31.   The battle over disposal of the oil platform Brent Spar sounds a warning for the petroleum industry and for the international community.

32.   The Clean Air Act explicitly says states cannot mandate what kind of gasoline additive the petroleum industry uses to meet emissions standards.

33.   The companies in September are expected to sign a contract forming the actual joint venture, the first such association developed for the Venezuelan petroleum industry.

34.   The computing center already conducts research for the petroleum industry and in high-energy physics, among other programs.

35.   The environmental group is calling on the petroleum industry to label gasoline pumps serving fuel that contains methylcyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl, or MMT.

36.   The Liberty unit inspects plants and equipment used in the chemical, paper, construction and petroleum industries, Chief Financial Officer Daniel Clare said.

37.   The New York law would force the petroleum industry to find another additive that would achieve the oxygen-content mandate of the Clean Air Act.

38.   The Moncrief family is well known in its home community and throughout the petroleum industry.

39.   The petroleum industry would gain a positive image that may lead to higher valuation of earnings.

40.   The petroleum industry argues that the gains are not worth the costs.