Crude oil
Dakota Access Pipeline spilled oil 84 gal of oil in S. Dakota
NEW YORK (Reuters) -- The Dakota Access Pipeline leaked 84 gallons of crude oil at a pump station in South Dakota last month, according to state documents, just weeks before the pipeline is set to start commercial service.
Wintershall says in talks with Libya to resolve oil export dispute
TUNIS (Reuters) -- Libya's oil production is running at above 800,000 bpd for the first time since 2014, the National Oil Corporation (NOC) said on Wednesday, but a commercial dispute with German oil firm Wintershall has shut in a further 160,000 bpd.
Shell proposes adding Russian oil to Brent benchmark
LONDON (Reuters) -- Royal Dutch Shell on Wednesday urged oil pricing agency S&P Global Platts to protect the dated Brent crude benchmark from declining North Sea supply by including other grades, such as Russian Urals, in its price-setting process.
EIA: Higher US crude output to cap oil prices through 2018
NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Higher crude output from the United States should limit any upside to global oil prices through the end of 2018, the US government said on Tuesday, ahead of a meeting of major oil producers later this month to discuss extending supply cuts.
Russia boosts Urals oil flow to India as OPEC cuts output
MOSCOW (Reuters) -- Russia has steeply raised Urals oil supplies to India, taking market share from OPEC countries that are cutting production as part of a global pact to prop up prices, traders said and shipping reports showed on Wednesday.
Calumet announces launch of uninhibited transformer oil
INDIANAPOLIS -- Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P., an independent producer of specialty hydrocarbon and fuel products, announced the launch of CALTRAN 60-00 Group U, a product that is the company's first uninhibited transformer oil.
EIA: New pipeline infrastructure should accommodate rise in Permian oil
As crude oil production in the Permian Basin of western Texas and eastern New Mexico has increased, pipeline infrastructure has also increased to deliver this crude oil to demand centers on the US Gulf Coast.
Oil prices slip as rising US drilling offsets OPEC-led cuts
LONDON (Reuters) -- Oil prices slipped on Monday, reversing gains made earlier in the session as evidence of rising US drilling offset news that OPEC and other producers may extend their production cuts.
Oil tanker firm DHT Holdings rejects another bid by rival Frontline
OSLO (Reuters) -- Tanker firm DHT Holdings rejected on Sunday a fifth takeover proposal from shipping tycoon John Fredriksen's Frontline, calling the $500 MM all-share bid "woefully inadequate."
Saudi energy minister says may extend oil output cuts beyond 2017
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -- Saudi Arabia's energy minister Khalid Al-Falih said on Monday that oil markets were rebalancing after years of oversupply, but that he still expected an OPEC-led deal to cut output during the first half of the year to be extended to all of 2017.
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