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Middle East

Saudi Arabia hikes gasoline prices

DUBAI (Reuters) — Saudi Arabia was set to raise local gasoline prices on Monday, state news agency SPA reported.

Libya needs a week to repair blown-up oil pipeline

TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) — A Libyan crude oil pipeline blown up on Tuesday will take about a week to repair, the head of state oil firm NOC told Reuters on Wednesday.

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.

Iraq invites bids to build new Kirkuk export pipeline

BAGHDAD (Reuters) — Iraq has given foreign energy companies a month to signal their interest in building a new export pipeline from the Kirkuk oilfields in the north of the country.

Oil dips from highs but OPEC cuts still support market

SINGAPORE/LONDON (Reuters) — Oil prices dipped on Friday but stayed near their highest levels since 2015 on pledges from OPEC leader Saudi Arabia and non-OPEC Russia that any exit from crude output cuts would be gradual.

OPEC starts working on oil supply cut exit strategy

LONDON/DUBAI (Reuters) — OPEC has started working on plans for an exit strategy from its deal to cut supplies with non-member producers, two OPEC sources said, a sign that an eventual winding down of the deal is coming onto producers' radar, at least in theory.

SABIC PP extrusion line now operational in The Netherlands

SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry announced the start-up of its new Polypropylene (PP) extrusion facility in Geleen, The Netherlands.

Oil rises on UK pipeline outage but US supply caps gains

LONDON (Reuters) — Oil edged up towards $64/bbl on Tuesday, helped by a North Sea pipeline outage, OPEC-led supply cuts and jitters about threats to Middle East supplies after a missile was fired by a Yemeni group at the Saudi capital.

Iraq plans oil pipeline network to cover all its territory

BAGHDAD (Reuters) — Iraq plans to build a pipeline network to carry oil products across all its territory as an alternative to expensive and hazardous transport by tanker truck, Oil Minister Jabar al-Luaibi said on Saturday.