21.   Iraq is now pumping at its maximum capacity and is looking to buy spare parts for its dilapidated oil industry to boost production.

22.   Other OPEC nations are pumping at top capacity, but Naimi said only Saudi Arabia is capable of covering any shortage.

23.   OPEC members have decided to continue pumping at current levels of production despite a dramatic drop in oil prices since the terror attacks on the United States.

24.   The slabs grow a little bigger with every barrel of crude pumped at Tengiz.

25.   They also say OPEC is already pumping at near-full capacity.

26.   Waste oil in the bilge is supposed to be pumped out at special recovery stations or dumped far out at sea.

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