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THE HAGUE, Sept 10 (Reuters) - A Dutch court will hear challenges on Thursday to the government's production plans for the Groningen gas field, Europe's largest, which is being contested because it has caused earthquakes in the northern province.

BEIJING, Sept 10 (Reuters) - China's state energy giants are reducing output from conventional natural gas fields as demand growth for the fuel eases to a multi-year low, local media and sources said, although shale gas targets are being maintained.

(Thu, 10 Sep 2015) U.S.-Mexico crude oil swaps approved last month by the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security will likely involve exchanges of U.S. light sweet crude for Mexican heavy sour crude that is already being exported to the United States. The swaps, which are provided for under regulations governing U.S.

(Thu, 10 Sep 2015) This report presents the major assumptions of the National Energy Modeling System (NEMS) used to generate the projections in the Annual Energy Outlook 2015, including general features of the model structure, assumptions concerning energy markets, and the key input data and parameters that are the most significant in formulating the model results.

SINGAPORE, Sept 10 (Reuters) - China's push to establish a crude derivatives contract has been met with early scepticism, but oil executives say the country's growing economic influence means a third global crude benchmark is inevitable.

* Brazil downgraded to junk status (Adds China data, Saudi market share, updates prices)

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Sept 9 (Reuters) - California's top Democratic lawmakers said on Wednesday they were abandoning a proposal aimed at dramatically reducing the state's use of fossil fuels, blaming intense lobbying in the final days of the regular legislative session.

SYDNEY, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Thursday defended his country's climate change policy during a regional summit in Papua New Guinea, amid calls from Pacific island leaders to end new coal mine construction worldwide.

* May deal blow to Singapore ambition to become LNG hub (Adds quote, detail)

SINGAPORE, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Crude oil prices slipped a fraction in early trading on Thursday as shrinking Japanese machinery orders fuelled concerns that weak levels of investment could further erode already slow growth in Asia.

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