1.   Seventy-one percent said significant oil reserves remain to be found in the U.S.

2.   The currency is not overvalued, and exchange reserves remain high.

3.   News that Malaysia registereda trade surplus in March, and that its foreign reserves remained steady atend-April could not support the ringgit.

4.   Their warning defies the more commonly held view that global crude reserves will remain plentiful for decades.

5.   Their Cassandra-like warning defies the more commonly held view that global crude reserves will remain plentiful for decades to come.

6.   Exports continue to ramp ahead under the influence of strong overseas demand, but reserves remain thin.

7.   Much of their currency reserves remain in dollars.

8.   Surface water reserves have been affected, but underground reserves remain adequate, if low.