NREL CO-LEADING INTL PUSH TO ASSURE SOLAR PANEL RELIABILITY .... OPEC increased oil production to 31.5Mb/d in March, up 1.2M from Feb .... Global oil demand to increase over 2% (near 2Mb/d) this year: IEA .... Gazprom/Total NG production expected to start in Bolivia next year. Bolivia has up to 10.4TCF in reserves .... Petrobras selling 15Kboe/d of onshore production assets, infrastructure for $101M. 1st sale of $13.7B divestment by '17 .... Iraq paying Gazprom in Kirkuk-grade oil for work in E Iraq .... New US offshore drilling rule to prevent explosions will cost industry over $880M over 10 yrs.