** Shares of U.S. energy companies fall premarket, tracking a decline in crude prices O/R
** Brent crude futures LCOc1 down 1.4% at $107.61/barrel; U.S. West Texas Intermediate CLc1 falls 1.1% to $110.33/barrel
** Crude prices fall as investors await clarity on the status of talks between the U.S. and Iran, and remain wary about sustained supply losses due to shipping disruptions
** Energy majors Exxon Mobil XOM.N and Chevron CVX.N down 1.7% and 1%, respectively
** Oil and gas producers Occidental Petroleum OXY.N, Devon Energy DVN.N, Diamondback Energy FANG.O and ConocoPhillips COP.N decline between 1.9% and 2.3%
** Oilfield services companies Baker Hughes BKR.O and SLB SLB.N down 0.7% each
** Refiners Marathon Petroleum MPC.N and Phillips 66 PSX.N decline 2.4% and 1.3%, respectively
(Reporting by Sumit Saha in Bengaluru)
((Sumit.Saha@thomsonreuters.com;))
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