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US crude extends rally to $58, first time since 2015

LONDON (Reuters) — Oil extended gains on Wednesday, with US crude hitting $58/bbl for the first time since July 2015 as a major pipeline cut Canadian crude flows to the United States, where inventories are expected to have fallen further.

S.Dakota regulators say they could revoke Keystone permit after spill

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — South Dakota regulators said on Tuesday they could revoke TransCanada Corp's permit to operate the Keystone crude oil pipeline in the state if an initial probe into last week's spill finds the company violated its license.

Indian Oil Corp studies renewed Venezuelan crude purchases

NEW DELHI (Reuters) — Indian Oil Corp is considering buying Venezuelan crude for the first time in at least 6 yr, in a move that could help the crisis-struck South American nation settle unpaid bills with another state-owned Indian energy firm.

Shell Canada, Syncrude cut synthetic crude volumes

CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) — Shell Canada, a unit of Royal Dutch Shell, has warned customers synthetic crude volumes from its 255,000-bpd Scotford, Alberta, upgrader may be reduced in November and potentially December, trading sources said on Monday.

TransCanada starts excavation work after South Dakota pipeline leak

(Reuters) — Canada Corp has started initial excavation work at the site of an oil spill on its Keystone pipeline in South Dakota but has not yet pinpointed where the leak came from, a state official said on Monday.

Russia's Transneft says to resume oil exports from Novorossiisk

MOSCOW (Reuters) — Oil loadings from the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiisk were set to resume later on Tuesday after a storm in area subsided in the early hours of the day, oil pipeline monopoly Transneft said.

As Venezuela pumps below OPEC target, oil rivals begin filling gap

HOUSTON/DUBAI (Reuters) — As Venezuela's dilapidated energy sector struggles to pump enough crude oil to meet the country's OPEC output target, rival producers have started to plug the gap, according to OPEC and industry sources and US government data.

Brazil police make arrests in investigation of Petrobras subsidiary

RIO DE JANEIRO/SAO PAULO (Reuters) — Brazilian police detained six people as part of an investigation into suspected bribery at a unit of state oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA, prosecutors said on Tuesday, in the latest development in a corruption scandal.

Transneft to up 2018 oil exports via its pipelines to 242.4 MMt

MOSCOW (Reuters) — Russian pipeline monopoly Transneft will increase oil exports via its pipeline system to 242.4 MMt in 2018, Vice President Sergei Andronov said on Monday.

Oil eases as traders and investors grow edgy ahead of OPEC

LONDON (Reuters) — Oil eased on Monday, as traders were wary of betting too heavily on which way prices might move ahead of an OPEC meeting next week, when the exporter group is expected to decide whether to continue output cuts aimed at propping up prices.