1.   Five years later, the international oil Market is serene, even sleepy.

2.   The threat of war has been enough to unsettle international oil traders.

3.   There were some pockets of profit-taking in the rally, particularly diversified health care, household products and international oil stocks.

4.   With the reduction in foreign investments, the government will be even more a hostage to the whims of the international oil price.

5.   Oil wells which the PDVSA considered to be marginal would be offered to international oil companies to develop.

6.   BP was one of a consortium of international oil companies that set up an oil spill response base in Singapore.

7.   The typical picture in such industries was one in which international oil companies, having secured concessions under which they risked their capital, discovered and developed the resource.

8.   It also had to tackle the challenge of ensuring international oil operators knew of the capabilities of local suppliers.

9.   ARGENTINE stocks fell for the third day, led by oil companies on concerns that international oil prices may drop as major producing countries exceed production quotas.