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RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Brazil's state-led oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA said its second-quarter net income fell a steeper-than-expected 89 percent after a one-time charge for underperforming assets.

LONDON, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Low crude prices and strong demand for gasoline are creating near-perfect conditions for oil refineries across the United States, especially those geared towards maximising gasoline production.

SAO PAULO, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Brazil's federal prosecutor on Thursday charged ex-Petrobras official Jorge Zelada and five others with taking $31 million to favor U.S. firm Vantage Drilling in a rig contract in an ongoing corruption scandal.

UNITED NATIONS/BENGHAZI, Libya, Aug 6 (Reuters) - The United Nations will convene a new round of Libya talks on Monday in Geneva in a push to persuade warring parties to agree on a unity government and end the violence gripping the oil producer, the U.N.

Aug 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday charged Miller Energy Resources Inc and two executives with accounting fraud for overstating the value of Alaskan oil and gas properties that the company bought in 2009 by more than $400 million.

Aug 6 (Reuters) - EOG Resources Inc reported a better-than-expected adjusted quarterly profit on Thursday as the oil producer successfully slashed well and transportation costs to offset plunging crude prices.

* Since 1993 China poured $140 bln into foreign energy projects

WASHINGTON, Aug 6 (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday rejected President Barack Obama's pitch for the Iran nuclear deal, saying it was "absurd" to argue that lawmakers must essentially choose between the agreement and going to war.

FRANKFURT, Aug 6 (Reuters) - E.ON on Thursday said it agreed a deal to sell its hydroelectric plants in Italy to ERG Group for around 1 billion euros ($1.09 billion).

Aug 6 (Reuters) - Renowned oil trader Andy Hall suffered his second-biggest monthly loss ever in July in a "brutal month" that left his hedge fund about $500 million poorer, telling investors he failed to anticipate a sudden market shift that roiled crude.

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