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(Mon, 08 Jun 2015) In an effort to better present crude oil storage capacity and use across the United States, EIA has prepared new tables as part of the semiannual Working and Net Available Shell Storage Capacity Report. The new series show crude oil stocks held at refineries crude oil in tanks and underground storage in each Petroleum Administration for Defense District (PADD). Previously, this information was only available at the national level.

* Imports drop despite expectations of rising seasonal demand

SEOUL, June 8 (Reuters) - South Korea has axed plans to build four coal-fired power plants and will boost its nuclear reactor fleet by two more units, as it looks to increase the share of nuclear and gas in power generation and cut reliance on coal.

SINGAPORE, June 8 (Reuters) - Crude oil prices fell in early Asian trading on Monday as markets were expected to be increasingly oversupplied following OPEC's decision last Friday to keep its production targets unchanged.

NEW YORK, June 7 (Reuters) - Confectionery company Mars Inc has joined oil companies BP Plc and Royal Dutch Shell Plc to oppose planned new European financial market regulations, arguing that they would increase volatility and reduce liquidity in raw materials markets, according to a report by the Financial Times on Sunday.

SANAA, June 7 (Reuters) - Saudi-led air strikes killed at least 44 people during an air raid on the main headquarters of the Yemeni army in central Sanaa on Sunday, the Houthi-run state news agency Saba said.

SANAA, June 7 (Reuters) - Saudi-led air strikes killed at least 20 soldiers who had gathered to collect their salaries at the Yemeni army headquarters in the capital Sanaa on Sunday, government officials and residents said.

DUBAI, June 7 (Reuters) - Russia will begin importing Iranian oil under a long-heralded oil-for-goods barter arrangement in the coming week, Iran's oil minister was quoted as saying, more than a year after negotiations began.

BEIJING, June 7 (Reuters) - China could be wasting enough hydroelectricity to power Britain and Germany for a year, depriving its smog-bound eastern regions of huge volumes of clean energy as a result of poor planning and weak grid infrastructure.

KHARTOUM, June 6 (Reuters) - Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir announced a new government with changes to the defence, foreign affairs and oil portfolios, state television said on Saturday, days after the start of his new presidential term.

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