11.   Prices of crude may rise as refiners import more to meet demand during the peak summer driving season.

12.   Prices were spurred in part by expectations for growing demand as the peak summer driving season approaches.

13.   Supplies of crude and gasoline are rising as U.S. refiners run at a near-capacity pace, with the peak summer travel season already underway.

14.   Supplies of crude and gasoline are rising as U.S. refiners run near capacity, with the peak summer travel season already underway.

15.   The American Petroleum Institute yesterday reported U.S. crude and gasoline stockpiles plummeted last week on strong demand during the peak summer driving season.

16.   The increase came even as the peak summer driving season begins.

17.   The violence also stirred anxiety on Wall Street and drove up oil prices before the peak summer driving season in the United States.

18.   U.S. gasoline demand was strong through the peak summer driving season and prices were boosted by a series of refinery problems.

19.   A rise in demand during the peak summer driving season in North America and Europe threatens to trigger another round of retail price hikes, it said.

20.   A TXU subsidiary will be able to buy power from the plants during peak summer periods for the next five years, the company said Thursday.