21.   Matters were not helped when Russia, which sells gas to AES for its generators, halted the service for four days this month in a price dispute.

22.   More gas is sold for every dollar spent on marketing, billing and customer service.

23.   Mobil Corp. has a new way to sell gas to drivers who have the need for speed.

24.   Murphy is concerned that, although more gas might be sold, car owners may run into trouble in the future.

25.   No place sells gas on Sunday.

26.   Oil companies support the gas grid because it would enable them to sell gas from one field to several buyers.

27.   One official said Iran stood to lose the most under the new arrangement since it would not be able to sell its gas to Turkey as originally proposed.

28.   Only local utilities, which are regulated monopolies, can sell gas and electricity sales to U.S. consumers now, though sales to the utilities themselves are deregulated.

29.   Russian gas already is sold to a number of European countries.

30.   Separately, the Boston Gas Co. is awaiting a ruling to allow it to stop selling gas and also be only a local carrier.