Table of Contents

1. Short-term and Medium-term Oil Price Movements 2. Energy Policy in Japan: Security of Oil Supply 3. The Security of Oil Supplies: Prevalent Views Among Oil Consumers and Producers 4. Oil Price and Economics/Market Competition in Japan 5. The Role of Arab Gulf States in International Development Assistance 6. The Role of Scientific Research in the Development of the Gulf States 7. Recent R&D Activities in Japan for the Refining and Utilisation of Residues 8. Japan’s Co-operation for Petroleum Industry Development in the Arab Gulf States 9. Energy and Development Problems: Prospects for Co-operation between Arab Gulf Countries and Japan 10. Economics of Petrochemical Industries in Japan 11 Future Prospects for Alternative Sources of Energy 12. Energy in Japan: The Outlook for Nuclear, Gas and Coal as Sources of Energy 13. The Development of New Energy in Japan 14. The GCC and Japan: Past, Present and Future Relations: An Overview 15 Economic co-operation by the Oil Consuming Countries