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UPDATE 2-EDF to propose buying Areva reactor unit in coming days-CEO

* New reactor unit would be open to other investors (Adds EDF CEO comments, stock prices)

UPDATE 4-Oil prices slip on dollar rally, ample supply

* U.S.

UPDATE 1-DCC sees profit surge as seals biggest ever acquisition

LONDON, May 19 (Reuters) - Support services group DCC forecast "very significant" profit growth this financial year, after posting a bigger-than-expected 7 percent rise in annual earnings and announcing its largest ever acquisition.

UPDATE 1-One killed, seven wounded in suicide bombing in eastern Libya -official

BENGHAZI, Libya, May 19 (Reuters) - One person was killed and seven were wounded on Tuesday in a suicide bombing in the eastern Libyan town of Qubbah, a security official said.

China looks to secure 1st U.S. LNG supplies from Cheniere by 2020

KUALA LUMPUR, May 19 (Reuters) - Chinese buyers are eyeing long-term supplies of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from U.S. company Cheniere Energy, an official from the firm said on Tuesday, in what would be the first LNG deal between the world's two biggest energy users.

Plunge in oil prices forces re-evaluation of projects, costs

KUALA LUMPUR, May 19 (Reuters) - A 40 percent drop in oil prices over the last year has shaken up the energy sector, forcing companies to re-evaluate projects worth billions of dollars and sift through balance sheets to cut costs, executives said this week at a conference in Malaysia.

COLUMN-Shell-BG deal may be end point rather than harbinger: Russell

--Clyde Russell is a Reuters columnist.

Plastics-maker Victrex's first-half pretax profit rises

May 19 (Reuters) - Specialty plastics-maker Victrex Plc said its first-half pretax profit jumped 10 percent, as a strong show at its polymer solutions business offset lower sales to oil and gas customers.

Mongolia pact with Rio Tinto raises hopes for investment revival

MELBOURNE, May 19 (Reuters) - Mongolia sparked hopes on Tuesday that financing will start to flow for a string of stalled mining projects after it ended a long-running dispute with Rio Tinto over the huge Oyu Tolgoi copper mine.

What is causing the Asian benzene price plunge?

Platts editors analyze the cause of falling benzene prices and the factors that could potentially lend it some support.

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