1.   Major earners were again garments and textiles, tea, refined petroleum products and gemstones.

2.   An oil industry deregulation bill has been stalled by disagreements over the taxation of refined petroleum imports, forcing President Fidel Ramos to defer a scheduled signing this week.

3.   As a matter of fact, they are running short of refined petroleum.

4.   Colonial is the main source of supply for refined petroleum products from the Texas Gulf to the eastern U.S.

5.   Denver-based Total Petroleum refines, transports and markets petroleum and refined petroleum products.

6.   Inventories of refined petroleum products are rising after the peak period of gasoline demand ended on Labor Day and before colder weather spurs demand for home heating fuels.

7.   Inventories of refined petroleum products are rising after the end of the peak period of gasoline demand and before colder weather spurs home-heating needs.

8.   Prices for refined petroleum also dropped.

9.   Tesoro markets refined petroleum products in the western U.S., Alaska and the Far East, and explores for natural gas in Bolivia through a joint venture.

10.   The compliance of OPEC members and the resulting decline in inventories of both crude oil and refined petroleum products will drive the price higher, he said.