Relations with vendors and customers will be an important part of this process. The oil industry relies upon a number of other industries to enable it to produce oil and bring it to the world market. These infrastructural industries include electricity supply, telecommunications, pipelines and ports. Year-2000 related breakdowns in one or more of these areas could create major supply bottlenecks, with implications for revenue flows and energy security. Given the short period remaining until the year 2000, actions increasingly should be focussed on contingency planning, including the practical aspects of running the business during the date rollover.
Many governments depend on the oil industry for large portions of their revenue.
It is in governments ' interest to ensure Y2K problems do not significantly disrupt operations of oil companies and the infra-structural industries that support them.