VOL. XXXIV

NO. 23

11-MARCH-1991

Supply/Demand

IEA Suspends Emergency Supply Plan, Expresses Interest in Dialogue withOPEC

The Governing Board of the International Energy Agency (IEA) advised its 21member states on 6 March to suspend immediately the 2.5mn b/d "coordinatedenergy contingency plan" aimed at making available additional oil suppliesduring the war. Mr. Geoffrey Chipperfield, Chairman of the IEA Governing Board,told a press conference that the agency was not yet able to determine how much...