Increasing oil security represents one of the most important policy actions, especially within IEA countries. Short and … of national storage systems, with the institution of public and private agency, a wider co-ordinated use of security … stocks, and an increase in the physical amount of oil stocks. Long term measures for enhancing oil supply security can be …

Energy security increasingly becomes an issue in the face of rising worldwide energy demand and dwindling resources …. Threats to energy security are seen in political instabilities of resource exporting countries, decreasing reserves …, cartels and trusts. The European Commission has issued two Green Papers on a strategy for the security of energy supply …