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CANBERRA, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Outgoing Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott pledged on Tuesday to make the change of leadership as easy as possible after losing a party room vote to rival Malcolm Turnbull, giving Australia its fourth prime minister in two years.

WASHINGTON, Sept 14 (Reuters) - China appears to be carrying out preparatory work for a third airstrip in contested territory in the South China Sea, a U.S. expert said on Monday, citing satellite photographs taken last week.

HOUSTON, Sept 14 (Reuters) - PBF Energy Inc plans to restart a 20,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) hydrocracking unit, perhaps as early as late 2016, at the 192,500-bpd refinery in Chalmette, Louisiana, of which the company is scheduled to take possession by the end of this year, said sources familiar with PBF's plans.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Murilo Ferreira will take a leave of absence as chairman of state-run oil firm Petrobras, turning his full attention to his job as chief executive officer of Vale SA as the mining company grapples with a downturn in the sector.

* Tuesday's rebound not sign of change in fundamentals - broker

Indonesia's state energy company Pertamina is planning to resume operations at the Trans Pacific Petrochemicals Indotama (TPPI) refinery located in Tuban, East Java, early next month.

Wood Group is providing subsea services for five new joint industry projects (JIPs) to solve industry-wide challenges.

US based PennTex Midstream Partners has commissioned the Mt. Olive gas processing plant and related residue gas and natural gas liquids (NGL) pipelines in the Terryville Complex in northern Louisiana, US.

BOSTON/NEW YORK, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Activist investor Carl Icahn, already the biggest investor in Cheniere Energy Inc , on Monday said he raised his stake in the liquefied natural gas company to 9.6 percent less than one month after two Icahn directors were appointed to the company's board.

WASHINGTON, Sept 14 (Reuters) - China appears to be building a third airstrip in contested territory in the South China Sea, a U.S. expert said on Monday, citing satellite photographs taken last week.

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