VOL. XXXIV

NO. 1

8-OCTOBER-1990

IEA Examines Oil Effects Of Gulf Crisis

In the latest issue of its monthly Oil Market Report (dated October 1990 andincorporating end-September forecasts), the International Energy Agency (IEA)carries a special supplement devoted to an examination of the oil effects of theGulf crisis. The text of this supplement follows below.

Overview

In late September, eight weeks after Iraq's invasion of Kuwait,world markets continued to be supplied with adequate amounts of crude...