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CORRECTED-RPT-In Canada's prairies, crude slump puts first oil patch in reverse

LLOYDMINSTER, Canada, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Amid the corn and canola fields of western Saskatchewan, oil foreman Dwayne Roy is doing what Saudi Arabia and fellow OPEC producers are loath to do: shutting the taps on active wells.

UPDATE 1-Russia's Mechel seals debt restructuring deal with VTB

MOSCOW, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Russian coal and steel producer Mechel has signed a debt restructuring deal with the country's second-largest state bank, VTB, leaving it one step away from reaching an agreement with all three of its main lenders.

CORRECTED-In Canada's prairies, crude slump puts first oil patch in reverse

LLOYDMINSTER, Canada, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Amid the corn and canola fields of western Saskatchewan, oil foreman Dwayne Roy is doing what Saudi Arabia and fellow OPEC producers are loath to do: shutting the taps on active wells.

IMF urges Saudi action on domestic energy prices and wage bill

RIYADH, Sept 9 (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund has urged Saudi Arabia to reduce domestic energy subsidies and its public sector wage bill as the world's top oil exporter wrestles with plunging crude prices.

Gulf firms turn to banks to fund big projects as state coffers squeezed - SocGen

* SocGen launched new infrastructure banking team in Dubai in May

Report: Public Finance for Geothermal in Developing Countries Must Increase 7-10 Fold

Public finance for geothermal needs to increase seven to 10 fold – from $7.4 billion currently to as much as $73 billion – in order to drive enough private investment to meet developing countries’ deployment targets of 23 GW by 2030, a recent report by Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) found.

Democrat Clinton says would penalize Iran for any nuclear deal violations

WASHINGTON, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton on Wednesday said if she were U.S. president, she would impose penalties on Iran for even small violations of the new nuclear deal and would take military action if Iran tried to obtain a nuclear weapon.

Accident at Eni chemical plant in Sicily kills two

ROME, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Italian energy group Eni said two people had been killed in an accident at a Sicilian plant operated by its Versalis chemical unit, prompting trade union calls for a strike to protest over working conditions.

UPDATE 1-Iraq to use bond proceeds for infrastructure, salaries

* Public debt up, forex reserves down (Adds details, context)

COLUMN-Low U.S. gasoline prices are supercharging fuel sales: Kemp

LONDON, Sept 9 (Reuters) - As the summer driving season ends, U.S.

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