11.  Expectations that gasoline demand will be strong during the peak summer driving season boosted oil prices since early May, even amid ample world crude supplies.

12.  Lower crude oil prices pushed down oil and gas shares after the American Petroleum Institute said U.S. crude supplies rose more than expected last week.

13.  Oil stocks may rise today on concern that U.S. crude supplies may be declining, analysts said.

14.  Prices fell for a second day as crude supplies in Europe and Africa were deemed as ample to meet refiner demand.

15.  Saddam could find this a useful time to put the shoe on the other foot, cutting his output to further tighten global crude supplies and ratchet prices upward.

16.  Rising bond yields hurt shares of banks, while oil shares rallied on tight crude supplies.

17.  To be sure, any Iraqi oil is far from reaching the market, and crude supplies are lean.

18.  While gasoline production is falling, crude supplies are rising and expected to rise further, driving prices lower.

19.  With Iraqi crude supplies out of the picture, traders focused instead on declining supplies in the U.S.

20.  With gasoline production disrupted, crude supplies are rising and expected to rise further, driving prices lower.