
** U.S.-listed shares of oil and gas producers and services providers rise on Thursday after oil prices rise as much as 7.6 pct, helped by a rally in equity markets and an unexpected fall in U.S. crude inventories ** Brent up at $46.32 a barrel by 11.10 a.m ET, having hit an intraday high o
** AllianzGI's Matthew Tillett takes advantage of depressed prices presented by the recent market meltdown to add to holdings in BP & Royal Dutch Shell as well as smaller cos (names undisclosed) in the sector ** Tillett, who runs the Allianz UK Unconstrained fund, flags that oversupply in
(Adds BP no comment, details) HOUSTON, Aug 26 (Reuters) - BP Plc's main 240,000 barrel per day (bpd) crude distillation unit at its Whiting, Indiana, refinery reached production levels over 200,000 bpd, or 80 percent of capacity, a day after restarting from a two-and-a-half week shutdown, a
HOUSTON, Aug 26 (Reuters) - BP Plc's main 240,000 barrel per day (bpd) crude distillation unit at its Whiting, Indiana, refinery is reaching production levels over 200,000 bpd, a day after restarting from a two-and-a-half week shutdown for unplanned repairs, said a source familiar with plant oper
(Adds quotes, detail, background) ABUJA, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Nigeria's state oil company has cancelled its contract for the delivery of crude to the country's refineries in Warri, Port Harcourt and Kaduna, it said on Wednesday. Oil sales account for about 70 percent of government reven
* Sept WCS trades at $14.65/bbl below WTI By Nia Williams CALGARY, Alberta, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Canadian heavy crude differentials tightened on Tuesday after BP Plc restarted a crude unit at its 413,500 barrel-per-day Whiting, Indiana, refinery weeks earlier than initially expected.</p
(Updates prices to settlement, adds byline) By Robert Gibbons NEW YORK, Aug 25 (Reuters) - U.S. gasoline futures fell on Tuesday, pressured by a Midwest refinery unit return and the approaching end of the summer driving season even as crude futures rallied from 6-1/2-year lows.
(Corrects third paragraph to read 34 instead of 35 companies; deletes Okada Servicos de Giociências from table because bid was rejected) SAO PAULO, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Brazil's oil regulator ANP said on Tuesday it had approved an additional 22 companies to participate in the so-called 13th-ro
(Adds details on companies involved in auction) SAO PAULO, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Brazil's oil regulator ANP said on Tuesday it had approved an additional 22 companies to participate in the so-called 13th-round auction of oil exploration and production rights set for October 7. The 22 approve
NEW YORK, Aug 25 (Reuters) - U.S. gasoline futures fell on Tuesday, pressured by a Midwest refinery unit return and the approaching end of the summer driving season even as crude futures rallied from 6-1/2-year lows. The oil futures complex was hammered on Monday when plunging equities in C
SAO PAULO, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Brazil's oil regulator, known as ANP, said on Tuesday that it had approved an additional 22 companies to participate in the so-called 13th-round auction of oil exploration and production rights set for October 7. The 22 companies, which include Statoil ASA, Tot