1.   Oil majors need not fear being unable to sell their crude.

2.   Whereas the bulk of industry faced higher costs and a squeeze on profits, the oil majors had a profit bonanza.

3.   Analysts say BP is the best positioned of the oil majors to increase its production and profits in the next decade.

4.   Analysts said Clyde could attract other bidders, though probably not from the big oil majors.

5.   Despite the concerns, combining these two oil majors will not recreate the kind of monopoly enjoyed by Standard Oil.

6.   Though the initial target was government, the oil majors inevitably came under attack from all sides.

7.   Times have been anything but boring for minority investors in the production subsidiaries of the Russian oil majors.

8.   Other ministers worry that non-OPEC sources, such as Western oil majors operating in the North Sea, will take a bigger share of the market.

9.   However, Lorenzo warned that the oil majors may well impose hefty price increases in the coming months.

10.   Many consumers are fighting back, with boycotts of the oil majors or Internet-related efforts to track and publicize the cheapest gas prices.