's No.1 energy company and prevent any hostile takeover threat.

Lack of methane emission reporting poses investor risk -green group

WASHINGTON, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Fewer than one-third of oil and gas companies report their emissions of powerful greenhouse gas methane, posing a risk to their investors, said a new report released on Monday.

Italy evacuates 15 Libyans wounded in bomb attack

ROME, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Italy evacuated 15 Libyans on Monday for medical treatment after they were wounded in last week's truck bomb attack against a police training centre, the Italian government said.

Ardian targets energy shake-out with infrastructure fund

PARIS/FRANKFURT, Jan 11 (Reuters) - French private equity firm Ardian is seeking to profit from a shake-up of the oil industry after raising a record 2.65 billion euros ($2.89 billion) infrastructure fund.

UPDATE 1-IHS to buy oil pricing data provider OPIS for $650 mln

Jan 11 (Reuters) - IHS Inc said it agreed to buy U.S.-based Oil Price Information Service (OPIS) for $650 million to add real-time pricing information to its energy analytics business.

Masked men attack Saudi intelligence compound with firebombs -activists

DUBAI, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Masked men threw firebombs at an intelligence service compound in the city of Qatif in eastern Saudi Arabia, activists said on Monday, in an apparent reprisal for the execution of a prominent Shi'ite Muslim cleric earlier this month.

Britain uses Brimstone missiles for first time in Syria

LONDON, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Britain carried out several air strikes against Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria on Sunday, deploying its Brimstone missiles for the first time there, a spokeswoman for Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday.

IHS to buy petroleum pricing data provider OPIS for $650 mln

Jan 11 (Reuters) - Business research firm IHS Inc said it agreed to buy Oil Price Information Service (OPIS), a provider of U.S. refined petroleum pricing data, for $650 million.

Al Qaeda warns Saudi Arabia it will pay for executing militants

DUBAI, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Al Qaeda has warned Saudi Arabia it will pay for the executions of dozens of its members, saying they were intended to be a new year's gift to Riyadh's Western allies aimed at consolidating the rule of the Saud dynasty.

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