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RPT-U.S. oil output slide looms as shale firms hit productivity wall

HOUSTON, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Stagnating rig productivity shows U.S. shale oil producers are running out of tricks to pump more with less in the face of crashing prices and points to a slide in output that should help rebalance global markets.

UPDATE 1-Protesters march in Congo Republic capital for second day

BRAZZAVILLE, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Security forces in Congo Republic's capital fired warning shots and tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesters marching against a referendum they say is a ploy to extend the president's grip on power, a day after police killed four opposition supporters.

REFILE-REUTERS SUMMIT-Japan's Jera says will significantly cut long-term LNG contracts

* Reduce long-term LNG contracts to cover only minimum requirement

Australia to tighten grip on coking coal as U.S. rivals suffer

MELBOURNE, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Australia is set to boost its dominance of the global trade in steel-making coal, as cost cutting and better margins due to a slide in the local dollar stoke a rise in production and put pressure on U.S. rivals to cut output.

REFILE-UPDATE 1-Russia overtakes Saudi Arabia for second time in China crude supply

BEIJING/SINGAPORE, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Russia supplied a record amount of crude oil to China in September, surpassing Saudi Arabia for the second time as the top seller to the Asian giant, customs data showed, boosted by demand from independent refiners.

Protesters march in Congo Republic capital for second day

BRAZZAVILLE, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Security forces fired warning shots to try to disperse hundreds of protesters marching in Congo Republic's capital Brazzaville on Wednesday against a referendum on lifting presidential term limits.

REUTERS SUMMIT-Japan's Jera says will significantly cut long-term LNG contracts

* Reduce long-term LNG contracts to cover only minimum requirement

Dispute over rigged ship engine tests adds to Volkswagen's woes

OSLO, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Norwegian shipowner I.M. Skaugen has disclosed it is seeking $50 million in compensation from a marine unit of Volkswagen for rigging performance tests of ship engines produced over a decade ago.

Five non-member countries attend oil meeting with OPEC

VIENNA, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Only five non-OPEC countries have sent representatives to a meeting of OPEC and non-OPEC oil market experts that began on Wednesday at the petroleum exporter group's Vienna headquarters.

China's Xi turns to money and politics in Britain after a day of pomp

LONDON, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping will preside over the signing of a deal to build a nuclear power station in Britain on Wednesday as Prime Minister David Cameron seeks to clinch $46 billion in contracts with the world's second-largest economy.

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