31.   Chevron is just one of many energy giants benefiting from higher fuel prices.

32.   Dominique Moisi, deputy director of the French Institute for International Relations, believes many are still struggling to understand how the Houston energy giant collapsed.

33.   Energy giant Enron denied Monday that it won an Indian oil deal illegally, an allegation at the heart of a suit filed in New Delhi last week.

34.   European stock markets closed down Monday, as news that energy giant Enron had posted the biggest bankruptcy filing in American corporate history sent ripples throughout the financial sector.

35.   Gazprom, meanwhile, enjoys extremely close ties to Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin, who used to run the energy giant.

36.   He was fired by Andersen in January after the firm acknowledged the destruction of Enron documents and deletion of computer files related to the collapse of the energy giant.

37.   He was fired by Andersen after the firm acknowledged the large-scale destruction of Enron documents and deletion of computer files related to the collapse of the energy giant.

38.   How close their friendship grew has come under scrutiny since Enron, the Houston-based energy giant, filed the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history last month.

39.   In the United States, the energy giant has sought to free power companies from regulation.

40.   The energy giant and its employees have given more money to Bush over the years than any other company, according to the watchdog Center for Public Integrity.