61.   Oil executives who visited the remote Taumarena processing facility were divided about the effects of the new measures.

62.   Oil executives, however, stubbornly insist on their right to choose the cheapest alternative.

63.   Oil company executives admitted Wednesday they had reaped profits during the price spike, caused, they said, by the equipment breakdowns and refinery explosions.

64.   Oil company executives were hauled before Congress and skewered for soaring prices and profits, and the government started major price-fixing investigations.

65.   Oil executives looking for a way to bring their crude out of Azerbaijan have only three or four main alternatives.

66.   Oil executives are expected to decide soon where to lay their strategically vital pipeline from oil-rich Azerbaijan.

67.   Oil executives deny the charges.

68.   Oil industry executives and analysts expect prices to decline in the months ahead.

69.   One local oil executive said he has had inquiries from six headhunters in the past six months.

70.   Oil company executives, among others, insist that a rollback of the tax increase will not be reflected at the pump.