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UPDATE 3-Lockdown lifted at U.S. nuke site after sniffer-dog false alarm

Aug 17 (Reuters) - A nuclear site in South Carolina was reopened from more than two hours in lockdown on Monday, after a bomb-sniffing dog over-reacted and halted a delivery truck, the Department of Energy said in a statement.

Kuwait National Petroleum closes Al-Shuaiba refinery after fire break out

Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) has seized operations at its 200,000 barrel-per-day Al-Shuaiba oil refinery located within the Shuaiba Industrial Area, following a fire breakout.

UPDATE 2-U.S. gives Shell final nod to drill for oil in Arctic

WASHINGTON, Aug 17 (Reuters) - The Obama administration granted Royal Dutch Shell final clearance on Monday to resume drilling for oil and gas in the environmentally fragile Arctic Ocean for the first time since 2012, a move green groups vowed to fight.

UPDATE 1-SunEdison, Goldman Sachs funds form $1 bln investment vehicle

Aug 17 (Reuters) - U.S. solar company SunEdison Inc said it would form a $1 billion warehouse investment vehicle along with funds managed by Goldman Sachs Group Inc to fund construction and buy operating assets.

U.S. Senator Menendez to announce Iran nuclear pact stance

WASHINGTON, Aug 17 (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Robert Menendez, who is widely expected to oppose a proposed nuclear deal with Iran, is set on Tuesday to formally announce his position on the pact.

U.S. Energy Dept site in South Carolina experiencing 'potential security event'

Aug 17 (Reuters) - The U.S.

SunEdison, Goldman Sachs funds form $1 bln investment vehicle

Aug 17 (Reuters) - U.S. solar company SunEdison Inc said it would form a $1 billion warehouse investment vehicle, WSIP Warehouse, along with funds managed by Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

U.S. says deeply regrets South Sudan failed to sign peace deal

WASHINGTON, Aug 17 (Reuters) - The United States said it deeply regrets South Sudan's failure to sign a peace proposal by Monday's deadline, urged it to sign within 15 days and said it will look at how to raise pressure on those opposing the pact.

U.S. gives Shell final nod to drill for oil in Arctic

WASHINGTON, Aug 17 (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Monday granted Royal Dutch Shell the final permit to drill for oil and gas in the Arctic, after the company repaired a ship essential to its exploration in the region this season.

Former Petrobras exec sentenced for Samsung drillship bribe

SAO PAULO, August 17 (Reuters) - A Brazilian judge sentenced Nestor Cervero, former international chief of state-run oil firm Petrobras, to just over 12 years in prison on Monday for corruption and money laundering related to a bribe allegedly paid to the speaker of Brazil's lower house of Congress.

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