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RPT-COLUMN-Why are oil and gas companies calling for more action on climate change?

Nov 12 (Reuters) - This year many of us have increased our advocacy on this issue. And last month, companies responsible for a fifth of the world's oil and gas supply in the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI) threw their support behind a new global agreement at the forthcoming UN talks in Paris.

Idemitsu Kosan, Showa Shell agree to merge

TOKYO, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Japan's Idemitsu Kosan Co and Showa Shell Sekiyu said they agreed to merge, sealing a combination that was mooted earlier this year to create the second-biggest operator in the crowded Japanese refinery sector.

UPDATE 1-RWE to barely reach net profit forecast on npower woes

* 9-month oper profit down 9 pct at 2.65 bln euros (Recasts, adds CEO quote, details)

After delay, Kurdish forces launch battle to retake Iraq's Sinjar

NEAR SINJAR TOWN, Iraq, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Kurdish forces launched an offensive on Thursday to retake the northern Iraqi town of Sinjar from Islamic State militants who overran it more than a year ago, killing and enslaving thousands of its Yazidi residents and triggering U.S.-led air strikes.

As total U.S. crude oil imports fall, Canada's import supply share rises

(Thu, 12 Nov 2015) Although overall U.S. crude oil imports have been declining since 2005, crude oil imports from Canada have been increasing. As of August, Canada provided 45% of all crude oil imports to the United States, almost three times as much as all Persian Gulf countries combined.

Wisconsin train derailment blamed on broken rail -company

Nov 11 (Reuters) - Canadian Pacific on Wednesday said a broken rail caused a weekend freight train derailment in Wisconsin that resulted in an oil spill and a precautionary evacuation.

UPDATE 3-Brazil vows to make BHP, Vale pay for deadly mine disaster

MARIANA, Brazil, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Brazil's government said on Wednesday it may fine mining giants BHP Billiton Ltd and Vale SA for the "environmental catastrophe" caused by ruptured dams at an iron ore mine jointly owned by the companies in a southeastern state.

Ex-CEO of bankrupt coal firm Alpha objects to plan to drop miner benefits

Nov 11 (Reuters) - The founder and former chief executive officer of Alpha Natural Resources, among the largest U.S.

COLUMN-Why are oil and gas companies calling for more action on climate change?

Nov 12 (Reuters) - This year many of us have increased our advocacy on this issue. And last month, companies responsible for a fifth of the world's oil and gas supply in the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI) threw their support behind a new global agreement at the forthcoming UN talks in Paris.

G20 spends four times more on fossil fuel output than on renewables, think tank says

ANKARA, Nov 12 (Reuters) - The G20 countries spend almost four times as much to prop up fossil fuel production as they do to subsidise renewable energy, calling into question their commitment to halting climate change, a think tank said on Thursday

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