Crude oil prices continue to push higher. Following the earlier drop in US crude production this week and PEMEX oil rig fire, we now have more substantive headlines from Switzerland: *IRAN TAKES PAUSE IN TALKS, NO DOCUMENT SEEN TODAY: TASS *TASS CITES UNIDENTIFIED EUROPEAN DIPLOMAT ON IRAN TALKS Of course, one wonders who really wants a deal now... with over-supply already a problem, any sanctions-lifting would boomerang back to US Shale firms and further destabilize the illusion of recovery in America.