9 / 44 since denmark started recovering oil more than 40 years ago, one of the political objectives has been that den- mark should to the greatest possible extent be independent of oil and gas imports from other countries. den- mark succeeded in becoming self-suf- ficient in 1993, and has been so ever since. according to the latest forecast from the danish energy agency ? published in august 2016 ? denmark will remain a net exporter of oil up to and includ- ing 2018. in 2019 and 2020, consump- tion is expected to exceed