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LONDON, Sept 22 (Reuters) - European airlines are exploiting a collapse in oil prices by hedging more of their fuel needs further into the future, but those that kept their powder dry before the rout are emerging as clear winners, industry sources say.

Oil company chiefs appear to have accepted that oil prices are going to be around the $50/b mark for awhile and that they need to find a way to be profitable for the long while.

(Tue, 22 Sep 2015) In response to the decline in crude oil prices since mid-2014, the number of active offshore rigs has declined worldwide, dropping close to 20%?304 offshore rigs were operating in August 2015, down from 377 in August 2014. During this period, the number of active offshore rigs in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico (GOM) dropped more rapidly, falling by 46%. Over the past 15 years, the U.S. GOM's share of active offshore rigs worldwide has declined significantly.

BOSTON/NEW YORK, Sept 22 (Reuters) - A group of shareholders is looking to strip Bank of America Corp Chief Executive Brian Moynihan of his chairman title on Tuesday in an investor vote and whether they fail or succeed, they have notched a victory just by getting the bank to hold a special meeting on the matter.

* Many analysts still say prices set to fall further (Adds China oil demand data, updates prices)

* Investors await Fed comments, China, euro zone factory surveys

MELBOURNE, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Australian coal miner New Hope Corp, which has a war chest for potential acquisitions, said it expects coal mine deals to pick up over the next year as buyers' and sellers' views on the outlook for the battered sector start to converge.

Sept 21 (Reuters) - Halliburton Co, the world's No.

SINGAPORE, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Crude oil prices fell in early Asian trading as traders took profit following a 4 percent rise in the previous session.

SAO PAULO, Sept 21 (Reuters) - A massive corruption and political kickback scheme at Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras started with former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's chief of staff, a lead prosecutor said on Monday.

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