11.   Ndu Ughamadu, a state petroleum company spokesman, blamed an organized smuggling network for the disaster.

12.   Some European traders say they are considering asking the Iraqi state petroleum company to ask the United Nations for a lower price because of low demand.

13.   Survivors were being evacuated Monday by helicopters provided by the state petroleum corporation as well as Shell and Chevron oil companies, company officials said.

14.   State petroleum company workers and firefighters were trying to extinguish the flames.

15.   The Government also will be selling off the state petroleum, smelting and railroad companies and the national airline Lloyd Aereo Boliviano.

16.   The state petroleum company has blamed organized crime networks for encouraging pipeline vandalism and using violence against security guards and police who try to stop the vandals.

17.   The union is opposed to a pension-reform program and the privatization of the state petroleum company.

18.   The union opposes a pension reform program and the privatization of the state petroleum company.

19.   Thousands of Venezuelan oil workers late Thursday vowed to continue a nationwide strike after the state petroleum monopoly abandoned negotiations over pay raises.

20.   Up until last year, export revenues by the state petroleum monopoly had financed two-thirds of the budget.