DHAKA, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Bangladesh signed an agreement with Indonesia on Sunday to open talks on imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG), as the South Asian country turns to the supercooled fuel to fill a shortfall of domestic natural gas.

The outlook for the oil and gas industry is a lot brighter now than it was in 2017.

The oil and gas industry outlook in 2018 looks a lot brighter than last year, Lorenzo Simonelli, chairman and CEO of Baker Hughes, a GE company, has confirmed.

Asian refiners and petrochemical makers are snapping up cargoes of Qatari condensates.

SINGAPORE, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Asian refiners and petrochemical makers are snapping up cargoes of Qatari condensates, driving a rally in spot prices for the ultra-light crude as some producers such as Iran and Malaysia curb supplies of their grades of the light oil.

HOUSTON, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Oil prices settled lower on Monday, pressured by a strengthening dollar and rising U.S. crude output, but prices remained on track for the biggest January increase in five years.

(Bloomberg) -- Keystone XL is feasible, though a touch more costly, even after Nebraska regulators imposed an alternative route.

That's the message from TransCanada Corp.

WASHINGTON, Jan 25 (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Thursday it was withdrawing a provision of the Clean Air Act that requires a major source of pollution like a power plant to always be treated as a major source, even if it makes changes to reduce emissions.

(Bloomberg) -- The tanker carrying Russian natural gas that’s been sitting outside of Boston Harbor for days will probably land over the weekend, according to the U.S.

Jan 26 (Reuters) - Canadian regulators on Friday lifted a suspension notice on Husky Energy's SeaRose floating oil rig flanges gulf coast production vessel off the coast of eastern Canada, allowing the BOP Blow Out Preventer repair company gulf coast to resume operations on the 27,000-barrel-per-day project.