United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1999-05-07 monographic deposited born digital 18 p. GA 1.13:RCED-99-142 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-99-142 P0b002ee18037f88d f:rc99142 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-RCED-99-142 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-RCED-99-142 RCED-99-142 Surveys International organizations Economic analysis Oil resources Statistical data Data integrity Projections Letter Report RCED Oil companies, investment firms, governments, and other players in the world oil market need timely and accurate information on world oil supply, demand, and stocks to make decisions about current and future sales and purchases of oil. The International Energy Agency (IEA), which was established in the wake of the 1973-74 Arab oil embargo, is a source of such information. This report answers the following questions: How does IEA prepare its historical and projected world oil market statistics? What accounted for the missing barrels in IEA's historical world oil market statistics in 1998? https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-99-142/html/GAOREPORTS-RCED-99-142.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-99-142/pdf/GAOREPORTS-RCED-99-142.pdf GAO/RCED-99-142 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-99-142 Letter Report GAO/RCED-99-142; International Energy Agency: How the Agency Prepares Its; Surveys International organizations Economic analysis Oil resources Statistical data Data integrity Projections