1.   Ensco is a provider of contract drilling and marine transportation services to the international petroleum industry.

2.   More efficient tax collection and higher-than-expected international petroleum prices helped the government surpass its targets, he said.

3.   Oil stocks, however, fell as traders grew cautious about the potential of the international petroleum giants.

4.   A deal would also increase international petroleum supplies and curb world prices at a time when rising gasoline prices have become an issue in the U.S. presidential campaign.

5.   Approval of the contracts paves the way for oil to resume flowing from Iraq into international petroleum markets.

6.   ARCO is the latest of several international petroleum companies to sign deals in Algeria since President Liamine Zeroual won a five-year term last November.

7.   At the least, American opposition would likely delay the day when Iraq could return to international petroleum markets.

8.   Jiang told international petroleum industry executives that the Chinese government recognized that economic growth has made rising consumption of petroleum products a fact of life.

9.   Several international petroleum companies recently signed deals in Algeria since President Liamine Zeroual won a five-year term last November.

10.   The Mexican government is under increasing pressure to control the protests in Tabasco state, as international petroleum buyers grow nervous about the stability of oil supplies.