91.   American-based oil companies like ExxonMobil are starting to move in the same direction.

92.   Amoco is the first big oil company to cut back on exploration because of lower prices.

93.   Among the beneficiaries are the huge oil companies that also produce natural gas.

94.   Although the stock is trading at a discount to many of its peers, Ms. Meyers says Mobil is the best run of the big oil companies.

95.   Although the trend to study Russian has dropped, the demand has picked up among oil companies with oil fields in Siberia.

96.   Among the larger oil companies, Atlantic Richfield is the most leveraged to oil prices, meaning its earnings are the most affected by price swings.

97.   Among them are Wireless One, a Jackson, Miss., communications company, and Omni Energy Services, a Carencro, La., oil services company.

98.   Amec is gaining footholds in Asia and the Pacific rim region, where oil companies like Unocal Corp. are focusing more of their investments.

99.   Among those to strike is Union Sindical Obrera, known as USO, which represents workers at state oil company Ecopetrol.

100.   American and European oil companies have a stake in the oil to be pumped from Azerbaijan.