41.   U.S. companies also can buy Iranian oil if they do not bring it into the United States for refining.

42.   U.S. companies have been barred from buying Iraqi oil since the Persian Gulf War.

43.   Under the new rules American companies and their subsidiaries will no longer be permitted to buy Iranian oil and sell it in third markets, including Japan.

44.   Under the trade ban announced by President Clinton earlier this month, U.S. oil companies can no longer buy Iranian oil for sale to countries outside the United States.

45.   U.S. companies may buy Iraqi oil for the first time since the Persian Gulf War, a State Department official said today.

46.   Until now, the United States has allowed American companies to buy Iranian oil, but only for sale abroad.

47.   Waxman had been buying the oil in France, but now Steve Plotnicki, who is in the music business, has become the importer.

48.   A year ago, Syrian President Bashar Assad told Powell that his government would not buy Iraqi oil in violation of U.N. sanctions.

49.   American companies currently are permitted to buy oil from Iran, but they may not resell it in the United States.

50.   Belarus must buy oil and natural gas from Russia and the bulk of its exports go to its giant eastern neighbor.