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SYDNEY, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Oil Search Ltd on Monday rebuffed an $8 billion takeover proposal from Woodside Petroleum Ltd, saying the all-share proposal was far too cheap, but left the door open to a higher offer.

SYDNEY, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Oil Search Ltd on Monday rebuffed an all-share $8 billion takeover proposal from Woodside Petroleum Ltd, saying the proposal was "highly opportunistic and grossly undervalues the company."

Sept 13 (Reuters) - The average price of a gallon of gasoline in the United States fell 27 cents in the past three weeks as refiners and retailers gave up some of their profits margins to sell more fuel, according to the Lundberg survey released on Sunday.

HOUSTON, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Hidden in the haze of the petrochemical plants and beyond the seemingly endless traffic jams, a Texas city has grown so large that it is poised to pass Chicago as the third biggest in the United States in the next decade.

* Almost all directors still sticking with company and shares

BEIJING, Sept 13 (Reuters) - China's output of key industrial commodities including coal and steel weakened in August, as government measures to cut smog ahead of World War Two commemorations further cut production already lowered by a slowing economy.

BEIJING, Sept 13 (Reuters) - China's natural gas production rose 6.0 percent in August from a year earlier to 10.4 billion cubic metres (bcm), data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed on Sunday.

BEIJING, Sept 13 (Reuters) - China produced 309 million tonnes of coal in August, down 2.6 percent from last year, with demand weaker than expected and producers scaling back operations in order to minimise losses, the statistics agency said on Sunday.

BERLIN, Sept 13 (Reuters) - German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said after meeting his Russian, Ukrainian and French counterparts in Berlin on Saturday that "significant progress" had been made towards a resolution of the conflict between Kiev and Moscow.

* Putin in Crimea to meet Berlusconi (Adds details, quotes and context)

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