Uncertainties over oil supplies from the Middle East underscore the need to develop domestic sources, such as a potential oil field off the North Carolina coast, Mobil Oil officials say.
Environmentalists counter that those same doubts point up the need for conservation and alternative sources.Although oil and gas remain plentiful, Iraq's invasion of Kuwait has raised questions about future supplies - both known reserves from the Middle East and potential ones in the United States, such as Mobil Oil's proposed drilling site for natural gas off the Outer Banks.
