Quo vadis US oil policy

Journal Article · Wed Mar 25 04:00:00 EST 1987 · Energy Detente; (United States)

OSTI ID:6668353

In the blink of an eye, the US has grown much more dependent on Middle East exporters of oil, specifically Arab countries. The authors graph shows that growth of imports from these countries is the principal change in 1985-1986 statistics (first half of each year). This fact alone seems to be driving much of the machinery of debate in official circles as to what to do to protect the US from being held hostage to foreign oil supplies in some future disaster scenario. This issue extracts observations from three US policy documents for a view of US oil policy at a crossroads. This issue also contains the following: (1) ED refining netback data from the US Gulf and West Coasts, Rotterdam, and Singapore as of late March 1987; and (2) ED fuel price/tax series for countries of the Eastern Hemisphere, March 1987edition. 3 figures, 5 tables.

• OSTI ID: 6668353
• Journal Information: Energy Detente; (United States), Journal Name: Energy Detente; (United States) Vol. 8:5; ISSN EDETD
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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