EXHIBIT 3.  GENERAL IMPORTS OF CRUDE PETROLEUM BY COUNTRY, 
            NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED: March 1998

Details may not equal totals due to rounding. (-)  Represents zero.




                                    Net quantity in
                                  thousands of barrels

                                                     Cumulative
        Country            March        February         1998

Total                        268,050       233,845       766,116

OPEC Total                   143,753       104,405       369,012

Algeria                          195           448           879
Indonesia                      1,021           668         3,094
Iran                             (-)           (-)           (-)
Iraq                           4,408                       7,535
Kuwait                        12,789         8,067        30,527
Nigeria                       30,473        18,985        70,811

Qatar                            (-)           (-)           (-)
Saudi Arabia                  49,740        34,828       127,307
United Arab Emirates             (-)           (-)           (-)
Venezuela                     45,128        41,409       128,859

Non-OPEC                     124,296       129,440       397,105

Angola                        15,474        11,737        39,554
Bahamas                          (-)           (-)           (-)
Brunei                           (-)           (-)           (-)
Cameroon                         (-)           (-)           (-)
Canada                        34,771        42,842       117,898
China                          2,440           686         3,555
Congo (Brazzaville)              920         2,821         3,743
Congo (Kinshasa)                 319           (-)           991

Ecuador                        3,617         1,302         7,486
Egypt                            (-)           (-)           (-)
Malaysia                         302         1,380         2,031
Mexico                        35,604        35,286       114,379
Netherlands Antilles             (-)           (-)           (-)
Oman                             (-)           (-)           (-)
Peru                           1,517         1,085         3,677
Trinidad and Tobago            1,647         1,683         5,008

All Other                     27,684        30,617        98,782
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                                   Customs value in
                                 thousands of dollars

                                                     Cumulative
        Country            March        February         1998


Total                      3,204,470     3,066,378    10,079,830

OPEC Total                 1,665,437     1,330,050     4,720,715

Algeria                        2,973         7,194        14,219
Indonesia                     12,529        12,489        49,207
Iran                             (-)           (-)           (-)
Iraq                          55,894           (-)       106,569
Kuwait                       150,152        97,826       384,866
Nigeria                      414,096       285,522     1,055,355

Qatar                            (-)           (-)           (-)
Saudi Arabia                 580,976       444,189     1,653,997
United Arab Emirates             (-)           (-)           (-)
Venezuela                    448,816       482,830     1,456,501

Non-OPEC                   1,539,033     1,736,328     5,359,115

Angola                       202,707       174,412       578,878
Bahamas                          (-)           (-)           (-)
Brunei                           (-)           (-)           (-)
Cameroon                         (-)           (-)           (-)
Canada                       449,544       561,066     1,601,801
China                         32,265         9,994        49,598
Congo (Brazzaville)           10,347        39,940        50,324
Congo (Kinshasa)               3,506           (-)        13,538

Ecuador                       37,612        16,314        90,114
Egypt                            (-)           (-)           (-)
Malaysia                       4,835        22,604        33,000
Mexico                       393,430       421,411     1,361,849
Netherlands Antilles             (-)           (-)           (-)
Oman                             (-)           (-)           (-)
Peru                          17,460        11,318        41,638
Trinidad and Tobago           23,116        26,097        77,099

All Other                    364,212       453,173     1,461,276
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                                     C.i.f. value in
                                  thousands of dollars

                                                     Cumulative
        Country            March        February         1998


Total                      3,483,921     3,293,577    10,875,316

OPEC Total                 1,840,483     1,448,239     5,169,519

Algeria                        3,279         7,898        15,594
Indonesia                     14,005        13,725        54,017
Iran                             (-)           (-)           (-)
Iraq                          61,639           (-)       118,360
Kuwait                       169,197       110,275       432,052
Nigeria                      448,303       308,525     1,138,825

Qatar                            (-)           (-)           (-)
Saudi Arabia                 658,136       489,996     1,837,130
United Arab Emirates             (-)           (-)           (-)
Venezuela                    485,923       517,820     1,573,540

Non-OPEC                   1,643,438     1,845,338     5,705,797

Angola                       221,657       191,016       631,890
Bahamas                          (-)           (-)           (-)
Brunei                           (-)           (-)           (-)
Cameroon                         (-)           (-)           (-)
Canada                       471,368       592,746     1,685,691
China                         35,058        11,378        54,710
Congo (Brazzaville)           10,347        41,013        51,401
Congo (Kinshasa)               4,000           (-)        15,753

Ecuador                       43,795        18,666       103,055
Egypt                            (-)           (-)           (-)
Malaysia                       5,348        25,108        36,598
Mexico                       411,830       437,085     1,420,910
Netherlands Antilles             (-)           (-)           (-)
Oman                             (-)           (-)           (-)
Peru                          20,060        13,454        48,380
Trinidad and Tobago           24,415        27,280        81,268

All Other                    395,561       487,591     1,576,142

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