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Oil hits new two-and-a-half year highs as higher output looms

SINGAPORE/LONDON (Reuters) — Oil prices rose on Wednesday to new two-and-a-half year highs as robust output in the United States and Russia balanced tensions from a sixth day of unrest in OPEC member Iran.

Shell to retain ownership of A/S Dansk Shell

Shell announces today that the agreement it signed with Dansk Olieselskab AS (DO) in September 2016 regarding the sale of A/S Dansk Shell, which consists of the Fredericia refinery and local trading and supply activities, has terminated and the sale will not complete.

Oil trades near strongest levels since mid-2015 on Iranian unrest

SINGAPORE/LONDON (Reuters) — Oil prices posted their strongest opening to a year since 2014 on Tuesday, with crude rising to mid-2015 highs amid large anti-government rallies in Iran and ongoing supply cuts led by OPEC and Russia.

US crude ends year above $60 on strong global oil demand

CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) — US oil prices closed above $60/bbl on the final trading day of the year, the first time since mid-2015, as the commodity ended 2017 with a 12% gain spurred by strong demand and declining global inventories.

PKN Orlen launches planned bid for Czech unit Unipetrol

PRAGUE (Reuters) — Poland’s biggest oil refiner PKN Orlen on Thursday offered 380 crowns for each remaining share in its Czech downstream oil unit Unipetrol.

Ineos sees Forties oil flows back to normal around new year

LONDON (Reuters) — Britain's biggest and most important oil and gas pipeline Forties should resume normal flows around the new year, slightly earlier than previously flagged, its operator Ineos said on Thursday.

Oil falls from 2015 highs as rally runs out of steam

CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) — Oil prices dipped on Wednesday after hitting a near two-and-a-half year high in the previous session as a rally fueled by supply outages in Libya and the North Sea ran out of momentum.

Oil slips towards $65 as Forties pipeline moves closer to restart

LONDON (Reuters) — Oil edged lower towards $65/bbl on Tuesday, but remained within sight of its highest level since mid-2015, as the looming restart of a North Sea oil pipeline offset support from OPEC-led supply cuts.

Russia holds steady as China's largest crude supplier for 9th month

BEIJING (Reuters) — Russia held on as China's largest crude oil supplier for the ninth month in a row in November, also topping Saudi Arabia for the year so far, Chinese customs data showed on Tuesday.

Ineos starts testing UK's Forties North Sea oil pipeline after repairs

LONDON (Reuters) — Britain's Forties oil and gas pipeline, one of the biggest in the North Sea, is being tested following repairs and full flows should resume in early January, its operator Ineos said on Monday.