11.   Last week, an Iraqi diplomat said he expected the oil to flow during the second half of September.

12.   No oil was flowing through the pipeline today, he said.

13.   Oil resumed flowing, the company known as Ecopetrol said.

14.   Oil flows through the economy in myriad ways, often invisibly.

15.   Oil was flowing and the nation was on the verge of becoming an economic power.

16.   Oil could flow six weeks after a final agreement, a spokesman for the U.S. mission to the U.N. said.

17.   Russian and Chechen spokesmen promise that the oil will flow, whatever the state of their relations, because neither side can afford to spurn the lucrative transport fees.

18.   Russia wants the oil to flow through its own territory instead.

19.   Still, all concerned say oil will flow this month, and once it does, many say the intramural wrangling will fade.

20.   Still, by the end of the year, if not by October, new oil should be flowing.