For the last 50 years Taiwan has always been able to maintain a regular supply of crude oil imports. Even the 1972 and 1978 oil crises, the Persian Gulf War of 1990-91, and the 2003 US attack against Iraq seem not to have had any affect.
半世紀以來，台灣的原油進口情況一直十分穩定，就連 1972 及 1978 年兩次石油危機、1990 年代的波斯灣戰爭，以及 2003 年美軍攻打伊拉克，似乎都沒有波及台灣的原油進口。