** Shares of oil and gas companies down tracking drop in
oil prices
** Brent crude LCOc1 down 3.2% at $78.58/bbl and US West
Texas Intermediate crude CLc1 down 3.5% at $74.01/bbl on
saturated U.S crude oil supply, expectations of weaker energy
demand, and expected slowdown in oil refinery throughput in
China O/R
** Oil majors Exxon Mobil XOM.N and Chevron CVX.N rise
1.20% and 1.70%, respectively
** Oil and gas producers ConocoPhillips COP.N , Occidental
Petroleum OXY.N , Callon Petroleum CPE.N and Marathon Oil
MRO.N up between 2.10% and 4.82%
** Oilfield services companies SLB SLB.N and Halliburton
HAL.N slip 3.48% and 3.77% respectively
** Oil and gas refiners PBF Energy PBF.N , Valero Energy
VLO.N and Phillips 66 PSX.N down 1.28%-4.77%
(Reporting by Kabir Dweit)
((Kabir.Dweit@thomsonreuters.com))