The geo-strategic importance of the Indian ocean in the context of the world oil crisis

• Main Author: Pascu, M. L.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Transilvania University Press 2011-01-01
• Series: Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Brasov. Series V : Economic Sciences
• Subjects: Demand of energy; Limitation of natural resources; Strategic importance; Transport solutions
• Online Access: http://webbut.unitbv.ro/BU2011/Series%20V/BULETIN%20V%20PDF/32%20pascu%201%20BUT%202011.pdf

The continuously growing demand of energy and the natural limitation of the energy resources makes today’s military, economic and diplomatic strategies of every nature to be shaped by the top priority objective: the uninterrupted access to energy resources. If nowadays 40% of the world’s consumer goods are transited across the Malacca Strait and 40% of the sea-transported oil transits the Hormuz Strait, the estimates made until 2030 indicate an increase of the energy needs by 45% globally, of which more than half will be due to India and China’s needs, implicitly leading to an intensification of the traffic across the Indian Ocean.