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* No word on fate of Syrian Christians abducted by Islamic State

(Repeats with no changes to text) --Clyde Russell is a Reuters columnist. The views expressed are his own.--

* Uncertainty in oil and gas industry to hurt revenue, margins

Feb 25 (Reuters) - Encana Corp , Canada's largest natural gas producer, reported an 84.5 percent drop in operating profit for the fourth quarter, hurt by a fall in natural gas production and weak oil prices.

SAO PAULO, Feb 25 (Reuters) - A main access road to Brazil's Port of Santos was cleared early on Wednesday after a truck driver strike dispersed, though other roads in the country remained blocked as protests stretched into a second week.

JIZAN, Saudi Arabia, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi said on Wednesday that oil demand is growing and markets are calm, in some of his first public comments since the price of crude rebounded from a near six-year low.

Feb 25 (Reuters) - Oil producer Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd , battered by a slump in oil prices, said it was in talks with a number of parties about a possible sale of the company or some asset transactions.

* Bigger rivals Alpha Bank, National Bank still in index (Adds estimates, impact)

BEIRUT, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards staged war games in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, including a gunboat attack on a model U.S. warship, in Tehran's latest display of military muscle in a Gulf shipping channel vital to world oil exports.

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