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Mexico says supports OPEC cuts as way to stabilize oil market

VIENNA (Reuters) — Mexico supports an extension of OPEC's supply cuts as a way to stabilize oil markets and bring fresh investment into the country's growing energy sector, the Mexican deputy secretary for hydrocarbons said on Tuesday.

Iraq says achieved OPEC oil cut share, ready to meet new demand

LONDON (Reuters) — Iraq has achieved its share of the production cut agreement reached by OPEC and non-OPEC producers at the end of last year but remains ready to meet future oil demand growth, according to a speech by Iraqi oil minister Jabar al-Luaibi on Monday.

China says will eventually allow private companies to invest in oil storage

BEIJING (Reuters) — China will eventually allow private companies to invest in the country's oil and gas storage, the government said in a blueprint document for its energy sector that mainly underscored earlier pledges on reforming heavily monopolized oil and gas industries.

EIA: OPEC net oil revenues in 2016 were the lowest since 2004

Members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) earned about $433 B in net oil export revenues in 2016, the lowest since 2004. In real dollar terms, the 2016 revenue represents a 15% decline from the $509 B earned in 2015, mainly because of the fall in average annual crude oil prices and, to a lesser extent, because of decreases in OPEC net oil exports.

Full tanks and tankers: a stubborn oil glut despite OPEC cuts

NEW YORK/LONDON/SINGAPORE (Reuters) -- After the first OPEC oil production cut in eight years took effect in January, oil traders from Houston to Singapore started emptying millions of barrels of crude from storage tanks.

Flotilla of US crude heads to Asia as OPEC weighs extending cuts

HOUSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Oil tankers carrying around 10 MMbbl of US crude are en route to Asia, according to shipping data and trade sources, as US producers take advantage of favorable prices to ship to the region while OPEC ponders further supply cuts next week.

China resumes light cycle oil imports amid tax uncertainty

SINGAPORE (Reuters) -- China has resumed imports of light cycle oil (LCO) after buyers cancelled shipments in April, as a planned Chinese consumption tax has not been announced, four industry sources said this week.

Nigeria's NNPC finalizing $6 B worth of oil-for-product swaps

LONDON (Reuters) -- Nigeria's state oil company is in the final stage of signing $6 B worth of deals to exchange more than 300,000 bpd of crude oil for imported gasoline and diesel, sources with direct knowledge of the process told Reuters.

Rosneft eyes joint oil supplies to Egypt with Italy's Eni

SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) -- Russia's largest oil producer Rosneft and Italian energy company Eni have signed an agreement to broaden cooperation, including in possible joint oil product supplies to Egypt, Rosneft said on Wednesday.

Uganda selects firms for refinery talks, ready to sign exploration deals

KAMPALA (Reuters) -- Uganda's energy ministry said on Wednesday it would award three exploration licences next month and also said it had selected two firms with whom it would start negotiations for a possible agreement to develop a planned crude refinery.