World Braced to Meet Rising Energy Needs, says BP economist

March 10, 2014

Gas flare in oil fields in N Dakota, U.S. The country is close to becoming energy self-sufficient (photo: Tony Waltham/Corbis)
- World Braced to Meet Rising Energy Needs, says BP economist
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Over the next two decades, global energy consumption is expected to increase by more than 40 percent, according to the Chief Economist of BP, who describes some of the likely tectonic shifts in the energy sector of the future.
Christof Rühl - Group Chief Economist, BP
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