16th World Petroleum Congress
WPC2000061801 - 17 JUNE 2000 - CALGARY, AB, CANADA: A delegate accesses a guest computer terminal at the U.K.'s Wood Mackenzie exhibit booth at the 16th World Petroleum Congress in downtown Calgary, June 15. Wood Mackenzie provides invaluable commercial analysis and strategic advice to the worlds leading energy companies, covering upstream oil and gas, oil refining and marketing, downstream gas and power generation. hr/H. Ruckemann UPI
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India may be the third-largest importer of liquefied natural gas behind China and Japan by 2025, BG Group Chief Executive Chris Finlayson said Wednesday.
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An energy consultant told attendees at a Singapore conference Wednesday that world crude oil prices would likely hover above $100 per barrel into next year.
U.S. supermajor Chevron announced plans to drill more than 100 wells in the Vaca Muerta shale play in Argentina during the next three years.
U.S. oil giant Chevron said it had agreed to buy a major stake -- 80 percent -- of two oil fields in Kurdistan, an area of Iraq that Baghdad considers rogue.
Experts studying electricity consumption in China say the economic slowdown in the country may be deeper than suspected.
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