VOL. XLVII

No 20

17-May-2004

GENERAL

Letter To The Editor

This is a response to an article by Fadhil Chalabi, published in MEES on 3 May 2004 and entitled The Worlds Waning Energy Dependence On Gulf Oil. Dr Chalabi states that the worlds dependence on Gulf oil has declined over the last 25 years. He takes the OECD block as an example of where the areas energy dependence on Middle East oil has been more than halved. He further states that the reasons for this reduction have been OPECs price...