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Neste forms partnerships with four distributors to provide renewable diesel to California

Neste has announced exclusive partnerships with four fuel distributors in California: IPC (USA), Inc.; Ramos Oil Company, Van De Pol Petroleum; and Western States Oil. Public and private fleets will now have access to a consistent and high-quality supply of Neste MY Renewable Diesel through these partners.

EIA: US average gasoline prices this Thanksgiving higher than previous 2 yr

Heading into the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, US retail regular-grade gasoline averaged $2.57/gal, up 41 cents/gal from the same time last year. Although gasoline prices are higher than in both 2015 and 2016, the Thanksgiving 2017 gasoline price is still the third-lowest since 2008.

Work on Peru oil pipeline to cost more than $800 MM

LIMA (Reuters) — Extending and repairing Peru’s oil pipeline would cost more than $800 MM, the president of the country’s state-run energy company Petroperu said in an interview on Tuesday.

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.

Venezuela arrests head of US refiner Citgo in graft sweep

CARACAS (Reuters) — Venezuelan authorities arrested the acting president of its US-based refiner Citgo and five of the subsidiary's top executives on Tuesday as part of a spiraling corruption purge in the OPEC country's oil industry.

First phase of CITGO Aruba Refinery camp almost complete

SAN NICOLAS, Aruba — The first phase of an envisioned 1,500-bed man camp that will house workers needed to support the CITGO Aruba Refinery refurbishment project on the island is almost complete.

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.