31.   At the time, U.S. lawmakers had threatened to block financing for the oil shipments.

32.   At the time, U.S. lawmakers had threatened to block financing for oil shipments.

33.   But it did not embrace a naval blockade proposed by the United States to keep oil shipments away.

34.   But he indicated that Bulgaria would not interfere with oil shipments from other countries.

35.   But he said his country would not resume oil exports until the United Nations approves prices for oil shipments in December.

36.   But it did not embrace the idea floated by the United States for a naval blockade to keep oil shipments away.

37.   But they acknowledged it would be hard to convince the allies to forgo lucrative contracts and oil shipments.

38.   European Union foreign ministers are expected Monday to ban oil shipments to Yugoslavia, the EU announced Thursday.

39.   He confirmed that Russia would ignore a European Union ban on oil shipments to Yugoslavia that took effect Saturday.

40.   He said while distance precludes Russian oil shipments to the United States, there is no reason a bookkeeping system to trade oil could not be established.