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BHP names chairman, board members to oversee Samarco disaster

SYDNEY, Nov 30 (Reuters) - BHP Billiton said on Monday its chairman and three other board members would oversee its response to the Samarco mine disaster in Brazil as clean-up efforts continue amid confirmation arsenic had been found in river water.

Uganda's social security fund seeks stake in planned refinery

KAMPALA, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Uganda's state-run National Social Security Fund (NSSF), the country's sole pensions firm, intends to buy a stake in a planned $2.5 billion refinery to process the country's crude, the fund's top official told Reuters on Monday.

UPDATE 1-China gives 14 officials jail terms over 2013 oil pipeline blast

* Blast was one of biggest to hit infrastructure in China (Adds background)

RPT-WRAPUP 2-Esteves quits as head of Brazil's BTG Pactual amid graft probe

SAO PAULO, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Brazilian financier André Esteves resigned as chief executive and chairman of Grupo BTG Pactual SA late on Sunday after he was jailed as part of a corruption probe rapidly ensnaring Latin America's largest independent investment bank.

Alaska’s rocks keep drawing explorers searching for oil, gas: Fuel for Thought

These are bleak times across much of the nation's "oil patch." Layoffs are spreading and rigs are being laid up. One state -- Alaska -- is defying the trend, at least for now.

U.S. oil and natural gas reserves both increase in 2014

(Mon, 30 Nov 2015) U.S. crude oil and lease condensate proved reserves increased by 9% to 39.9 billion barrels, and natural gas proved reserves increased by 10% to 389 trillion cubic feet in 2014, according to EIA's U.S. Crude Oil and Natural Gas Proved Reserves report. U.S. crude oil and lease condensate proved reserves reached the highest level since 1972 and natural gas proved reserves surpassed last year's record level.

China gives 14 officials jail terms over 2013 oil pipeline blast

BEIJING, Nov 30 (Reuters) - A total of 14 former Sinopec and government officials have been sentenced to three to five years in jail for a massive oil pipeline explosion in 2013, the official Xinhua news agency said on Monday.

UPDATE 1-Brent crude dips on firm dollar ahead of OPEC meeting

* Oil prices heading for declines of as much as 10 pct in Nov

WRAPUP 2-Esteves quits as head of Brazil's BTG Pactual amid graft probe

SAO PAULO, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Brazilian financier André Esteves resigned as chief executive and chairman of Grupo BTG Pactual SA late on Sunday after he was jailed as part of a corruption probe rapidly ensnaring Latin America's largest independent investment bank.

RPT-In rare move, Sinopec offers refineries bonus to export surplus diesel -sources

(Repeats story published earlier with no changes to text) * Sinopec refiners offered $37.60/T bonus for diesel exports * Refinery throughput to remain high to meet gasoline demand * Bonus scheme to cost Sinopec roughly $80 mln over 4 months By Chen Aizhu and Adam Rose BEIJING, Nov 27 (Reuters) - China's Sinopec Corp is offering its subsidiary refineries big incentives to export their diesel fuel, sources said, in a rare move that reflects the top Asian refiner's deepeni

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