1.   BP leads a consortium of companies under contract with Azerbaijan to explore and develop the field.

2.   Crowley, who helped develop the field of African studies and won numerous honors for his work, had only limited use of his arms.

3.   Conoco won the right to develop the fields in a competition with two French companies -- Total and Elf Aquitaine.

4.   Exxon planned to develop fields in the Timan Pechora Central Khoreiver Depression in northern Russia with two state-owned oil companies.

5.   Exxon received official notice today that Russian officials ended its role in a project to develop fields in the Timan Pechora Central Khoreiver Depression in northern Russia.

6.   If oil is discovered, a joint venture company would be formed between the foreign company and PDVSA to develop the field.

7.   If oil is discovered, a joint venture company would be formed between the foreign company and the PDVSA affiliate to develop the field.

8.   If oil is discovered, a joint venture company would be formed between the foreign company and a PDVSA affiliate to develop the field.

9.   If Shell develops the new field, it would the first deep-water production off Nigeria.

10.   Its financial troubles, however, have forced it to halve its capital spending, constraining it in developing its fields and replacing its oil and gas reserves.