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UPDATE 2-North Dakota oil well backlog eclipses 1,000 for first time

WILLISTON, N.D., Nov 13 (Reuters) - The number of oil wells in North Dakota that have been drilled but not fracked eclipsed 1,000 for the first time in September, as producers delayed turning them on in hopes crude prices will soon recover.

UPDATE 1-Canada to move ahead with oil tanker ban on northern B.C. coast

VANCOUVER, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Canada will push ahead with a moratorium on oil tanker traffic along the northern coast of British Columbia, effectively slamming the door on a controversial pipeline project that was already facing massive development hurdles.

Brazil court freezes $78 mln in Samarco accounts after disaster

SAO PAULO, Nov 13 (Reuters) - A Brazilian court on Friday froze 300 million reais ($78 million) of funds for miner Samarco Mineracao SA, the owner of a mine where two dams burst and killed at least nine people last week, and said the funds could only be used to pay for damages.

UPDATE 1-Quebec key to cutting New England power costs -Maine governor

BOSTON, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Maine Governor Paul LePage on Friday said building high-voltage transmission lines from eastern Canada will be key to helping New England cut its soaring electricity costs, which he said had driven out businesses and cost the region jobs.

UPDATE 1-Brazil union recommends strikers accept Petrobras contract

RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Leaders of Brazil's largest oil workers' union said on Friday they had proposed ending a 13-day strike, the most disruptive in 20 years, at state-run oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA, or Petrobras.

UPDATE 1-U.S.-led strikes target Islamic State oil revenues -Pentagon

WASHINGTON, Nov 13 (Reuters) - U.S.-led air strikes in Syria have inflicted "significant damage" to Islamic State's ability to fund itself, the Pentagon said on Friday.

UPDATE 1-U.S. oil drillers add rigs for first week in 11 -Baker Hughes

Nov 13 (Reuters) - U.S. energy firms this week added oil rigs for the first week in 11, data showed on Friday, despite continued weak crude prices.

U.S. oil drillers add rigs for first week in 11 -Baker Hughes

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UPDATE 4-Kurdish forces seize Iraq's Sinjar town from Islamic State

NEAR SINJAR TOWN, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Kurdish forces backed by U.S. air strikes seized the northern Iraqi town of Sinjar from Islamic State on Friday, a Reuters witness said, in one of the most significant counter-attacks since the militants swept through the north last year.

South Africa's shrinking economy helps keep the lights on

JOHANNESBURG, Nov 13 (Reuters) - South Africa's power company Eskom has kept the lights on for the longest period this year, partly because power demand is declining as the economy weakens, industry players said.

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