VOL. XXXVIII

NO. 24

13-MARCH-1995

Supply/Demand

US Dependence On Oil Imports Growing, Energy Official Tells Senate

The US Deputy Secretary of Energy, Mr. William White, told the Senate Energyand Natural Resources Committee on 8 March that the volume of oil imports intothe US has reached an historic high and is expected to continue rising. He toldthe committee that without further US Government action to reduce dependence onforeign oil, "future unpredictable episodes of supply disruption and price...