81.   Pakistan will hold its first international oil and gas conference next week to discuss opportunities in the petroleum sector here, newspapers reported Tuesday.

82.   Pilgrims in neighboring wealthy Gulf states are also staying home due to the hard times because of slumping international oil prices.

83.   A slump in international oil prices has dampened hopes for quick economy recovery, according to Datanalisis director Luis Vicente Leon.

84.   A number of major international oil companies are expected to participate in the upcoming privatization auctions.

85.   A U.N. human rights envoy on Monday reportedly called for an independent inquiry into claims that international oil companies have caused widespread environmental damage in Nigeria.

86.   A United Nations human rights envoy has called for an independent inquiry into claims of widespread environmental damage in Nigeria by international oil companies, a newspaper reported Monday.

87.   Al-Hassan urged members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries to work together to boost international oil prices.

88.   All were members of the Ogoni minority group and had accused Abacha of allowing international oil companies to destroy their environment in the search for oil.

89.   Al-Subaih set up an investigation committee with representatives of the state-run Kuwait Oil Co. and international oil companies.

90.   An unknown number of spills are allegedly the result of neglect by the Nigerian government, which owns many pipelines, or international oil companies.