Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 6

07-February-2005

MEES Agenda

JODI Supply/Demand Oil Data Releases To Shake Up Oil Markets From Mid-Year

The supply and demand fundamentals that underpin oil markets have historically been opaque. But the Joint Oil Data Initiative (JODI) conceived as part of the International Energy Forum (IEF) efforts to boost communication and data flow between producers and consumers could shed a lot more light on global production, consumption and stocks. With oil...