21.   In NEW YORK, crude oil fell on anticipation that Iraq will pump oil for export as soon as a food distribution plan is approved by the United Nations.

22.   In some cases the oil was pumped out of the ships through illegal pipes that were then removed by the crews just before Coast Guard inspections.

23.   Indeed, Iraq began to pump oil abroad for the first time since the war last week, via a pipeline through Turkey.

24.   Iraq, its economy now a shambles, has said that it will pump oil as quickly as it can when the embargo is lifted.

25.   Iraq could be allowed in coming weeks to pump more oil than traders had expected a few weeks ago under a United Nations oil-for-aid accord.

26.   Iraqis say they cannot pump enough oil to pay for the extra food until spare parts approved by the U.N. Security Council have been installed.

27.   Last February, Russia pumped more oil than Saudi Arabia.

28.   Limited to a few hundred feet a decade ago, Shell Oil Co. has a platform under construction that will pump oil from the ocean floor a mile below.

29.   Like Colombia, Venezuela could see oil export revenue fall while pumping more oil.

30.   Mostly, they have done this to stop rising public discontent from making it impossible for them to pump oil.