3. Exploration and developnent agreenents; 4. Financial and technical as6istance in petroleun exploration and develolmenCi 5. Co-operation anong developing countries. L2. In addition, earious experienceE at the national level uere presented in country papera on Benin, Canada, Ghana, Greece, ,tordan, Kenya, l,lalaysia, l,tozanbique, Nepal, NorEay, Peru, Thalland, Turkey, the united staces of Anerica and Yugoslavia. 13. The ba6ic rationale for the synposiun eas provided in General Assenbly reEolutlon 38/I5I on the deneloprnent of energy resources of the developing countries. In that resolutlon tbe General Asaembly recognized the need for an accelerated effort devoted to the exploration and develoPment of the indigenous energy reaources of developing countrles. Althouqh re.ffirning that the developing countEies continued to bear the naln reaponaibility for the development of gheir indigenous energy potentlal, the Gen€ral Aesenbly ernphaslzed that external resources, public and private, particularly concesslonal floss and otficial development asaiatance, can conatitute an elenent of support f,or the developing countriesr ot'n efforta.A/ 40/637 Eng lish Page 5 Oil consumption 14. It l.as enphasized at the synPosiun that the contributlon of oll and natural gas in the commercial energy consunption of, the develoPlng countries $as about 80 per cent and their slgni;icant role r|as expected to conttnue in the foreseeable future. In tact, economic groeth and aocial develoPnent rould reguire a considerable increase in energy conaunPtion, and the conconitant acructural cransforrnation ,ould atepend on the availrbillty an'l prices of an increased supply of oil and gas. glhile oil consumPtion in the develoPed countries had-decreased during the period 19?4-1983 frdn sme 1,600 nllllon tonE to about L'400 million tons per annurn, oil consunption in the developing countriee had insreased frm about 317 to 488 miltlon tons per annum durinq the sarne perio't' It $as further
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the exploration and development of energy resources, particularly oil and natural gas, in developing countries. It mentions the need for external support and assistance to help these countries accelerate their efforts in this area. The text also provides statistics on oil consumption in both developed and developing countries.

**Category**
Natural resources and environment, Economic development