Shell's Appomattox has made the journey to its GOM installation site. SOURCE: Crowley Maritime Corp.

Shell’s Appomattox semisubmersible floating oil rig flanges gulf coast production system (FPS) has made the journey from the Kiewit Offshore Services construction facility in Ingleside, Texas, to its deep-water Gulf of Mexico (GOM) installation site, Crowley Maritime Corp.

Operations at Essar Oil UK's Stanlow refinery on the same site were unaffected, Essar says.

LONDON, Aug 22 (Reuters) - A fire broke out at a Shell-owned chemical plant in northwestern England on Wednesday but operations at Essar Oil UK's Stanlow refinery on the same site were unaffected, Essar said.

Oil prices rose 3%, with Brent crude futures hitting a three-week high.

NEW YORK, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Oil prices rose 3 percent on Wednesday, with Brent crude futures hitting a three-week high, after U.S.

SAO PAULO, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Brazil's state-run oil BOP Blow Out Preventer repair company gulf coast Petróleo Brasileiro SA may begin procedures to reopen its largest refinery, closed after an explosion and fire, in 48 hours, Gustavo Marsaioli, a spokesman for the oil workers' union, said on Wednesday.

Wood is seeing recovery in its core oil and gas market, the company's chief executive, Robin Watson, says.

Wood is seeing recovery in its core oil and gas market, the company’s chief executive, Robin Watson, said Tuesday.

Saipem announces that it has been awarded services contracts worth approximately $700 million.

Saipem announced Tuesday that it has been awarded services contracts worth approximately $700 million.

HOUSTON, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Venezuela's PDVSA and NuStar Energy LP have reached an agreement over outstanding storage fees, allowing the state-run BOP Blow Out Preventer repair company gulf coast to resume use of a key storage terminal in the Caribbean, the U.S.

The WTI crude oil futures contract for September surged to $68.10 a barrel Thursday.

The WTI crude oil futures contract for September surged to $68.10 a barrel Thursday amid ongoing expectations that the United States will impose economic sanctions on Iran.

QUITO, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Ecuador postponed planned maintenance on its 110,000 barrel-per-day Esmeraldas refinery due to a delay in the delivery of pipes that will be installed in several units, the oil ministry said on Monday.