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PANAMA CITY, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Waiting times for ships at the Panama Canal have returned to normal after poor weather and a spike in traffic caused delays for several weeks, the waterway's operator said on Monday.

Nov 30 (Reuters) - U.S. natural gas prices this year are set to register their lowest average price since 1999, marking one of the deepest and most prolonged slumps of any commodity, with a rebound unlikely as record production from shale formations has outstripped even healthy demand.

PARIS, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that Russia had received more information showing that Islamic State oil was going via Turkey and that Turkey's downing of a Russian plane was dictated by a desire to defend those oil supplies.

BAGHDAD, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) authorized the release of payments to oil exporting companies for November in line with payments made in the past two months, an official close to the minister of natural resources said on Monday.

* Commodities unit's success makes it candidate for part sale

* OPEC output up 1.50 mbpd since year-ago policy shift (Adds reference to record southern Iraq exports, paragraph 9)

VIENNA, Nov 30 (Reuters) - OPEC oil output has risen in November from the previous month, a Reuters survey found on Monday, led by a rebound in Iraqi exports after bad weather had temporarily halted supply growth from the group's second-largest producer.

* Argentina focus on return to markets, Venezuela on election

LONDON, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) said on Monday all crude oil that moved through its pipeline to the Turkish port of Ceyhan, as well as all cargoes loaded at that point, had been verified and there was no question as to their origin.

Nov 30 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is poised to repeat his history of weak-handed negotiations on the world stage when nearly 200 countries gather in Paris on Monday to consider an international response to climate change.

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