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White House: committed to limits on coal for Export-Import Bank

WASHINGTON, March 20 (Reuters) - The White House said on Friday it is committed to ending government financing for most coal-fired power plants overseas, a day after a bipartisan bill proposed overturning limits on coal-fired plant projects by the U.S. Export-Import Bank.

U.S. FAA plans new steps to speed up commercial drone use -sources

WASHINGTON, March 20 (Reuters) - The U.S.

UPDATE 1-Petrobras halts giant production unit as safety problems found

RIO DE JANEIRO, March 20 (Reuters) - Brazil's state-run Petrobras said on Friday it shut its P-58 offshore oil production ship after the country's petroleum regulator ANP found irregularities on board the vessel, one of the company's most important offshore production systems.

Brazil antitrust regulator inks first Petrobras leniency deal

SAO PAULO, March 20 (Reuters) - Brazil's antitrust regulator has secured the cooperation of some engineering firms and executives in the first leniency agreement arising from a bribery scandal at state-run Petrobras, the agency said on Friday.

Oil and gas industry groups sue over U.S. fracking rules

WASHINGTON, March 20 (Reuters) - The oil and gas industry moved quickly on Friday to challenge new U.S. regulations for hydraulic fracturing on public lands, minutes after the Obama administration issued the rules.

UPDATE 3-U.S. sets first major fracking rules on federal lands

WASHINGTON, March 20 (Reuters) - The Obama administration's new rules governing fracking on federal lands drew swift criticism from all sides on Friday, with green groups calling the measures "toothless" and the energy industry slamming "unnecessary" regulation of a drilling process that has brought the United States to the cusp of oil and gas self-sufficiency.

UPDATE 2-Russia, Ukraine and EU to hold further gas talks in April

* EU officials aim for deal by June (Adds Commission comment)

BNSF Railway faces fines in Washington state over hazardous spills

SEATTLE, March 20 (Reuters) - Washington state regulators have recommended BNSF Railway be fined $700,000 for not properly disclosing that its trains had spilled crude oil and other hazardous materials on 14 occasions over four months, officials said on Friday.

US coal producer acquisition could boost confidence in industry

Questions abound after the US' largest privately-held coal producer, Murray Energy, acquired prominent Illinois Basin producer Foresight Energy. What does it say about coal in the US?

UPDATE 2-U.S. oil rig count falls to lowest since March 2011 -Baker Hughes

March 20 (Reuters) - The number of rigs drilling for oil in the United States continued to decline this week, falling 41 to 825, the lowest rig count in four years, oil services firm Baker Hughes said in its closely watched survey on Friday.

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