1.   When oil was first imported this was the place chosen for an oil refinery.

2.   American companies were already barred from importing Iranian oil.

3.   Because of restrictions against importing Iranian oil into the United States, the oil purchased by U.S. firms is refined in Europe and Asia.

4.   According to the State Department, the two officials once again urged King Hussein to sever economic ties with Iraq, and especially to stop importing oil from Iraq.

5.   But Yugoslavia has been trying to compensate for the allied attack by importing refined oil by sea.

6.   Countries importing oil, such as Japan, needs dollars to buy it.

7.   Electric companies, which import oil to fuel power generators, gained.

8.   Existing U.S. laws already ban U.S. companies from importing Iranian oil into the United States.

9.   For example, Occidental Petroleum Corp. imports Colombian oil to the U.S.

10.   For the first time, the United States had to import oil to meet domestic demand.