1.   Even the largest oil corporations have to rely on external finance to develop new oil fields.

2.   Two of the largest oil companies have been accused of rigging prices.

3.   Also reported hit by NATO planes was the largest oil refinery in Serbia and a bridge over the Danube southeast of Belgrade.

4.   Although the two largest oil producers, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan, are predominantly Muslim, they share a long-standing tradition of secularism.

5.   Among the largest oil companies, only Unocal Corp. and Amoco Corp. plan to reduce spending this year.

6.   Between them they may find a way back into the country with by far the largest oil reserves in the world.

7.   But Saudi Arabia, the largest oil producer in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, rejected the proposal.

8.   Canada is the second largest oil export to the U.S. after Venezuela.

9.   Currently, Colombia is the fifth largest oil producer, trailing Brazil and Argentina as well.

10.   Exxon Mobil Corp. would become the largest oil company in the world.