ConocoPhillips CEO: Oil Output Will Struggle To Hit 100 Million
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LONDON -(Dow Jones)- Oil producers will struggle to raise global production to
100 million barrels a day in the long term, ConocoPhillips (COP) Chief Executive
James Mulva said Tuesday.
Speaking at the Oil & Money conference in London, Mulva said future oil demand
would be constrained by limited supply, because companies don't have sufficient
access to areas where reserves are concentrated.
In the medium term, Mulva said he expected natural gas prices - which have
contracted sharply amid the recession - to rebound when economic activity
recovers. Industrial demand for gas-fired power generation would pick up during
an economic rebound, he added.
"We've really got to make natural gas a much stronger part... of the energy
equation," because it is a clean fuel that is less carbon-intensive than coal
and crude oil, Mulva told reporters.
Ahead of a global climate summit in Copenhagen in December, Mulva called for a
transparent price of carbon. He said companies were facing uncertainty over the
costs and investments associated with climate change targets.
-By Lananh Nguyen, Dow Jones Newswires; +44 (0)20-7842-9479; lananh.nguyen@
dowjones.com
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