81.   Also countries with national oil companies will have to sell them to private owners, as well as eliminate price subsidies to national companies.

82.   Already oil companies from France, Italy, Russia, Britain, Canada and elsewhere are rushing to conclude arrangements to obtain Iraqi oil once the embargo is lifted.

83.   Also, declining U.S. oil prices pushed oil companies lower.

84.   Also, he was not happy about Chavez naming political associates to high-level positions at the state-run oil company.

85.   Also, the relatively large dividends paid by oil companies gave investors reasons to own the stocks, investors said.

86.   Although they are setting records now, Right said, profits for big oil companies were in the tank just a few years ago.

87.   Also since the accident, Skurdal has devoted much of his energy to suing the oil company and to filing liens against public officials.

88.   American oil companies are perfectly able to gather information and make their own investment decisions.

89.   American oil companies are pursuing their own foreign policy with Iran, in defiance of U.S. interests.

90.   American prosecutors have subpoenaed records from several oil companies that operate in Kazakhstan, including BP Amoco, Phillips Petroleum and ExxonMobil.