By Robert Gibbons NEW YORK, June 6 (Reuters) - Oil fell on Monday in choppy trading on raised expectations that OPEC will raise production targets this week and on continuing concerns about high prices curbing oil demand. Indications that high prices are restricting demand in the consuming West, confirmed by the worst U.S. jobs report since September, have alarmed a group of OPEC's core members led by Saudi Arabia enough that they will push for a rise in output at the producer group's Wednesday meeting in Vienna. Opposition to higher OPEC output targets is expected from Iran and Venezuela. [ID:nLDE7540D1] TransCanada Corp's (TRP.TO) restart of its 591,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Keystone crude oil pipeline on Sunday, a week after being shut by a leak at a Kansas pumping station, added pressure on oil prices. [ID:nN05225928] The dollar recovered against the euro and the dollar index also turned slightly higher, after early weakness had supported dollar-denominated oil prices. The possibility of a tropical cylcone developing over the next 48 hours, reported by the U.S. National Hurricane Center, limited the downside for oil prices because of the potential of storm-related disruptions to U.S. Gulf of Mexico and Gulf Coast oil production. [ID:nL3E7H61KB] Middle East turmoil, most notably in Yemen and Syria, also helped limit crude price losses. Brent crude for July delivery LCOc1 fell 72 cents to $115.12 a barrel by 12:06 p.m. EDT (1606 GMT), off the session low of $114.14. U.S. July crude CLc1 fell 70 cents to $99.52 a barrel, having dropped as low as $98.64 and hovering near front-month crude's 100-day moving average of $99.67 and the 20-day MA of $99.90. "Crude oil futures have been choppy, moving in the recent range, cautious ahead of this week's OPEC meeting," said Andrew Lebow, broker at MF Global in New York. "Volume is modest at this point as people are awaiting results of the meeting on Wednesday. Also being watched are developments in the Middle East and North Africa." Total crude trading volumes lagged in morning trading in New York, well below 30- and 250-day averages. <^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Is the global economy slowing? r.reuters.com/pad89r U.S. crude stock levels: link.reuters.com/syh89r OPEC production and targets: r.reuters.com/zyg89r A 24-hour technical outlook on U.S. oil [ID:nL3E7H3039] For a 24-hour outlook on Brent crude [ID:nL3E7H3043] ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^> (Additional reporting by Gene Ramos in New York, Jessica Donati in London and Rebekah Kebede in Perth; Editing by David Gregorio)

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