51.   Instead, he said Russia is looking for other revenue sources in order to take some of the weight off the oil sector.

52.   Iranian First Vice-President Hassan Habibi arrived here on Tuesday for an official three-day visit to discuss trade expansion, specifically in the oil sector.

53.   It will also hit back at U.S. legislation allowing Washington to slap trade sanctions on foreign companies investing in the oil sectors in Libya and Iran.

54.   It would also hit back at U.S. legislation allowing Washington to slap trade sanctions on foreign companies investing in the oil sectors in Libya and Iran.

55.   Johnson cited semiconductors, communications equipment, drug companies, electric utilities and the oil sector as areas investors believe may emerge relatively unscathed.

56.   Kuwait has for the first time allowed a foreign partner into its government-owned oil sector.

57.   Officials have moved quickly in the critical oil sector.

58.   Other gainers in the oil sector Tuesday were Elf-Aquitaine and TotalFina, whose shares rose for the second day amid speculation that a friendly merger is imminent.

59.   On Monday, Abang Anu Bakar Mustafa, the government minister in charge of the oil sector, said Malaysia had the right to invest in Iran.

60.   President Boris Yeltsin on Saturday signed a long-awaited law governing foreign investment in the oil sector.