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UPDATE 1-China arrests former senior energy executive after graft probe

BEIJING, June 16 (Reuters) - A former senior executive at the state-run China Southern Power Grid has been arrested for suspected bribery, the state prosecutor said on Tuesday, the latest official to fall victim to the government's battle against graft.

China arrests former senior energy executive after graft probe

BEIJING, June 16 (Reuters) - A former senior executive at the state-run China Southern Power Grid has been arrested for suspected bribery, the state prosecutor said on Tuesday.

US LNG exports: A move toward gas market price convergence

Market analysts have pondered the likely effect on domestic US natural gas prices, gas production rates, domestic employment, GDP and even consumption by related petrochemical and agricultural industries.

EIA's mapping system highlights energy infrastructure across the United States

(Tue, 16 Jun 2015) EIA's energy mapping system is a data-intensive visual reference tool that includes several map layers defining energy infrastructure components across the United States. Using this series of maps, viewers can see crude oil, petroleum, natural gas, or hydrocarbon gas liquid pipelines, terminals, and ports in their area, as well as high voltage electric transmission lines.

UPDATE 1-Oil prices rise as Texas braces for tropical storm

SINGAPORE, June 16 (Reuters) - Crude prices rose after a cautious start on Tuesday, boosted by warnings that a tropical storm was about to hit the coast of oil producing state Texas.

Iran plans to build eight condensate refineries in Siraf

The Iranian Government is reportedly planning to construct eight new refineries in Siraf region of Bushehr province, to process condensate into petroleum products.

UPDATE 1-Canada's Alberta promises again to hike taxes, review royalties

CALGARY, Alberta, June 15 (Reuters) - The New Democratic government in Canada's province of Alberta, the largest source of U.S. oil imports, said on Monday it would follow through on plans to hike taxes on corporations and high-income earners but gave no indication on when it would move to review oil and gas royalty rates.

UPDATE 2-Texas, Louisiana brace for Gulf of Mexico storm

HOUSTON, June 15 (Reuters) - A tropical disturbance packing heavy rains in the Gulf of Mexico was slated to drench the coast of Texas weeks after floods killed about 30 people in the state, the National Weather Service said on Monday.

UPDATE 2-Shell Arctic drilling rig departs Seattle surrounded by protesters

SEATTLE, June 15 (Reuters) - A Royal Dutch Shell PLC drilling rig that will search for oil in the Arctic left its temporary base in Seattle on Monday for the trip north to Alaska as dozens of activists in kayaks tried to stop it, authorities said.

Canadian drillers' group sees more than 25,000 jobs lost

CALGARY, Alberta, June 15 (Reuters) - The Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors slashed its 2015 drilling forecast for a second time on Monday, forecasting that more than 25,000 jobs will disappear because of weak oil prices.

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