STUFF ... US crude oil production up to 7.83Mb/d mid Sept, 24-yr high ... IEA forecast non-OPEC crud production to increase 1.7Mb/d in '14. MOst increase from US, Canada, Kazakhstan ... Iran flaring 1.4BCF/d of NG from oil production. $8B needed for pipelines, infra to get it to market ... Turkey reportedly building NG pipe to Kurdish fields in Iraq ... China's crude oil imports up 25% in Sept over Aug to 6.25Mb/d, new record, more than US ... China 3Q GDP announcement this week. 7.8% expected ... China Sept car sales 21% over last Sept. 1.6M ... Replacement of 4 Beijing coal plants with NG to cost $7.8B. Online by '15 ... Caspian Pipeline ro reduce Nov shipments 663Kb/d - 10% ... Iraq agreement with Swiss comp to build S Iraq's 1st new large scale (150Kb/d) refinery in 30 yrs. $6B. Online by '18 ... Startup of 3 large new energy projects in last few weeks. Kazakhstan's Kasahagan oil field, Caspian Shah Deniz NG field, Iraq's Majnoon oil field ... To meet domestic, global demand by '20, Sauds will have to pump 12.5-15Mb/d. Now ~10M ... US refiners selling more refined fuels abroad than ever ... ~434Gw of coal power to be added globally by '20, 241Gw NG, 92Gw nuke. Euro coal prices for '14 delivery at all-time low $81.75/ton ... Govt says BP spilled 4.9M bls in Gulf. BP says 3.26. 810K collected in cleanup ... Price of solar PV cells down 99% last 25 yrs ... Darling buying Vion (Holland) for $2.2B for biodiesel feedstock ... MIT: Ethanol may not lower pump prices ... 1st biomass to power project in China. 18Mw. Part of 600K ton ethanol plant in construction ... EPA proposal for biofuel blending cut to 15.2B gal for '14 from 18.1B. The "blend wall" ... Somalia seeks foreign investment in energy sector. Big oil cautious ... UCLA synthetics breakthrough to increase biofuel production 50%. Non-oxidative glycolysis to replace glycolysis ... GDF Suez (France) to build, op 1st floating LNG import terminal in Uruguay. Online in '15. Up to 7.6MCF NG ... Six laws, dozen regs passed recently in Cal for $2B commitment to clean transport ... Giant catamaran built to carry decommissioned N Sea oil rigs to shore ... China official blames Beijing's smog on cooking fumes ... Limited range holding up EV demand in US in rentals, sales. 140K on road. Goal 1M by '15 ... Canadian Solar (CSIQ) looks set to return to profitabliity after selling 4 plants ... Goldwind: China wind turbine makers unlikely to consolidate through M&A ... Solar Grid Storage to raise $50M fund next 12 mo ... Transmission distances, lack of investment in small projects main barriers for Russia clean energy development ... Quadran, IDEOL to joint develop 500Mw offshore France wind by '20 ... Dominion VA Power finalized lease for 2Gw offshore VA wind. 113K acres ... EDP unit selling 49% stake in 100Mw French wind farms to Axpo (Swiss) ... African Development Bank raised $500M from inaugural Green Bond.