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* Sees 2015 onshore/offshore operating profit at bottom of range

BEIJING, April 23 (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping told Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Thursday that China would push for a "fair and balanced" nuclear agreement, a day after talks resumed between Iran and the European Union.

AMSTERDAM, April 23 (Reuters) - Dutch engineering company Arcadis missed consensus earnings forecast in the first quarter, hurt by the turbulence in the Brazilian oil and gas industries and as its North American infrastructure business continued to weigh on results.

PARIS, April 23 (Reuters) - French oil services provider Technip reported a 34.9 percent rise in first-quarter adjusted core profits on Thursday and tweaked its forecasts for 2015 as its subsea division was seen outperforming and its onshore/offshore unit lagging.

(Thu, 23 Apr 2015) While Yemen is not a major oil-producing country, its coast borders the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a narrow chokepoint between the Horn of Africa and the Middle East. This strait is a strategic route for Persian Gulf oil, natural gas, and petroleum product shipments to Europe and North America, as well as European and North African oil exports to Asia.

Wednesday was supposedly natural gas day at IHS CERAWeek, but oil topics still leaked into some of the discussions and there was an announcement from a coal company.

* Markets price in another interest rate cut (Updates after news conference, new details, markets)

SINGAPORE, April 23 (Reuters) - Oil prices extended gains on Thursday as renewed fighting in Yemen brought focus back on potential supply disruptions in the Middle East.

--Clyde Russell is a Reuters columnist. The views expressed are his own.--

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