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This project was undertaken at the request of the Office of Fuels and Energy in the U.S. Department of State. Its purpose, as stated in your letter of August 20, 1974 is to: determine the total stocks of crude oil and product maintained by the petroleum industry in the United States under OECD definition of stocks; quantify the amount of OECD defined stocks which could be 'available' for consumption in an emergency by determining those stocks that are physically unavailable, e.g., in the form of pipeline fill, tank bottoms, etc., and the amount technically 'available' but regarded by the petroleum industry as unavailable for drawndown purposes; and calculate the number of days of self-sufficiency represented by 'available' stocks based upon the current level of imports.