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UPDATE 2-Oil prices edge up from near 7-yr lows as China oil imports surprise

* But oil glut remains as OPEC keeps pumping crude (Adds China detail, comment; updates prices)

COLUMN-Crude markets shouldn't take China stockpiling for granted: Russell

LAUNCESTON, Australia, Dec 8 (Reuters) - - China's buying of crude for strategic reserves isn't enough by itself to support prices, but try to imagine how much lower oil could fall if Beijing slowed or even halted its stockpiling.

Updated EIA survey provides data on spent nuclear fuel in the United States

(Tue, 08 Dec 2015) The U.S Energy Information Administration recently released data from its Nuclear Fuel Data Survey on the amount, type, and characteristics of spent nuclear fuel once it is discharged from a reactor. As nuclear electricity generation has continued to increase, the inventory of discharged spent fuel from nuclear reactors has grown steadily since the 1970s.

Many ignore Beijing smog warnings despite first pollution "red alert"

BEIJING, Dec 8 (Reuters) - A blanket of humid, still air resulting in smog that is expected to shroud Beijing for at least three days triggered the capital's first ever pollution "red alert" on Tuesday as many residents ignored warnings to limit their time outdoors.

UPDATE 1-China's Nov crude oil imports up 7.6 pct on yr -customs

BEIJING, Dec 8 (Reuters) - China's November crude oil imports rose 7.6 percent from the same month a year ago, data showed on Tuesday, as state energy firms extended the strategy of maintaining strong buying on low crude prices and exporting surplus refined fuel.

UPDATE 2-Woodside scraps $8 bln Oil Search tilt as oil price tanks

* Oil price slump could spawn better opportunities - investor

U.S. crude oil prices remain near 7-yr lows as OPEC glut bites

SINGAPORE, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Crude prices remained near 7-year lows in early Asian trading on Tuesday as OPEC continues to pump near record oil to defend market share, compounding a glut that is seeing hundreds of thousands of barrels produced every day in excess of demand.

UPDATE 2-Iran tested missile, breaching U.N. council resolutions -officials

WASHINGTON/UNITED NATIONS, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Iran tested a new medium-range ballistic missile last month in a breach of two U.N. Security Council resolutions, two U.S. officials said on Monday.

UPDATE 1-Brazil senator, top banker charged with blocking Petrobras probe

SAO PAULO, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Brazilian federal prosecutors presented formal charges against billionaire financier Andre Esteves and Senator Delcídio do Amaral on Monday, accusing them of obstructing a criminal investigation into state-run oil company Petrobras, according to a source familiar with the matter.

UPDATE 1-Ghana approves major hikes in electricity, water tariffs

ACCRA, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Ghana's utility regulator increased tariffs for electricity and water by up to 89 percent on Monday in a renewed bid to attract competitive private investment to the sector as the West African nation grapples with a crippling power crisis.

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