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Oil above $58 on U.S. shale report, Mideast tension

Crude oil rose on Tuesday after a forecast that U.S. shale oil output would record its first monthly decline in more than four years and on tensions in Yemen, where top oil exporter Saudi Arabia is embroiled in a civil war. Brent crude (LCOc1) was up 32 cents at $58.25 a barrel by 1339 GMT, while U.S. crude (CLc1) was up 57 cents at $52.48. The U.S. Energy Information Administration