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Islamic State eyeing oil targets beyond Syria stronghold -U.S. official

WASHINGTON, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Islamic State is looking at potentially vulnerable oil assets in Libya and elsewhere outside its Syria stronghold, where the militant group controls about roughly 80 percent of the oil and gas fields, a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday.

UPDATE 1-Brazil court votes to keep former Odebrecht CEO in jail

SAO PAULO, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Brazil's second-highest court voted on Tuesday to keep the former chief executive of Latin America's largest engineering group Odebrecht SA in jail, extending nearly six months of pre-trial detention in the southern city of Curitiba

UPDATE 4-Mexico's oil auction beats expectations despite oil price plunge

MEXICO CITY, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Mexico's oil regulator awarded the first 20 onshore contracts in an auction on Tuesday despite slumping crude prices, part of a tender aimed at boosting new Mexican oil companies following a historic sector reform finalized last year.

UPDATE 3-Mexico's oil regulator awards first 14 contracts at auction

MEXICO CITY, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Mexico's oil regulator awarded the first 14 onshore contracts up for grabs at Tuesday's auction, a tender aimed at boosting relatively new Mexican oil companies following a historic sector reform finalized last year.

U.S. official expects Exxon, other oil firms, to share tax data

WASHINGTON, Dec 15 (Reuters) - An Obama administration official said on Tuesday that he expects that leading energy companies like Exxon Mobil Corp will next year disclose what they pay in U.S.

RPT-EBRD says arranges $1.2 bln syndicated loan for Mongolian mine

LONDON, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Development bank EBRD said on Tuesday it had arranged its biggest ever syndicated loan, a $1.2 billion facility that will contribute towards an overall $4.4 billion package of financing for Mongolia's Oyu Tolgoi copper mine.

Brazil court votes to keep former Odebrecht CEO in jail

SAO PAULO, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Brazil's second-highest court voted on Tuesday to keep the former chief executive of Latin America's largest engineering group Odebrecht SA in jail, extending nearly six months of pre-trial detention in the southern city of Curitiba

GLOBAL MARKETS-Equities rally as oil bounces; Fed decision on deck

* Dollar advances after inflation data (Adds close of U.S.

Japan, S Korea stick to coal despite global climate deal

* Energy ministry officials say no changes since climate deal

UPDATE 1-U.S. natgas futures fall to 14-year low on weak heating demand

(Adds latest prices) Dec 15 (Reuters) - U.S. natural gas futures fell nearly 3.8 percent to a 14-year low on Tuesday on forecasts for continued unseasonably mild weather that is expected to curb heating demand through late December. Front-month gas futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange declined for a fifth straight trading day, closing down 7.2 cents, or 3.8 percent, at $1.822 per million British thermal units.

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