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Forget egos, sign peace deal: Uganda tells South Sudan leaders

KAMPALA, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Regional power Uganda told South Sudan's warring factions on Tuesday to put their egos aside and make peace, a day after President Salva Kiir refused to sign a deal to end a 20-month-old conflict.

Wood Group says has cut about 13 pct jobs since Dec

Aug 18 (Reuters) - John Wood Group Plc said it had reduced its headcount by 13 percent since December and saved $40 million in overhead costs in the first half.

Cairn Energy expects to begin Senegal drilling ops in fourth qtr

Aug 18 (Reuters) - Oil explorer Cairn Energy Plc said it expected to start drilling operations at its oilfields in Senegal in the fourth quarter.

Playing Chinese markets is as simple as "follow the leader"

HONG KONG, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Some foreign investors have found a new and simple way to make money from China's dysfunctional stock markets - by dispensing with market research and playing "follow the leader" instead.

Thai PTT sees narrower NGV business loss in H2, lower refinery margin

BANGKOK, Aug 18 (Reuters) - PTT PCL, Thailand's top energy firm, said on Tuesday it expected narrowing losses of its natural gas for vehicles (NGV) business in the second half of this year due to higher retail price of the automobile fuel.

Oman exports more LNG in move with implications for oil

Oman has expanded the number of countries to which it exports LNG to well beyond those with which it has long-term supply contracts.

Unplanned refinery outage leads to higher Midwest gasoline prices

(Tue, 18 Aug 2015) On August 8, the BP refinery in Whiting, Indiana, the largest petroleum refinery in the Midwest, experienced an unplanned outage and was forced to reduce production. The BP Whiting refinery has a crude oil distillation unit (CDU) capacity of 413,500 barrels per calendar day (b/d), and it is an important source of gasoline and distillate fuel oil supply to the region.

UPDATE 5-Canada's Brookfield buying Australia freight firm Asciano for $6.6 bln

* Offer at 13 pct premium to Asciano's Friday price (Recasts throughout; adds analyst and company quotes)

Petrobras board approves sale of 25 pct of fuel unit, two oppose

RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 17 (Reuters) - The board of directors of Brazil's state-controlled oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA approved the sale of at least 25 percent of its fuel unit BR Distribuidora, according to board minutes published in a securities filing late Monday.

UPDATE 1-Oil prices fall again as U.S., Asia demand looks set to weaken

* Speculators take huge bets on further price falls (Updates prices, adds comment)

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