VOL. XXXI

NO. 15

18-JANUARY-1988

IEA

IEA Raises Figures for Demand

Since 1981 The International Energy Agency (IEA) has kicked off 1988 with amajor and retroactive reassessment of the supply and demand figures in theJanuary issue of its monthly Oil Market Report (OMR). In essence these changescomprise higher figures for world demand since 1981, with a small increase inOECD consumption and a large increase in non-OECD consumption, plus a smallerincrease in supply figures, largely attributable to a...