16th World Petroleum Congress
WPC2000061306 - 13 JUNE 2000 - CALGARY, AB, CANADA: Sir John Browne Group Chief Executive, BP Amoco p.l.c. (R) consults with Jeroen van der Veer, Group Managing Director, Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies before answering a media question during a press conference following the morning Plenary Session at the 16th World Petroleum Congress in downtown Calgary, June 13. Browne's opening address at the morning plenary had been briefly interupted by two protestors disguised as delegates who unfurled a banner objecting to BP's arctic oil drilling. jr/hr/H. Ruckemann UPI
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