Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVII

No 22

31-May-2004

SUPPLY/DEMAND

Joint Oil Data Initiative Database Officially Launched At 9th IEF Meeting

Six international organizations led by the IEA and OPEC officially launched the Joint Oil Data Initiative (JODI) database at the 9th International Energy Forum (IEF) in Amsterdam on 23 May. The JODI project was instigated by the IEA, OPEC, APEC, Eurostat, OLADE and the UN after the 7th IEF (MEES, 27 November 2000) in a bid to overcome the lack of...