1.   As for how he would handle the rise in gasoline prices, he said he would not use the strategic petroleum reserves, saving them for a national emergency.

2.   -- The Energy Department will study the possibility of setting up a reserve of heating oil similar to the strategic petroleum reserve.

3.   Crude prices have fallen in the weeks since the strategic petroleum reserve sale was announced.

4.   The strategic petroleum reserve, which has never been completely filled, is occasionally raided to take care of temporary supply-and-demand gasoline price hikes.

5.   Various federal assets like oil from the strategic petroleum reserve would be sold to raise money.

6.   With America on the verge of a major oil disruption and another Mideast war, the real purpose of the strategic petroleum reserves should be clear to everyone.

7.   Giuliani has urged Clinton to address the problem by releasing oil from the U.S. strategic petroleum reserve.

8.   In the short term, Bush refused to rule out tapping the U.S. strategic petroleum reserve or a reducing gasoline taxes.

9.   In the short-term, Bush refused to rule out tapping the U.S. strategic petroleum reserve or a reducing gasoline taxes.

10.   At Prudential Bache brokerage, dealer Christopher Bellew said US plans to buy crude for its strategic petroleum reserve was still underpinning the market.