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Hold-out regional unions to continue Brazil oil strike

SAO PAULO, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Key regional oilworker unions in Brazil's Campos Basin and at the Reduc refinery outside of Rio de Janeiro voted on Saturday to ignore calls by the country's largest oilworkers' union to end a strike which started 14 days ago.

Ecuador taps Petroecuador boss as new oil minister

QUITO, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Petroecuador boss Carlos Pareja was appointed Ecuador's new Oil Minister on Saturday, as the small OPEC member country struggles in the face of low oil prices.

UPDATE 3-At least 10 killed as train derails during testing in eastern France

ECKWERSHEIM, France, Nov 14 (Reuters) - A train undergoing a trial on a new high-speed line from Paris to Strasbourg derailed on Saturday near the German border, killing 10 people, the local prefecture said.

Poland will seek financing for its biggest coal miner

WARSAW, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Poland will seek to secure financing for European Union's largest coal miner Kompania Weglowa and plans to replace old mines with more efficient ones, energy minister designate Krzysztof Tchorzewski was quoted saying in newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza on Saturday.

Russia's Novak to meet Venezuela, Iran, Qatar and UAE counterparts in Tehran - RIA

MOSCOW, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Russian Energy Minster Alexander Novak will hold bilateral meetings with his counterparts from Venezuela, Iran, Qatar and the UAE at the Gas Exporting Countries Forum in Tehran later in November, RIA news agency reported on Saturday.

U.S. judge sentences Alstom in bribery case, $772 mln fine

Nov 13 (Reuters) - A federal judge in Connecticut on Friday sentenced the French industrial company Alstom SA to pay a $772.3 million criminal fine, the largest levied by the U.S. government in a foreign bribery case, the U.S. Department of Justice said.

UPDATE 2-Russia's Putin and Venezuela's Maduro discuss energy ties

MOSCOW, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro, the Kremlin said on Friday.

Canada PM tells minister to modernize energy regulator

CALGARY/OTTAWA, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau instructed his natural resources minister to "modernize" Canada's independent pipeline regulator, said a letter released on Friday that gave details on the newly elected leader's environmental plans.

Geothermal Exploration Begins on Saint Kitts, Caribbean

Guadeloupe-based engineering company Teranov said on Nov. 11 that it started geothermal exploration in Saint Kitts in the Caribbean.

Geothermal Exploration Begins on Saint Kitts, Caribbean

Guadeloupe-based engineering company Teranov said on Nov. 11 that it started geothermal exploration in Saint Kitts in the Caribbean.

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