calculated using the deflator for GDP at market prices and rebased with reference year 1970 = 100. …Crude oil import prices come from the IEA's Crude Oil Import Register and are influenced not only by traditional … according to the type of crude oil, by geographic origin and by quality of crude. Average prices are obtained by dividing value …

"During 2004, oil prices reached levels unprecedented in recent years. Though world oil markets remain adequately … supplied, high oil prices do reflect increasingly uncertain conditions. Many IEA member countries and non-member countries … alike are looking for ways to improve their capability to handle market volatility and possible supply disruptions in the …

have increasingly significant effects on oil prices. This Round Table assesses the policy instruments available to address …. The report includes an examination of the factors that drive oil prices in the short and long term and a discussion of the …