VOL. XXX

NO. 1

13-OCTOBER-1986

OPEC AND OIL PRICES

Conoco Study Sees OPEC Market Share Back at 60% in 2000

Steady world oil demand growth, coupled with a decline in non-OPEC supplies,"will lead to a rapidly growing dependence on OPEC oil" over the next15 years, according to a new study 'World Energy Outlook Through 2000" byContinental Oil of the US. Moreover, since these trends will be accentuated inthe US, "clearly energy security will once again become a front burnerissue during the 1990s."

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