After searching for 20 years, I found it! [Chart(s) of the Week]

To any energy strategist that has ever tried to find petroleum supply & demand data going back as far as possible, you have probably hit a dead end.

Or at least I have.

Global demand data prior to 1965, the year in which BP data begins, is hard to find.

Until now.

In 1946, The National Industrial Conference Board published a book that is a marvelous compilation of data and named it “The Petroleum Almanac.”

For the longest time, I tried to get a copy.

I finally found a reprint and had it shipped from India of all places.

Located in the book is the one missing piece of data - Non-U.S. or Foreign Demand for Petroleum and Products.

And with that, I have been able to create this lovely chart.