51.   Both Massachusetts senators are trying to push legislation in the Senate for a heating oil reserve system.

52.   -- The Energy Department will study the possibility of setting up a reserve of heating oil similar to the strategic petroleum reserve.

53.   A coalition of heating oil suppliers, utilities and consumer groups have filed with federal regulators to oppose a rate request from Long Island Lighting Co.

54.   A delegation of high-ranking Yugoslav opposition leaders now visiting the United States has been pressing for American support for the heating oil shipments.

55.   A heating oil crisis compelled some U.S. refineries to keep producing heating oil rather than shifting to gasoline.

56.   A plurality of voters said the high price of heating oil was an issue for them.

57.   A slump in refinery operations, combined with lackluster heating oil demand this winter, drove crude prices to a seven-month low Monday.

58.   A typical trading ploy in recent weeks has been to sell gasoline futures and buy heating oil.

59.   A winter storm is expected to blanket the U.S. northeast and parts of eastern Canada, among the largest markets for heating oil.

60.   A typical trading strategy in recent weeks has been to sell gasoline futures and buy heating oil.