PERTH, April 2 (Reuters) - U.S. crude futures slipped in early Asian trading on Tuesday after data showed an unexpected slowdown in U.S. manufacturing and on expectations that oil inventories would continue to rise in the world's largest energy consumer.

The shutdown of Exxon Mobil's XOM.N Pegasus pipeline, which carries Canadian crude through the U.S. Midwest to the Gulf Coast was seen adding to an already oversupplied U.S. oil market.

FUNDAMENTALS

* U.S. crude for May delivery CLc1 had fallen 18 cents to $96.89 per barrel at 0041 GMT on Tuesday.

* Brent crude LCOc1 dropped 17 cents to $110.91 per barrel.

* Exxon Mobil's XOM.N Pegasus pipeline, which can carry more than 90,000 barrels per day of Canadian oil through the U.S. Midwest to the Gulf Coast, has been shut since rupturing on Friday. ID:nL2N0CO1O7

* A provisional poll of analysts and traders by Reuters showed a 2.3 million-barrel rise in crude oil stocks in the United States last week. EIA/S

* The pace of expansion in the U.S. manufacturing sector unexpectedly slowed in March as the rate of new orders dropped.

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* Demand for Saudi crude is likely to rise over the next few months, Saudi oil minister Ali Al-Naimi said on Monday, signalling that the world's largest oil exporter sees a recovery in its biggest export market, Asia. ID:nL5N0CO0IK

* China's official purchasing managers index (PMI) came in at 50.9, the highest in 11 months, but economists expected bigger recovery from February's five-month low. ID:nL5N0CL02I

MARKETS NEWS

* Asian shares inched higher but were capped on Tuesday with the dollar vulnerable after unexpectedly weak U.S. factory data raised investor caution ahead of new indicators that could flag falling economic momentum. MKTS/GLOB

DATA/EVENTS (GMT)

0743 Italy Markit/ADACI Manufacturing PMI ITRPMI=ECI

0748 France Markit Manufacturing PMI FRRPMI=ECI

0753 Germany Markit/BME Manufacturing PMI DEPMIM=ECI

0758 Euro zone Markit Manufacturing PMI EUPMI=ECI

0800 Italy Unemployment rate ITUNRM=ECI

0900 Euro zone Unemployment rate EUUNR=ECI

1145 U.S. ICSC weekly chain store sales USUBSY=ECI

1200 Germany CPI DECPPY=ECI

1345 U.S. ISM New York business activity USNYBC=ECI

1400 U.S. Factory orders USFORD=ECI

1400 U.S. IBD/TIPP consumer confidence USIBDC=ECI

(Reporting by Rebekah Kebede; Editing by Joseph Radford)

((rebekah.kebede@thomsonreuters.com)(+61 402 974 273)(Reuters Messaging: rebekah.kebede.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)) 

 ((CRUDE OIL TRADES      Asia... 
  ACRU/T
        Europe... 
  CRU/T
      Americas... 
  CRU/TU
                                 CRUDE OIL MARKET NEWS      Crude oil tenders in Asia........................ 
  CRU/TENDA
        Crude oil supply outages in Asia............ 
  CRU/OUT-ASIA-O
        Refinery outages in Asia.................... 
  REF/OUT-ASIA-O
        Global arbitrage news and flows................. 
  O/CRUDEARB
        W.African crude imports to Asia, monthly........ 
  O/WAFRICA1
                              REFINERY MAINTENANCE DIARIES      Asia... 
  REF/A
       Middle East... 
  REF/ME
     Europe... 
  REF/E
                                 NATIONAL CRUDE IMPORT DATA      Japan.............. 
  METI/JP1
     China.............. 
  O/CHINA1
        India.............. 
  O/INDIA2
     S.Korea............ 
  O/KOREA1
        Indonesia....... 
  O/INDO1-CRU
                                    CRUDE OIL INVENTORY DATA      Japan... 
  O/JAPAN1
       US... 
  EIA/S
       Europe... 
  O/EUROIL1
                              CRUDE OIL PRODUCTION/OILFIELD NEWS      OPEC output survey... 
  OPEC/O
     New Asian fields... 
  ASIA/NEW
        New Africa fields... 
  AFR/NEW
     New Europe fields.. 
  NSEA/NEW
        New Americas fields.. 
  AM/NEW
     New projects..... 
  ENERGY/NEW
                                 CRUDE OIL MARKET REPORTS      Middle East........... 
  CRU/M
     Asia-Pacific........ 
  CRU/AP
        West Africa......... 
  CRU/WAF
     North Sea............ 
  CRU/E
        Asia outlook....... 
  ASIA/CRU
     Europe outlook..... 
  EUR/CRU
        Global futures report... 
  O/R
     Technicals report...... 
  O/I
                                      PRICES      For all Official Selling Prices...................... 
  OSP/O
        For a POLL on oil prices............................ 
  O/POLL
        NYMEX and ICE oil futures........................... 
  OILOIL
        TOCOM crude oil futures............................. 
  0#JCO:
        Dubai, Oman swaps and spread............... 
  ASIA/SWAP/CRUDE
        Middle East physical crude diffs............... 
  CRUDE/ASIA2
        Australia physical crude, Tapis swaps.......... 
  CRUDE/ASIA1
        Asia-Pacific physical crude.................... 
  CRUDE/ASIA3
        All Asian crude oil differentials................ 
  0#C-DIF-A
        All Asian crude oil outright prices.................. 
  0#C-A
  ))

Keywords: MARKETS ASIA NYMEX/