Gas growth to outstrip oil

Gas consumption will continue to outstrip oil for the foreseeable future, further undermining the security of energy supply in Europe, a leading expert has warned.

Against a backdrop of exorbitant crude oil prices and growing geo-political unrest in the Middle East, Russia and Nigeria, Peter Odell, professor emeritus in international energy studies at Erasmus University in the Netherlands, told the BBC gas would remain “very much more important” in terms of economic growth than oil.
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