VOL. XXXIV

NO.15

14-JANUARY-1991

Supply/Demand

IEA Undertakes Measures in Event of War

The Governing Board of the International Energy Agency (IEA) adopted a"coordinated energy emergency response contingency plan" that would beimplemented if war should erupt in the Gulf. Meeting at its headquarters inParis on 11 January, the Board announced in a communique that the contingencyplan included a combination of stockdraw, demand restraint and other measuresthat would make 2.5mn b/d available to the...