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UPDATE 2-Oil prices slide on profit-taking, but supply risks curb losses

* China services PMI rises to 52 in Oct, fastest in 3 months (Updates prices)

For peace, Colombia must return stolen land, respect rights - Amnesty

BOGOTA, Nov 4 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The Colombian government must ensure indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities uprooted by warring factions can return home and have a greater say in how their lands are developed, rights group Amnesty International said.

WRAPUP-Despite gloom, four U.S. shale oil firms lift output views

Nov 4 (Reuters) - A handful of U.S. shale oil producers are pushing up their production forecasts, saying efficiency gains from drilling in prime rock are helping them eke out more crude in the middle of the worst price crash in six years.

Texas expected to keep breaking wind generation records as wind capacity grows

(Wed, 04 Nov 2015) Wind generation on the Texas electric system recently hit several all-time highs. The latest all-time instantaneous peak of 12,238 MW reached on October 22 replaced the short-lived records of 11,467 MW on September 13 and 11,950 MW on October 21, based on data from the grid's operator, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas.

Oil prices slide on profit-taking, but supply risks support

SINGAPORE, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Oil prices slipped in thin trading on Wednesday as investors took profits from the previous session's rally, while potential supply disruptions in the United States, Brazil and Libya curbed losses.

Citizens group sues California agency over nuclear waste burial

SAN DIEGO, Nov 3 (Reuters) - A civilian watchdog group sued a California coastal agency on Tuesday, seeking to overturn its decision to allow 1,800 tons (1,632 tonnes) of radioactive waste from a closed nuclear power plant to be buried in containers not far from a beach.

UPDATE 2-Brazil oil strike cuts output up to 13 pct - Petrobras

RIO DE JANEIRO/SAO PAULO, Nov 3 (Reuters) - A labor strike that began on Sunday has reduced oil production from Brazil's state-run oil producer Petroleo Brasileiro SA by 273,000 barrels on Monday, or 13 percent of its output, the company said in a Tuesday security filing.

Brazil's Petrobras says strike reduced oil output 13 pct Monday

BRASILIA, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Brazil's state-run oil company said a labor strike reduced its oil production by 273,000 barrels on Monday, or 13 percent of its output in Brasil, the company said in a Tuesday security filing.

Honeywell to provide support services for Marsden Point refinery in New Zealand

Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS) has signed an agreement to upgrade and maintain control systems of the 96,000 barrels per day Marsden Point oil refinery located in Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand.

CORRECTED-U.S. court throws out Iraqi Kurdish crude suit, big issue unresolved

HOUSTON, Oct 29 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge has dismissed a lawsuit over a disputed cargo of Iraqi Kurdish crude oil that showed up last year off the shore of Texas, prompting months of legal wrangling as Iraq sought to block the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) from directly exporting oil.

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