** Shares of oil and gas companies gain tracking a rise in
oil prices
** Brent crude LCOc1 up 1.7% at $78.76/bbl and U.S. West
Texas Intermediate crude CLc1 up 1.7% at $74.1/bbl after
concerns about burgeoning non-OPEC supply and cooling demand
triggered a 5% drop in prices on Thursday O/R
** Oil majors Exxon Mobil XOM.N and Chevron CVX.N rise
1.25% and 1.27%, respectively
** Oil and gas producers ConocoPhillips COP.N , Occidental
Petroleum OXY.N , Callon Petroleum CPE.N and Marathon Oil
MRO.N up between 0.80% and 2.80%
** Oilfield services companies SLB SLB.N and Halliburton
HAL.N gain 1.08% and 2.03%, respectively
** Oil and gas refiners PBF Energy PBF.N , Valero Energy
VLO.N and Phillips 66 PSX.N up 1.84%-2.57%
** Chevron has begun supplying fuel to Venezuela's state-run
oil company PDVSA in expansion of oil swap deals, three people
familiar with the matter tell Reuters
(Reporting by Kabir Dweit)
((Kabir.Dweit@thomsonreuters.com))