Chevron appeals Brazil ban, seeks to restart closed field output
August 16, 2012 at 18:32 PM EDT
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Chevron, the No. 2 U.S. oil company, said on Thursday it filed an appeal against an injunction banning the company and its drilling contractor Transocean Ltd. from operating in Brazil while civil and criminal charges over a November oil spill are judged.