INDONESIA, GABON LEFT OPEC .... OPEC sees weakest demand for its crude in 12 years .... Low oil prices threatening govt budgets in 10 of 12 OPEC members. (Now 10?) .... US Navy deployed laser weapon in Persian Gulf earlier this year .... NATO intercepted dozens of Russian military jets over Baltic today .... Iran calling lower oil prices "treachery" .... Exxon resumed production at Canada oil sands ops shut down in Nov from mechanical prob .... Schlumberger cutting back fleet of offshore geological survey ships, cutting jobs. Cited low oil prices .... Avg US oil rig count same in Nov as Oct. Count up 3 to 1,575 week ending Dec 5: Baker Hughes .... ND regulators ordering producers to filter oil to take out flammable liquids (NG liquids) before shipment .... Australia about face - pledged $200M to Green Climate Fund .... Canada PM: would be "crazy" to regulate oil industry .... Philippines pledged to cut carbon emissions .... OSHA issued hazard alert for fracking, oil/gas drilling .... Distributed generation, energy efficiency could cost energy providers $48B: report .... Canada intro'd liability law for pipeline spills .... Marine Energy Council formed .... $11M offered by ethanol industry, Chicago Lung Assoc to help Chicago gas stations switch to E15 .... Kansas, Nebraska trying to block EPA rules on higher ethanol blends .... World proven oil reserves data filled with grossly inflated figs, major discrepancies: report .... Former China energy chief jailed for life after decade of bribes .... Oil/gas comps must decide on 800 proposed projects worth total $500B. Analyst reported up to $150B of it may not be done because of oil prices .... Gazprom Neft, PetroVietnam cooperation agreement toward oil/gas development .... GE supplying 34Mw of turbines for Croatia wind project .... Lockheed Martin, Concord Blue to build 5Mw forest waste-to-power plant in Germany. Steam thermolysis instead of incineration .... 2 Gamesa turbine supply contracts for China wind projects. 112Mw total. Online in 1H15 .... SoftBank unit, Mitsui to build 43Mw solar farm in Japan. Online in '17 .... Seeo (Cal) $17M finance round to continue development of lightweight lithium polymer batt tech .... Utilities forced to reassess value amid falling wholesale power prices: E.ON .... First Solar (FSLR) bought stake in Clean Energy Collective to get into residential market .... UK govt approved 1.2Gw offshore wind projects .... Natl Grid, Anbaric to build 1Gw clean power transmission project in US .... Most biofuels projects in last 5 years were based on $80 oil. Cellulosic ethanol plants planned for $100+ oil .... FERC setting up regional conferences on EPA clean power rule's power reliability impacts .... EPA overhauled Bush-era solid waste recycling exemptions .... No new money for Yucca Mountain in US spending bill .... Massive Colorado R. water release appears helping parched delta: report .... 3 northern white rhinos left in world .... DOE's last loan guarantee funds going for advanced nuke reactor, fuel .... Major US school districts now require antibiotic-free chicken on menus .... Israel oil spill may take years to clean up: experts .... Tesla (TSLA) opened Australia showroom, developing charging network.