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MOSCOW, Sept 25 (Reuters) - There is no pressure for U.S. energy major ExxonMobil to leave Russia's Sakhalin-1 oil and gas project, Yuri Trutnev, Deputy Prime Minister and Presidential Envoy to Russia's far east, said.

MANILA, Sept 25 (Reuters) - The Asian Development Bank said on Friday it will double to $6 billion a year by 2020 its financing of projects to help Asia-Pacific countries mitigate the impact of climate change.

* Government satisfied with decision -oil ministry (Adds detail from ruling, reaction, firms' bond ratings)

BRUSSELS, Sept 25 (Reuters) - High-level talks in Brussels between Russia, Ukraine and the European Commission are expected to clinch a deal late on Friday to secure winter gas supplies for Ukraine.

TOKYO, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Japan's government is considering new steps to tighten regulations on coal-fired power stations, but some experts said these would not be enough to help meet its goals on curbing carbon emissions over the next couple of decades.

MOSCOW, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree on Thursday, setting the gas price for neighbouring Ukraine, hours before talks on a so-called winter package between the two countries are due to begin in Brussels.

LONDON, Sept 25 (Reuters) - British power producer Drax said on Friday it would not invest further in the White Rose carbon capture and storage (CCS) project when it is completed and will then withdraw as a partner in the developer Capture Power Ltd.

LONDON, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Britain's second most powerful man, George Osborne, will lead a trade delegation to Iran next year if the Islamic Republic honours a nuclear deal with world powers, the Financial Times reported.

MILAN, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Eni's giant Zohr gas find in Egypt this month, a gamble taken under the noses of competitors, marked the Italian major's rapid rise to preeminence in the hunt for big new fields.

While the big players are getting serious on emissions reductions, there are still potential sticking points in the negotiations.

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