VOL. XLII

No. 06

8-February-1999

OAPEC

Total Arab Energy Consumption Rises By 5% In 1997

Total energy consumption in the Arab states increased in1997 to more than 6.09mn barrels of oil equivalent/day (boe/d), or by 4.9% fromthe previous year's figure of 5.8mn boe/d, according to the OAPEC AnnualStatistical Report for 1998 which has been recently released. Domesticconsumption of natural gas registered the highest increase in 1997 rising to2,446 boe/d, or by 6.3% from the previous year痴 level of...