VOL. XLII

No. 04

25-January-1999

GENERAL

Update On Oil Industry In Key Asian Markets

The following is the text of a paper on the current state ofplay in the oil industry in key Asian countries, in the light of the East Asianeconomic crisis and lower oil prices in the world market. The paper waspublished as Energy Advisory No. 222 in December 1998 by the Program onResources: Energy and Minerals at the Hawaii-based East-West Center. Theauthors are Widhyawan Prawiraatmadja and Fereidun Fesharaki.

The...