Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLIX

No 6

6-February-2006

REGIONAL/GENERAL/SUPPLY/DEMAND

Bush Calls On US To Reduce Reliance On Middle East Oil Imports

During his annual State of the Union address, President George W Bush on 31 January said the US was addicted to oil and called for the country to reduce imports of oil from the Middle East through the development of new technologies. America is addicted to oil which is often imported from unstable parts of the world, he said. By applying the talent...