21.   Russian companies are not yet able to compete head-on with the multinational oil giants.

22.   Secretly, however, the processors agreed to apply for their share of any punitive damages awarded to fishermen suing the oil giant.

23.   Spriggs described the Irving site as a natural and said chamber officials will be working closely with the oil giant to help relocated workers find homes near the headquarters.

24.   Stock analysts said Texaco slammed the door because differences between the oil giants proved intractable.

25.   Taken at face value, the about-face of the oil giants is astonishing.

26.   The case also prompted the oil giant to install safety equipment for the first time in hundreds of similar facilities across the country.

27.   The deal culminated many years of lobbying by US oil giants, who have been assisted by Republican and Democratic administrations alike.

28.   The foreign policy adviser, Condoleezza Rice, has even had a tanker named after her by an oil giant, Chevron.

29.   The Mobil Oil Co. and other oil giants halted gasoline advertising, and with surprising speed, consumers shifted to smaller cars.

30.   The only thing that could halt the deal-making is the Latin American oil giants taking too big a bite of the U.S. refining industry.