BUZZ-Oil and gas companies: Oil prices rally

(Updates)

** U.S.-listed oil and gas companies' shares rise after oil prices rise on solid U.S. manufacturing data and a weaker dollar

** Brent crude oil futures were up 2.5 pct at $56.10 a barrel as of 10:25 a.m. ET; U.S. crude up 3 pct at $51.05 per barrel

** Oil and gas producers: California Resources Corp up 15.7 pct at $6.03, Baytex Energy Corp (NYSE: BTE - news) up 12 pct at $19.30, Goodrich Petroleum Corp (NYSE: GDP - news) 11.9 pct at $8.65, Rex Energy Corp up 10.4 pct at $4.47, SandRidge Energy Inc (NYSE: SD - news) up 9.7 pct at $1.70

** Pengrowth Energy Corp up 9 pct at $3.21, Sanchez Energy Corp up 8.5 pct at $13.54, Energy XXI Ltd (NasdaqGS: EXXI - news) up 9.6 pct at $3.58

** Oilfield services providers: C&J Energy Services Inc (NYSE: CJES - news) up 11.4 pct at $11.80, Basic Energy Services Inc (NYSE: BAS - news) up 9.3 pct at $6.80, Denbury Resources Inc (NYSE: DNR - news) up 7.5 pct at $8.33

** Baker Hughes Inc up 3.7 pct at $61.94, Halliburton Co up 5 pct at $43.54

** Contract drillers: Paragon Offshore Plc (NYSE: PGN - news) up 11.8 pct at $2.37, Pacific Drilling SA 10.4 pct at $3.81

** Transocean Ltd (NYSE: RIG - news) up 6.1 pct at $18.34, Nabors Industries Ltd up 6.8 pct at $12.83; Seadrill Ltd up 5.2 pct at $12.45