Brent oil prices tick down after gaining on Caspian pump station attack

By Colleen Howe BEIJING (Reuters) – Brent crude oil prices paused in early trading on Tuesday after gaining in the previous session following a drone attack on an oil pipeline pumping station in Russia that reduced flows from Kazakhstan. Brent crude futures ticked down 7 cents, or 0.09%, to $75.15 a barrel by 0137 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude rose 47 cents to $71.21 a barrel. The WTI contract did not settle at its normal time on Monday due to the U.S. Presidents’ Day holiday. The drone strike on the Kropotkinskaya station in Russia’s southern Krasnodar region reduced…