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MEXICO CITY, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Mexico awarded three out of five offshore production-sharing contracts on Wednesday in the second phase of its historic oil sector opening, comfortably beating the disappointing results of the first phase and giving a boost to the peso.

CALGARY, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Native chiefs in the Western Canadian province of British Columbia voted on Wednesday to join some of their eastern counterparts opposed to a major pipeline project, in a move some leaders described as a step toward a national alliance aimed at blocking expansion of Alberta's oil sands industry.

CARACAS, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Venezuela's government has revised its economic data for 2014, showing that Gross Domestic Product (GDP) declined 4.0 percent in the worst performance around Latin America, according to a filing on Wednesday in the United States.

CALGARY, Alberta, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Canadian regulators approved the hydrotest results of Enbridge Inc's Line 9 crude oil pipeline on Wednesday, clearing the way for the delayed 300,000 barrel-per-day route to the east of the country to start operating.

LONDON, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Almost a third of natural World Heritage sites are threatened by mining and oil exploration, according to a report that said companies and investors face reputational and legal risks by backing such activities.

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced new regulation to reduce the toxic pollutants discharge from steam electric power plants into the country’s waterways.

PBF Energy has signed an agreement to acquire ExxonMobil’s refinery and related logistics assets in Torrance, California, US, for $537.5m.

Sept 30 (Reuters) - PBF Energy Inc agreed to buy Exxon Mobil Corp's refinery in Torrance, California, for $537.5 million, completing Executive Chairman Tom O'Malley's vision to have PBF plants coast to coast.

WASHINGTON, Sept 30 (Reuters) - A federal judge in Wyoming granted a preliminary injunction on Wednesday against new regulations for hydraulic fracturing on public lands, handing a victory to oil and gas producers who had vehemently opposed the rules.

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