Energy demand in the developing countries

Technical Report · Sun Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1979

OSTI ID:5900767

Child, J; Rodekohr, M

This paper presents a summary of an analysis of the demand for energy in OPEC and the non-OPEC Developing Countries. While current energy-consumption levels in these countries are relatively small, their future economic growth is expected to be above the world average; therefore, their share of world energy demand is expected to increase. Their relatively high growth rates imply that the energy demanded by these nations will become increasingly important in any future evaluation of Free World energy markets. This paper presents a new model of developing country energy demand which is econometric in nature and is designed to forecast demand for oil, coal, and natural gas - excluding non-fossil fuels. Differences between the model used for the 1977 EIA Annual Report to Congress (1977 ARC) and the new model to be used in the 1978 ARC are discussed, the new model and data used in the analysis are defined, and results generated with the 1978 model and the 1977 model based on identical sets of assumptions are compared.

• Research Organization: Department of Energy, Washington, DC (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5900767
• Report Number(s): DOE/EIA-0183/10
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
COAL
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
CONSUMPTION RATES
DATA FORMS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
ENERGY DEMAND
ENERGY SOURCES
FLUIDS
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FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL GAS
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GASES
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NATURAL GAS
OIL-EXPORTING COUNTRIES
OPEC
PETROLEUM
TABLES