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TransMontaigne Partners acquires two refined product, crude oil terminals

DENVER — TransMontaigne Partners L.P. announced that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of the Martinez Terminal and Richmond Terminal from an affiliate of Plains All American Pipeline, L.P.

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.

Russia's Transneft halts domestic oil product pipeline after spill

MOSCOW (Reuters) — Russian pipeline monopoly Transneft on Monday said it had stopped pumping oil products such as diesel through one of its lines after discovering signs of an oil spill.

S.Korea refiner buys rare Canadian crude cargo for February

SEOUL/SINGAPORE (Reuters) — South Korean refiner GS Caltex Corp has bought a rare cargo of Cold Lake crude, the company’s first purchase in more than two decades of this Canadian oil grade, a company spokesman said on Monday.

Ineos sticks with 2–4 week Forties pipeline repair estimate, assessing damage

LONDON (Reuters) — Repairing Britain's Forties crude oil pipeline in the North Sea is still expected to take two to four weeks, operator Ineos said on Monday, as assessment continues a week after it was closed down.

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.

Alaska oil companies settle dispute over Trans-Alaska Pipeline tariff charges

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) — The state of Alaska will receive hundreds of millions of dollars in a settlement with oil companies over the value of North Slope crude oil shipped through the Trans-Alaska Pipeline (TAP), officials announced.

Russian oil exports to China via Skovorodino seen jumping 57% in 1Q

MOSCOW (Reuters) — Russian ESPO Blend oil exports to China via the Skovorodino-Mohe pipeline are expected to jump by 57% to 6.7 MMt in the first quarter of 2018 compared with the previous three months, sources familiar with the loading schedule told Reuters on Friday.

Oil prices edge higher on Forties outage, falling stocks

SINGAPORE/LONDON (Reuters) — Oil prices rose on Friday, supported by the continuing outage of the Forties pipeline in the North Sea and falling inventories due to OPEC-led production cuts, but climbing US output kept a lid on gains.

UK Forties oil cargoes delayed for weeks by pipeline shutdown

LONDON (Reuters) — The loading dates of cargoes of Forties crude, which help set the global Brent benchmark, have been delayed by at least two weeks and further hold-ups are likely, trade sources said, following the closure of the North Sea Forties pipeline for repairs.