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UPDATE 1-Halt to Libya's Zueitina oil port, linked fields cuts output more

TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI, Libya, May 5 (Reuters) - All crude flows to Libya's Zueitina port have stopped after protesters demanding jobs blocked a pipeline, forcing the closure of several eastern oilfields, oil officials said on Tuesday.

Pakistan opens first solar power plant, built with Chinese investment

ISLAMABAD, May 5 (Reuters) - Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday inaugurated the country's first solar power plant, the latest fruit of increasingly close cooperation with China and a step towards an electoral promise to end crippling power cuts.

UPDATE 2-France, Saudi Arabia: Iran nuclear deal must be verifiable, no threat to region

* Saudi FM says historical ally, has common vision (Adds Hollande speech, Saudi FM, context)

Why Fracking May Support Renewables

Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is shunned by the environmentalists that laud renewable energy sources. However, by not supporting both initiatives, they may be working at cross purposes. Natural gas, booming largely because of fracking, complements renewable energies on the grid. The two seemingly opposite technologies are, for the moment, inextricably linked.

Western Refining Q1 profit rises 24 pct on lower costs

May 5 (Reuters) - U.S.

India to sign port deal with Iran, ignoring US warning against haste

* India to build port in Iran to get more trade with CIS and Gulf

REFILE-France, Saudi seeking to seal billions of euros in deals "quickly"-Fabius

PARIS, May 5 (Reuters) - France is in talks to agree billions of euros worth of contracts in Saudi Arabia that could be finalised "quickly", ranging from the defence sector to civil aviation, transport and energy, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Tuesday.

China prosecutors investigate former investment boss for graft

BEIJING, May 5 (Reuters) - Chinese prosecutors are investigating the former chairman of a top investment body in the southwestern province of Sichuan for corruption, state media reported on Tuesday, as the world's second-largest economy deepens its probe into deep-seated graft.

UPDATE 1-EU energy boss seeks a deal on new Ukraine gas supply package before summer

* Sefcovic seeks deal until Stockholm arbitration (Adds details, background)

Russia's Gazprom plans to produce 485.36 bcm of gas in 2015 -RIA

MOSCOW, May 5 (Reuters) - Russia's Gazprom plans to produce 485.36 billion cubic metres of gas in 2015, RIA news agency quoted the company's deputy CEO, Vitaly Markelov, as saying on Tuesday.

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