Notes

1 C.W. Skinner, ”Measuring Dependence on Imported Oil,” in Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review, DOE/EIA-0035(95/08) (Washington, DC, August 1995), p. i.

2 Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review, DOE/EIA-0035(98/02) (Washington, DC, February 1998), Table 1.8, p. 15.

3 Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Outlook 1998, DOE/EIA-0383(98) (Washington, DC, December 1997).

4 The Annual Energy Review continued to publish the OPEC percentage in 1997. See Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Review 1996, DOE/EIA-0384(96) (Washington, DC, July 1997), Table 5.7, p. 149.

5 C.W. Skinner, ”Measuring Dependence on Imported Oil,” in Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review, DOE/EIA-0035(95/08) (Washington, DC, August 1995), p. iii.

6 B.H. Bawks, ”The Outlook for U.S. Import Dependence,” in Energy Information Administration, Issues in Midterm Analysis and Forecasting 1996, DOE/EIA-0607(96) (Washington, DC, August 1996), p. 83.

7 U.S. General Accounting Office, Energy Security: Evaluating U.S. Vulnerability to Oil Supply Disruptions and Options for Mitigating Their Effects, GAO/RCED-97-6 (Washington, DC, December 1996).

8 A similar measure, “Available Stocks in Days of World Consumption,” used in the GAO study is no longer available.

9 This measure was used in the GAO study.

10 Energy Information Administration, International Energy Outlook 1994, DOE/EIA-0484(94) (Washington, DC, July 1994), p. 21.

11 J.J. Romm and C.B. Curtis, ”Mideast Oil Forever?” The Atlantic Monthly (April 1996), pp. 57-74.

12 Energy Information Administration, Energy Conservation Indicators 1986, DOE/EIA-0441(86) (Washington, DC, February 1988), p. 5.

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