Measures of Energy Security in OECD Countries / Measures of Petroleum Dependence and Vulnerability
Article from: OGEL 3 (2003), in Roundup of Articles
Summary
The recent strike of oil workers in Venezuela, the war with Iraq, and violence in Nigeria have reduced production, increased oil prices and raised concerns of sufficient oil supplies in the near future. Such concerns, accompanied with high natural gas prices and the impending Discussion of new energy policy in the US, raised the issues of energy security, petroleum dependence, and petroleum vulnerability, in various consuming countries, to the extent that the International Energy Agency (IEA) made a presentation regarding its response in case of disruption. The ...