11.   In an effort to find out just how commercial that technology can be, a trio of interested companies have joined with Georgia Tech.

12.   Interested companies include Atlantic Richfield Co., Perez Companc SA, Pluspetrol, Repsol SA and Agip SpA.

13.   Interested companies will need to scramble to fulfill that need.

14.   It has received many replies from interested companies, the brokerage said.

15.   Mudar declined to identify the interested company.

16.   Other interested companies include Williams Cos., Serlipsa of Peru and Cia. General de Combustible of Argentina.

17.   Recently, its consultants toured the nation with SAP sales representatives, making presentations to interested companies.

18.   The European Bank has already advertised in its monthly bulletin for interested companies to begin submitting their proposals.

19.   The deadlines were extended to give interested companies more time to study the proposals, said Diego Molano, an assistant to Communications Minister Juan Manuel Turbay.

20.   All interested companies have six weeks within which to make their bid, Thisday said.