21.   Chinese and Vietnamese officials vied with OPEC leaders in appealing for oil company executives to help plumb their supplies.

22.   Cook, a former oil company executive, is a friend of former President George Bush.

23.   Diplomats and oil executives said the postponement would give Turkey time to improve its offer to the companies.

24.   Diplomats and oil executives in Jakarta, however, remained skeptical about the ability of the armed forces to shield the gas fields from continued conflict.

25.   Duncan has met with oil executives in Anchorage and with Gov. Tony Knowles of Alaska in Juneau.

26.   Experts debate whether oil executives have any special insight into the direction of volatile commodity markets.

27.   For the first time, a major national party has nominated two former oil company executives.

28.   For an oil executive, he is unusually sensitive to environmental concerns and has even had dinner with the leaders of Greenpeace.

29.   From their offices here, oil executives can gaze out at a sea dotted by oil platforms.

30.   For the third day in a row, a chastened Prime Minister Tony Blair faced reporters after spending the day twisting the arms of oil executives.