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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

FEATURE-In rural South Africa, AIDS treatment gains ground - but so do infections

* Reducing high infection rate in girls, young women among toughest challenges

Governments, investors partner to break through clean technology barriers

NEW YORK, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Bill Gates and some of the world's other richest entrepreneurs will join with governments from both rich and emerging countries on Monday to kick off the Paris climate talks by pledging billions of dollars of investment in clean energy technologies.

World leaders to launch bid for climate breakthrough in Paris

PARIS, Nov 30 (Reuters) - World leaders will launch an ambitious attempt on Monday to hold back the earth's rising temperatures, urging each other to find common cause in two weeks of bargaining meant to steer the global economy away from dependence on fossil fuels.

RPT-Brazil dam disaster shows flaws in decrepit mining regulator

BELO HORIZONTE/BRASILIA, Nov 27 (Reuters) - With leaking windows, moldy walls and piles of paper where you might expect computers, the office of Brazil's National Department of Mineral Production speaks volumes about the regulation of the country's mining industry.

RPT-UPDATE 2-Vale confirms arsenic found in water days after Brazil dam burst

RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Toxic materials such as arsenic were found in the water of the Rio Doce river days after a dam burst at a mine in Brazil earlier this month, an executive for Vale, the co-owner of the mine operator, confirmed on Friday.

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