21.   Giuliani has urged Clinton to address the problem by releasing oil from the U.S. strategic petroleum reserve.

22.   In the short term, Bush refused to rule out tapping the U.S. strategic petroleum reserve or a reducing gasoline taxes.

23.   In the short-term, Bush refused to rule out tapping the U.S. strategic petroleum reserve or a reducing gasoline taxes.

24.   The administration has refused to dip into the petroleum reserve, created to deal with national emergencies.

25.   The lake is an important source of fish for Chad, Nigeria and northern Cameroon, and petroleum reserves have been discovered on the Chadian side.

26.   Though Nigeria has large petroleum reserves, the distribution problems have left cities across the African country with fuel shortages.

27.   Although US petroleum reserves and production capacity are the highest in the world, the United States is the number one importer, Kang said.

28.   At Prudential Bache brokerage, dealer Christopher Bellew said US plans to buy crude for its strategic petroleum reserve was still underpinning the market.

29.   Clinton also proposed selling Navy petroleum reserves and turning over the management of many federal buildings to private firms.

30.   Moreover, the United States has built up the strategic petroleum reserve which it can start pumping with short notice.