Abstract

PUYANA MUTIS, Alicia  and  RODRIGUEZ PENA, Isabel. Energy Security in Mexico, the United States, and Canada from 1980 to 2016: The Central Role of Oil and the Incorporation of Environmental Issues. Norteamérica [online]. 2020, vol.15, n.2, pp.9-37.  Epub Oct 25, 2021. ISSN 2448-7228.  https://doi.org/10.22201/cisan.24487228e.2020.2.401.

The October 1973 OPEC oil embargo gave rise to the idea of energy security, focused on guaranteeing economic fuel supply. It gradually incorporated environmental, governance, and equity issues, thus increasing the complexity of the concept, policies, and measurement methods. This essay uses a political economy approach to scrutinize these developments and select the variables needed to construct three energy security indices that are both related to each other and independent: oil security, energy diversity, and energy transition. It applies all three for the years from 1980 to 2016 to Canada, the United States, and Mexico, countries with historic social and economic ties that include energy. The results point out the centrality of oil in energy security and the benefits of constructing independent indices for each country and context examined.

Keywords : energy security; oil market; OPEC; IEA.

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