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INSIGHT-Keystone's death bolsters "keep carbon in the ground" camp

WASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES Nov 10 (Reuters) - For environmentalists dedicated to killing it, President Barack Obama's rejection of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline unleashed a moment of euphoria. Activists celebrated with tequila shots at Sierra Club headquarters in San Francisco and in Lafayette Square across from the White House, site of the first anti-Keystone protests in 2011, when to most people it was just another pipeline.

Rainy days and airlines — there's probably a song here

Jet fuel may be half the price it was a year ago, but airlines used to so many sad-song years aren’t taking anything for granted.

Oil tankers queueing in U.S. Gulf seen as new symbol of glut

HOUSTON, Nov 10 (Reuters) - A traffic jam of oil tankers has emerged along the U.S.

Before recent transfer, Highway Trust Fund had reached its lowest level in years

(Tue, 10 Nov 2015) Earlier this year, the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) reached its lowest level in decades, ending July at $6.1 billion dollars. A congressionally approved transfer of more than $8 billion boosted the fund's balance to end the fiscal year (September 30) at $12 billion, but that is still the second-lowest year-end level since 1984.

Canada Country Analysis Brief

(Tue, 10 Nov 2015) Canada is one of the world's five largest energy producers and is the principal source of U.S. energy imports. The country is a net exporter of most energy commodities and a significant producer of crude oil and other liquids from oil sands, natural gas, and hydroelectricity. Energy exports to the United States account for the vast majority of Canada's total energy exports.

UPDATE 1-Chevron's Thai unit aims to raise $435 mln from IPO; PTT to exit

BANGKOK, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Thailand's Star Petroleum Refining Pcl (SPRC) has set its IPO price at 9 baht ($0.2510) per share, aiming to raise up to 15.6 billion baht ($435 million) in an initial public offering later this month, the company said in a filing.

UPDATE 1-Crude oil rises after OPEC says market to be balanced in 2016

TOKYO, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Oil prices rose on Tuesday after the head of OPEC forecast a more balanced market next year and the U.S.

Brazil's Petrobras, union strike talks fail, risk of fuel shortage rises

RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Brazil's Petrobras and unions failed to reach an agreement on Monday over worker demands that the state-run oil company reverse budget cuts and cancel assets sales aimed at trimming its massive debt, union and company officials said.

Oil price to rise only gradually to $80 by 2020 - IEA

LONDON, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Oil is unlikely to return to $80 a barrel before the end of the next decade, despite unprecedented declines in investment, as yearly demand growth struggles to top 1 million barrels per day, the International Energy Agency said on Tuesday.

UPDATE 2-Peabody reaches deal with New York AG on climate disclosures

Nov 9 (Reuters) - Peabody Energy Corp, the biggest U.S. coal miner, said on Monday it had reached an agreement with the New York Attorney General's office to amend its climate change disclosures, bringing to an end an eight-year investigation.

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