51.   Kay sold it to Philip S. Potter Sr., a local oil executive, whose family lived in it for two generations.

52.   Many oil executives prefer that route, but U.S. sanctions against Iran make it all but impossible to build, at least for the time being.

53.   Many oil executives think they were misled by the government.

54.   Most oil industry executives here assume Iraqi sales will begin next month.

55.   No one will be surprised to learn that oil company executives and others in the resource extraction industry had a big hand in drafting the energy plan.

56.   Nevertheless, the recent spurt in gasoline prices has generated vigorous denunciation of oil company executives.

57.   Now those prices are retreating, and oil executives are concerned.

58.   Oil executives at other companies said the deal benefited both BP and Amoco.

59.   Oil executives battled Chavez by slashing production.

60.   Oil executives must weigh pressure from Washington against a backdrop of low oil prices and the worldwide economic downturn.