Oil prices steadied on Tuesday due to uncertainty in U.S.-Iran negotiations and Russia-Ukraine peace talks, while new government data delivered a cautious outlook for top crude-importer China's economy.

DUBAI/PARIS (Reuters) -While rising U.S.-Iran tensions over Tehran's uranium enrichment jeopardize nuclear talks, three Iranian sources said on Tuesday that the clerical leadership lacks a clear fallback plan if efforts to resolve a decades-long dispute collapse.

Lifting U.S. sanctions on Iran could temporarily lower oil prices, but this relief may be short-lived as resilient demand and tight inventories counteract the drop. Independent Chinese refiners ...

The prospect of a nuclear deal between the U.S. and Iran contributed Wednesday to the biggest daily drop in oil prices so far this month, as traders bet that an agreement to lift sanctions on Iran ...

The possible lifting of U.S. sanctions on Iran's oil exports could deal a fatal blow to independent Chinese refineries that have thrived by processing Tehran’s discounted crude, while also putting further downward pressure on oil prices.

NEW YORK] Oil prices settled marginally higher on Monday as signs of a breakdown in US talks with Iran over its nuclear programme offset a Moody’s downgrade of the US sovereign credit rating. Read more at The Business Times.

Goldman Sachs sees oil prices under pressure despite global growth, citing Iranian supply owing to the US-Iran nuclear deal, and inventories.

Oil prices were little changed on Monday with investors eyeing the outcome of Iran-U.S. nuclear talks and key economic data due from China to assess the impact on its commodities demand following trade tensions with the United States.