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Dakota Access Pipeline to start interstate service May 14

(Reuters) -- The controversial Dakota Access Pipeline will begin interstate crude oil delivery on May 14, according to a filing with the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Venezuela's PDVSA readies armada of fuel imports

HOUSTON (Reuters) -- About a dozen tankers are sailing to Venezuela or waiting offshore to discharge cargoes after state-run oil company PDVSA ramped up tenders to buy gasoline and other fuels to offset its weak refining output, according to traders and Thomson Reuters data.

China crude oil imports shatter record, top US intake

BEIJING (Reuters) -- China's crude oil imports surged to an all-time high in March to nearly 9.2 MMbpd, customs data showed on Thursday, far surpassing expectations and overtaking the United States as independent refiners ramped up their purchases.

For North Korea, cutting off oil supplies would be devastating

BEIJING/SEOUL (Reuters) -- Isolated North Korea doesn't consume much oil, but curbing or cutting off its supplies in retaliation for further nuclear or long-range missile tests would be painful and potentially destabilizing to the regime of Kim Jong Un.

Enterprise sets record for volumes at Texas gulf coast marine terminals

HOUSTON -- Enterprise Products Partners L.P. announced that the combined exports and imports of hydrocarbons across its marine terminals, including 18 deepwater docks along the Texas Gulf Coast, totaled a record 146 MMbbl on a gross basis during the first quarter of 2017.

Saudi Aramco to supply full crude contract volumes to Asia, offers more light oil

SINGAPORE/TOKYO (Reuters) -- The world's top oil exporter Saudi Arabia has stepped up sales of light oil to Asia by offering buyers more cargoes on top of the full contract volumes it will provide for May, industry sources with knowledge of the matter said on Wednesday.

OPEC figures show oil output cuts exceed pledge in March

DUBAI/LONDON (Reuters) -- OPEC states cut oil output in March by more than they pledged under supply curbs, according to figures the exporter group uses to monitor its supply, extending a record of higher-than-expected adherence to its first production cut in eight years.

OPEC's war on oil overhang starts to bear fruit

LONDON (Reuters) -- OPEC appears to be slowly winning the battle against a global overhang of crude and oil products as inventories in onshore and floating storage decline.

EIA: US crude oil imports increased in 2016

Gross US crude oil imports in 2016 rose to an average of 7.9 MMbpd, 514,000 bpd more than the 2015 average. Net crude oil imports increased by a smaller amount (460,000 bpd), as US crude oil exports rose despite a decline in US crude oil production.

First oil tanker for Myanmar-China pipeline starts offloading

BEIJING (Reuters) -- First oil tanker carrying 140,000 t of crude oil started discharging on Monday for delivery into a 480 mi Myanmar oil pipeline, China's state news agency Xinhua reported.