11.   Another manufactured name dreamed up after the merger of the Brooklyn Union gas company and the Long Island Lighting Co.

12.   Ask the gas company or an approved repair service to tune the burner so that all the tips are blue.

13.   At first, AGL Resources Inc., parent of the gas company, wanted to call its marketing affiliate Atlanta Gas Light Services.

14.   At the time, the old-line gas companies were being hammered by deregulation.

15.   Authorities also have subpoenaed records from the gas company to determine when fuel usage might have dropped off.

16.   Besides Banco do Brasil, its largest clients include Caixa Economica, mining company Cia. Vale do Rio Doce and industrial gas company White Martins SA.

17.   Board members raised questions about a gas company called Itera, which sells natural gas primarily in countries that were once part of the Soviet Union.

18.   BOC Group Plc said its BOC Gases unit is joining two Sweden-based gas companies to jointly develop and market cryogenic food freezing equipment.

19.   A few weeks ago, a contractor working on a construction project sliced into one of the mains, forcing the gas company to turn it off.

20.   A state gas company and seven state telephone companies began trading last week on Rio de Janeiro-based Soma, short for Sociedade Operadora do Mercado de Acesso.