 Without enough money to continue investing in finding new sources or upgrading infrastructure, and being protected constitutionally from private and foreign investment, some have predicted the company may face institutional collapse.While the oil industry is still relevant for the government's budget, its importance in GDP and exports has steadily fallen since the 1980s.In 1980 oil exports accounted for 61.6% of total exports; by 2000 it was only 7.3%.