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BUZZ-European energy sector continues slide, drags miners along

Reuters - UK Focus

** London-listed oil and gas producers down as crude oil prices flirt with lowest levels since early 2009

** Eland Oil & Gas Plc (LSE: ELA.L - news) down as much as 19 pct, topping the losers on the London Stock Exchange (Other OTC: LDNXF - news) , and Enquest Plc (LSE: ENQ.L - news) down nearly 10 pct

** Oil producer Afren (LSE: AFR.L - news) down as much as 7.8 pct at 25.19 pence, extending losses from Monday, when it said reserves at Barda Rash oilfield in Iraqi Kurdistan nearly empty

** Afren shares touch near 6-year lows, having fallen 82 pct since the end of July last year when news of an authorised payments scandal first broke

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** Africa-focused Tullow Oil Plc (LSE: TLW.L - news) , down 2.5 pct, is expected to announce job cuts by the end of the first quarter, The Telegraph reported

** Shell (LSE: RDSB.L - news) said last week would cut 5-10 pct jobs at Alberta oil sands project. Shell down about 1 pct

** Fall in oil prices also drags down miners with oil and gas operations, with BHP Billiton Plc (NYSE: BBL - news) , Rio Tinto Plc (LSE: RIO.L - news) and Vedanta Resources Plc (Other OTC: VDNRF - news) , down between 0.5 and 2.5 pct. Commodities trader Glencore Plc (Xetra: A1JAGV - news) down 1.5 pct

** Canaccord Genuity (Other OTC: CCORF - news) analyst Nick Hatch also points to general weakness in the mining sector, which has been in rough weather since the end of July due to falling commodity prices and tepid China data (abhiram.nandakumar.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)