United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit F I L E D IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS December 10, 2004 FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT Charles R. Fulbruge III Clerk

No. 04-10092

GULF PETRO TRADING COMPANY, INC.; PETREC INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Division of Gulf Petro Trading Company, Inc.; JAMES S. FAULK, Individually, doing business as Petrec International, a de facto corporation; PETREC (NIGERIA) LTD.,

Plaintiffs-Appellants,

versus

NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION,

Defendant-Appellee.

Appeals from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas (USDC No. 3:03-CV-406-G) _________________________________________________________

Before REAVLEY, DAVIS and WIENER, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

We affirm for the reasons set forth in the trial court opinion. Gulf Petro

* Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the Court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4. Trading Co. v. Nigerian Nat’l Petroleum Co.,

(N.D. Tex.

2003).

AFFIRMED.

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