* Border drawn close to Ghana's desired boundary (Adds reaction from Ghana in paragraph 5)

Lukoil plans to keep pumping 100 million tonnes of oil per year between 2018 and 2027 with projects outside Russia and will keep annual investment at $8 billion-$8.5 billion, the chief executive said on Saturday.

Mexican national oil company Pemex reported on Friday that August crude production dipped by 10 percent compared to the same month last year, marking two consecutive months with oil output coming in below 2 million barrels per day (bpd).

U.S. energy firms cut the number of oil rigs operating for a third week in a row as a 14-month drilling recovery stalled as companies pared back on spending plans when crude prices were softer. Drillers cut five oil rigs in the week to Sept. 22, bringing the total count down to 744, the least since June, General Electric Co's Baker Hughes energy services firm said in its closely followed report on Friday. That put the rig count on tra

Sri Lanka is in talks with two Chinese companies about investing up to $3 billion to build in a new refinery at its Chinese-controlled port, a top government official said on Friday.

* Conditions in the oil market will dictate whether the OPEC/non-OPEC production cut agreement, which expires in March 2108, will need extending, Algerian Energy Ministry Mustapha Guitouni told Reuters in an interview in Vienna on Friday

Nigeria is pumping less than 1.8 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude, its oil minister said on Friday, meaning the country is sticking to an output cap agreed under an OPEC-led deal to limit output.

OPEC and other oil producers will not take a decision until January on whether to extend their pact to curb oil production, Russia's Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Friday.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will not renew a loan facility provided to Ukrainian state-run firm Naftogaz for gas purchases unless the company's reforms get back on track, the bank's regional director Francis Malige said on Friday.

Flush with cash, Rio Tinto said it would buy back an additional $2.5 billion worth of its shares, dishing out the proceeds from a sale of coal assets earlier than some had expected.