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Sept 1 (Reuters) - Canadian oil and gas producer Penn West Petroleum Ltd said it would lay off about 35 percent of its workforce and suspended its dividend as it copes with a slump in crude oil prices.

* Shares in Koza Ipek group, other media tumble (Adds comments from EU minister, group chairman, strategist)

BARCELONA, Sept 1 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - After oil prices hit a record high in July 2008, the tiny Pacific nation of the Marshall Islands was forced to declare an economic emergency since around 90 percent of its energy needs were met by imported petroleum products.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept 1 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Tuesday will propose a faster timetable for buying a new heavy icebreaker for the U.S. Arctic, where quickly melting sea ice has spurred more maritime traffic, and the United States has fallen far behind Russian resources.

ISTANBUL, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Shares in companies owned by Koza Ipek Holding, which is affiliated with U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gulen, tumbled more than 10 percent on Tuesday after media reported police had raided the premises of group companies.<

ISTANBUL, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Turkish police raided the offices of a Turkish conglomerate and media group with close links to U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, a fierce critic and rival of President Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish media reported on Tuesday.

* Netherlands used record amounts of coal in first 5 mths of 2015 (Adds detail, background)

AMSTERDAM, Sept 1 (Reuters) - The Dutch government will appeal against a district court ruling ordering it to cut greenhouse gases emissions faster than now planned, Dutch daily Trouw reported on Tuesday.

(Tue, 01 Sep 2015) This map displays boundaries, structure (elevation of the top contours), and isopachs (thickness contours) for major low permeability oil and gas plays in the lower 48 States along with energy infrastructure information.

OLEAN, New York, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Amid the rolling mountains surrounding this quiet town in southwest New York state, tucked away on miles-long stretches of underused rail tracks, hundreds of idle oil tank cars attest to the extent of fallout from oil's rout.

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