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Energy Security: An Overview of Changes in the World Oil Market

RCED-88-170 Published: Aug 31, 1988. Publicly Released: Aug 31, 1988.
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GAO evaluated changes in the world oil market to: (1) determine how U.S. vulnerability to an oil crisis has changed in the last decade; and (2) identify areas of potential significance to U.S. energy security.

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