Measuring Energy Security : Trends in the Diversification of Oil and Natural Gas Supplies »
Journal Issue
Volume/Issue: 2011/39
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Prakash Loungani , Frederick Joutz , and Gail Cohen
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 February 2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781455217878.001
ISBN: 9781455217878
Keywords: Energy Security, Energy Independence, Diversification, OECD Energy Use, gas, natural gas, oil and gas, natural gas supplies, gas supplies, Energy: Demand and Supply
We present evidence on one facet of energy security in OECD economies - the extent of diversification in sources of oil and natural gas supplies. Viewed from the perspective of the energy-importing countries as a w...