VOL. XLIV

No. 17

23-April-2001

SUPPLY/DEMAND

IEA Consults With Industry To Improve Stocks Data

In response to growing frustration with the accuracy and timeliness of oil industry data, the International Energy Agency (IEA) announced on 13 April that it would hold a series of working sessions with oil industry experts aimed at improving the gathering and reporting of statistics. In the past year or so the IEA has found itself having to make regular major revisions to stocks data in particular in...