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As oil prices slide, North Dakota sees manufacturing in its future

WILLISTON, N.D., March 23 (Reuters) - Business and community leaders in North Dakota's western oil patch have launched an aggressive campaign to convince more manufacturers to set up shop locally, part of a push to expand the area's economy beyond crude production and slash costs.

Oil companies vie for prime acreage in US Gulf of Mexico

While winning bids at the 2015 US Central Lease Sale 235 were down from 2014, prices per acre for the ability to potentially produce oil offshore were among the highest of the last 20 years.

CORRECTED-RPT-Canada energy regulator engineers investigated by industry group

CORRECTED-Canada energy regulator engineers investigated by industry group

OTTAWA, March 25 (Reuters) - Senior engineers at Canada's energy regulator are under investigation by their professional association over their probe of alleged safety code violations at TransCanada Corp, Canada's second largest pipeline operator.

UPDATE 3-Conservative justices press Obama administration on mercury pollution rule

WASHINGTON, March 25 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court's conservative majority on Wednesday signaled hostility toward the Obama administration's refusal to consider costs before regulating emissions of mercury and other hazardous pollutants mainly from coal-fired power plants.

UPDATE 3-South Africa's Eskom chairman under fire as power crisis deepens

CAPE TOWN, March 25 (Reuters) - Board members at South Africa's Eskom will vote on whether to remove Chairman Zola Tsotsi on Wednesday, sources said, deepening a leadership crisis at the power utility as chronic power cuts hobble Africa's most developed economy.

Yemen's Aden airport seized by troops of ex-president Saleh-officials

DUBAI, March 25 (Reuters) - Troops loyal to Yemen's ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh, an ally of the powerful Houthi militia, captured Aden airport on Wednesday from forces loyal to President Abdu-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, local officials said.

UPDATE 1-Iran insists on lifting all sanctions in any nuclear deal - IRNA

DUBAI, March 25 (Reuters) - Any deal over Iran's nuclear programme must involve the immediate lifting of all sanctions, Iran's foreign minister said on Wednesday, showing no sign of compromise on a major hurdle in world power negotiations.

Shell completes sale of OML 29, Nembe Creek pipeline in Nigeria

March 25 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell Plc has completed the sale of its stake in Oil Mining Lease (OML) 29 and the Nembe Creek Trunk Line (NCTL) in the Eastern Niger Delta to Aiteo Eastern E&P Co Ltd for about $1.7 billion.

COLUMN-Record traffic is boosting U.S. fuel demand: Kemp

LONDON, March 25 (Reuters) - Traffic on U.S.

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