91.   One local company that gave the project a look was Empire Energy Corp., a small, publicly traded oil and gas exploration company with headquarters in Overland Park.

92.   Over the years, the couple has owned car dealerships, motels, banks and a propane gas company, among others.

93.   Other gas companies, however, are expanding in anticipation of deregulation.

94.   Pakistan is in the midst of a five-year plan that includes privatization of much of its industry, especially electric power and natural gas companies.

95.   Perez Companc and Astra are both Argentine oil and gas companies.

96.   Purchases by large, well-known gas trading companies also helped push prices higher, traders said.

97.   Possible buyers include the independent oil and gas companies that have been snapping up reserves from the large oil companies, which are shifting their operations abroad.

98.   Rio de Janeiro state outlined the qualifications for potential bidders for its gas company Cia. Estadual de Gas and a gas venture called Riogas.

99.   Sanofi is a unit of Elf Aquitaine, an international oil and gas company.

100.   Ruhrgas also plans to use Vebacom for some of its internal telecommunications needs, the gas company said.