To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (32939 ) 3/18/2003 10:33:39 AM From: Techplayer Respond to of 57110 JORDAN: BUILDING OIL RESERVES AHEAD OF POSSIBLE WAR Monday Morning, Lebanon - 14 hours ago Jordan has increased oil imports from its eastern neighbor Iraq, which provides it with all its oil supplies, to build reserves in case a war disrupts supplies ... Saudis to free up oil reserves if war disrupts Iraqi exports ABS CBN News, Philippines - 1 hour ago ... So you increase capacity. But how do you tap into reserves immediately? You want to make sure that if there are disruptions, the oil markets are covered. ... Why Prices Will Fall - Fortune OPEC Stresses Commitment To Supply, Watches For Developments - MENAFN Saudis can make up for lost Iraqi oil - Sydney Morning Herald Daily Telegraph Use oil reserves wisely Daily Yomiuri, Japan - 15 Mar 2003 ... Even if crude oil imports drop markedly, Japan today has oil reserves worth 171 days of net imports, when public- and private-sector reserves are combined. ... Why a short, sharp war would benefit oil trade - The Scotsman Quick War Could Drop Oil Prices - WCCO Oil reserves ready if needed Alexandria Town Talk, LA - 16 Mar 2003 ... In 2000 President George W. Bush renewed the plan, which calls for a portion of US oil produced in the Gulf of Mexico to flow into reserves in lieu of oil ... Petroleum reserve is ready if needed - Shreveport Times IEA says oil reserves will be freed if there is war Financial Times (subscription), UK - 14 Mar 2003 ... In January 1991, the announcement that the IEA would release 2.5mb/d of oil from its strategic reserves coincided with the start of the air campaign. ... US 'plotting war to grab oil reserves' Gulf Daily News, Bahrain - 14 Mar 2003 The United States is planning war on Iraq because it wants to control the country's oil reserves, a group of 35 Bahrain political societies and national clubs ... US ready to release oil reserves CNN/Money - 10 Mar 2003 ... the decision be made by the president to go ahead and use some of those reserves ... when we are certain we cannot get enough oil to meet national needs," he said. ... US wants to control all oil reserves of the world: Iraq envoy IRNA, Iran - 11 Mar 2003 ... 11, IRNA -- Iraqi ambassador to India, Salah-al- Mukhtar on Monday evening said that the 'United States wants to take control of all the world's oil reserves ... Oil reserves could save prices Nzoom.com, New Zealand - 12 Mar 2003 ... believe said such a price spike would be short-lived, given the United States and the International Energy Agency could turn to their abundant oil reserves. ... thetowntalk.com