BP: World Energy Growth Slowed to 2.7% in 2005

Schlumberger – BP PLC (BP) Wednesday said growth in global energy production and consumption slowed in 2005 to 2.7%, down from a 4.4% increase in 2004, which was the largest rise for 20 years.

In the BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2006, the U.K. oil major said energy consumption in the U.S. fell by 0.1%, and energy consumption growth in China fell by 15.5%.
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