1.   Not all were tankers -- the second, a South Korean-run oilfield service vessel, was caught close to a Saudi offshore field and sunk.

2.   Analysts believe that should the merger occur, it would give the new company the deep pockets it needs to develop complex offshore fields.

3.   For now, Iran is limiting these production-sharing deals to offshore fields.

4.   The consortium is developing three offshore fields containing an estimated four billion barrels of oil.

5.   The court ruled a lower court failed to consider evidence Exxon underpaid for oil from the city-controlled Wilmington offshore field by artificially holding down prices.

6.   The offshore field is in shallow water off the Indonesian province of Irian Jaya.

7.   The offshore fields are in shallow water off the Indonesian province of Irian Jaya.

8.   Their oil is highly desirable light sweet crude, and it is in offshore fields, making it relatively easy to drill for the major companies like Chevron.

9.   Phillips Petroleum Co. has begun producing its first oil from offshore China fields, company officials said Friday.

10.   A dozen Alaska companies are poised to do business in Sakhalin, pending final agreements in the offshore fields, Cunningham said.