RPT-CERAWEEK-Global oil players flock to Houston as OPEC, U.S shale tensions ease

HOUSTON, March 4 (Reuters) - The oil industry's biggest names gather this week at CERAWeek, the largest energy industry get-together in the Americas, at a time when U.S. shale production is booming, global demand is rising and crude prices are at a sweet spot for both big U.S. producers and OPEC.