自1986年以来,全球的石油需求己持续增长五年。1986年全球石油需求量为每日4820万桶,1990年估计将达5350万桶,平均每年增长2.6％。引起石油需求增长的主要因素是经济的增长,电力需求,油价跌落以及某些已不再用的低效设备的再使用。在世界石油需求的增长中,北美和西欧不再起主要作用。发展中国家和OPEC国家的石油需求量已超过了西欧,而远东——包括OECD的工业化国家和南朝鲜——已成为新的石油需求增长的焦点,且对全球石油市场的影响正在扩大。美国1987和1988年石油需求增加量在 Since 1986, global oil demand has continued to grow for five years. Global oil demand in 1986 was 48.2 million barrels per day, estimated at 53.5 million barrels in 1990, an average annual increase of 2.6%. The main factors contributing to oil demand growth are economic growth, electricity demand, falling oil prices and the re-use of inefficient equipment that is no longer in use. North America and Western Europe no longer play a major role in the growth of world oil demand. Oil demand in developing countries and OPEC countries has surpassed that in Western Europe, while the Far East - including the industrialized countries of OECD and South Korea - has become the focus of new oil demand growth and its impact on the global oil market is widening. US oil demand increased in 1987 and 1988