VOL. XXXIX No. 55 14-October-1996OPEC

Middle East And North African Domestic Oil Consumption Rose 46% During Past Decade Between 1984 and 1994 Middle East and North African countries' domestic consumption of oil products increased 46.16% from 3.51mn b/d to 5.13mn b/d, or by an annualized average of 4.6%, according to the International Energy Agency's (IEA) recent publication Energy Statistics and Balances of Non-OECD Countries, 1993-1994. The consumption of 17 Arab countries rose 40.30%...