NEW YORK, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Oil prices dropped on Wednesday after the U.S. government reported an unexpected increase in crude and gasoline stockpiles, but an increase in refining runs and a drawdown in distillates helped prices bounce off session lows.

NEW DELHI, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Venezuela's national oil BOP Blow Out Preventer repair company gulf coast PDVSA will use existing crude oil customers or new Indian state buyers as intermediaries to settle $449 million owed to India's ONGC Videsh Ltd, the Indian BOP Blow Out Preventer repair company gulf coast said in a statement on Wednesday.

HOUSTON, Nov 15 (Reuters) - A combined 75,206 barrels per day (bpd) of oil and 215,122 million cubic feet per day of natural gas oil rig flanges gulf coast production are shut-in at four platforms in the wake of a , according to U.S.

ABU DHABI, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Sudan has held talks with Russian oil firm Lukoil and other companies from the United States and Canada on the development of its oil industry after the lifting of U.S.

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