Chevron also had to buy 400,000 barrels a day of refined products to supply its wholesale and retail marketing network.

A spokesman said Alfa-Eco would buy 20 million barrels of oil from Iraq.

They bought 7.79 million barrels of gasoline a day last year, up from 6.54 million in 1974.

In October, for example, the United States bought 233 million barrels of oil at a cost of $4.3 billion.

The Germans were interested in buying 100,000 barrels of oil type Panuco.

Spike offers to buy 1,000 barrels a day, and gives Elmer $10,00 down payment.

Over the months we bought 100 million barrels of futures.

The United States bought 14 million more barrels in May at a price averaging $16.71, up 24 cents.

Mr. Stroud, in his oil deal, offered to buy four million barrels worth more than $120 million.

Poland agreed to buy seven million barrels from Iraq.