ENERGY NEWS-OPEC's all-options strategy not enough to lift the price of oil

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OPEC's all-options strategy not enough to lift the price of oil

Oil prices fell flat early Thursday as questions about OPEC's efforts to balance the market overshadowed possible U.S. offshore production issues.

OPEC: "All options" on the table to ensure market balance

Aug. 24 (UPI) -- A joint committee monitoring an OPEC-led effort to balance the markets said Thursday that "all options" are on the table to ensure a positive outcome.

Gulf platforms shut in, cleared ahead of Harvey

Aug. 24 (UPI) -- After clearing staff from four Gulf of Mexico installations, Anadarko Petroleum said it shut down operations until threats from Tropical Storm Harvey clear.

Kurdish oil export payments boost DNO's performance

Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Revenues for the first half of the year were up more than 40 percent from last year in part because of export payments from the Kurdish north of Iraq, DNO said.

Oil-rich Alberta shows early signs of economic recovery

Aug. 24 (UPI) -- The provincial economy in oil-rich Alberta is expected to grow faster than expected, though some metrics paint a mixed picture of the recovery, data show.

First foundations set for Baltic Sea wind farm

Aug. 24 (UPI) -- German energy company E.ON said Thursday it laid the first of the 60 foundations for a wind farm development in national waters of the Baltic Sea.

OPEC backed into a corner, Texas economist says

Aug. 24 (UPI) -- With U.S. crude oil production on the rise, it's clear the production agreement from OPEC hasn't worked as intended, an economist in Texas said.

Oil prices inch lower on demand pressures

Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Indications of waning U.S. consumer demand overshadowed concerns about a storm in the Gulf of Mexico to help drag oil prices lower Wednesday morning.

Britain says top EU court could still have role after Brexit

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LONDON (AP) — The European Union's highest court could still carry weight in Britain after Brexit even though the country will leave its "direct jurisdiction," the U.K. government said Wednesday. Prime Minister Theresa May's government has repeatedly said Britain will no longer be bound by rulings of the Luxembourg-based European Court of Justice once it quits the bloc in 2019. May said Wednesday that Britain's Supreme Court "will be the arbiter" of British laws.

(1 of 2) People hold up EU flags while the last bell bongs at Elizabeth Tower in London, Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. At noon, Big Ben's famous bongs sounded for the last time before major conservation works are carried out. The Elizabeth Tower, home to the Great Clock and Big Ben, is currently undergoing a complex programme of renovation work that will safeguard it for future generations. While this vital work takes place, the Great Bell's world famous striking will be paused until 2021 to ensure the safety of those working in the Tower.

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The reality is more complex, and illustrates some of the challenges involved in disentangling the country from the EU. The 27 other EU states want the European court to retain authority over the interpretation and implementation of the Brexit agreement, and have oversight over the treatment of their citizens in the Britain.

Alexander Winterstein, a spokesman at the EU's executive Commission, said Wednesday that the bloc's position was "transparent and unchanged." The British government, however, says the EU's proposal would not be "fair and neutral."

In a paper released Wednesday, the Department for Exiting the European Union said a new committee or arbitration panel would have to be created to deal with disagreements over the interpretation and application of the Brexit deal.

Outlining a series of precedents without recommending one in particular, it said one possible model was the one used by non-EU countries such as Iceland and Norway, which requires that "due account" be taken of EU court rulings.

Opponents of Brexit said the paper showed the government was softening its stance. Labour peer Andrew Adonis, a supporter of the pro-EU Open Britain campaign, said the paper made it clear that "European judges will still have considerable power over decisions made in the U.K."

Britain is releasing a series of position papers on aspects of Brexit ahead of a new round of negotiations in Brussels at the end of August. Britain triggered the two-year countdown to leaving the EU in March, and the country's negotiators are eager to move the divorce talks on to details of a future trade relationship with the bloc.

EU officials say that can only happen once there has been "sufficient progress" on key issues including how much Britain must pay to settle its accounts with the bloc, and the status of 3 million EU citizens living in Britain.

ENERGY NEWS-Oil prices inch lower on demand pressures

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Oil prices inch lower on demand pressures

Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Indications of waning U.S. consumer demand overshadowed concerns about a storm in the Gulf of Mexico to help drag oil prices lower Wednesday morning.

Staff pulled from Gulf of Mexico platforms ahead of Harvey

Aug. 23 (UPI) -- With inclement weather brewing in the Gulf of Mexico, Anadarko Petroleum said it pulled non-essential staff from its offshore facilities.

Cambodia starts uncertain path toward oil production

Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Cambodia's government signed off on the preliminary agreements necessary to implement its first offshore oil development ever, a Singapore-listed company said.

Kuwait's economy bruised, but resilient, World Bank says

Aug. 23 (UPI) -- The OPEC-led effort to ease the global surplus of crude oil with production declines hurt Kuwait, but its economy is growing, a World Bank official said.

Shell starts new work in Nigeria's Niger Delta

Aug. 23 (UPI) -- The Nigerian subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell said Wednesday that hundreds of thousands of new barrels of product are expected from a project in the Niger Delta.

Some capital moves to fund early Cuban oil work

Aug. 23 (UPI) -- One of the only foreign energy companies there said the placement of shares raised more than $1.5 million that will help finance preliminary oil work in Cuba.

Colorado proposes oil and gas changes after fatal April explosion

Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Following a review triggered by a fatal April gas explosion, Colorado's governor unveiled seven proposals to address the ways the oil and gas industry operates.

Science News-Mosquitoes Fatally Attracted to Deadly, Sweet-Smelling Potion

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