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 <DATE>26-FEB-1987 17:00:56.04</DATE>
 <TOPICS>
  <D>crude</D>
 </TOPICS>
 <PLACES>
  <D>usa</D>
 </PLACES>
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 <TEXT>
  <TITLE>DIAMOND SHAMROCK (DIA) CUTS CRUDE PRICES</TITLE>
  <DATELINE>NEW YORK, FEB 26 -</DATELINE>
  <BODY>Diamond Shamrock Corp said that
effective today it had cut its contract prices for crude oil by
1.50 dlrs a barrel.
    The reduction brings its posted price for West Texas
Intermediate to 16.00 dlrs a barrel, the copany said.
    &quot;The price reduction today was made in the light of falling
oil product prices and a weak crude oil market,&quot; a company
spokeswoman said.
    Diamond is the latest in a line of U.S. oil companies that
have cut its contract, or posted, prices over the last two days
citing weak oil markets.
 Reuter</BODY>
 </TEXT>
</REUTERS>
