TOKYO, April 9 (Reuters) - Japan's atomic regulator is "very close" to finishing its review of two reactors in southern Japan that are slated to be the first to restart under new rules introduced since the Fukushima nuclear disaster, one of its commissioners told Reuters.
April 9 (Reuters) - APR Energy Plc said it had ceased operations in Yemen due to escalating conflict in the country, the second setback for the company in the Middle East in the last few months.
LONDON, April 9 (Reuters) - A small oil find near London's Gatwick airport contains much more oil than first estimated, an independent report commissioned by the field's developers said on Thursday.
BANGKOK, April 9 (Reuters) - Most Southeast Asian stock markets were flat-to-weaker on Thursday as investors stayed on the sidelines ahead of the earnings season, with the Thai index eking out small gains in thin-volume trade before a long market holiday next week. The Thai SET index edged up 0.09 percent, with about 2.5 billion shares changing hands -- 20 percent of the full-day average over the past 30 sessions.
LONDON, April 9 (Reuters) - The rapid growth of mega refineries is prompting a new class of oil products supertankers - mirroring an earlier revolution in crude oil shipping - as traders look for scale that was previously not economically viable.
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