How secure are Middle East oil supplies?

Working paper

During the 1980s and 1990s, energy security declined in importance as oil prices fell and spare capacity stood at high levels. This was reversed in the decade that followed and once more energy security became a priority in policy agendas of most oil-importing countries. High oil prices, threats of terrorist attacks, instability in many oil-exporting countries and the rise in so-called ‘oil nationalism’ have raised serious concerns about the security of oil supplies. In the background, there ...

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Authors: Fattouh, B

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Reviewed (other)
• Publisher: Oxford Institute for Energy Studies Publisher's website
• Series: OIES paper
• Publication date: 2007-01-01
• Paper number: M33
• ISBN: 9781901795646
• Language: English
• Keywords: OIES; oil security; spare capacity; the Middle East; terrorist attacks; Islamists; geopolitics; war; sanctions; security margins