1.   Today there are still cargo movements between the River Humber and River Forth, mainly refined oil products.

2.   And the company will jettison a European business set up to convert contaminated petroleum into usable oil products.

3.   Based in Russell, Kentucky, Ashland is best known for refining petroleum and marketing motor oil products under the Valvoline brand name.

4.   Both economic growth and an increasing population have substantially increased the demand for all oil distillate products.

5.   A long report in The New York Times Thursday made clear that American thirst for oil products shows no signs of abating.

6.   A separate agreement would provide consultant services to NP for aviation refueling systems, developing a pipeline for various oil products and disaster preparedness.

7.   Also, Russia has been increasing its production of oil products.

8.   But Standard Oil did bring economies of scale to the oil business, creating national pipelines and distribution systems that helped cut prices for consumer oil products.

9.   But they would be even higher, he said, if oil products could not be shipped here directly by sea.

10.   Demand for refined oil products also grew during the quarter, analysts said.