VOL. XLV

No 40

7-October-2002

SUPPLY/DEMAND

Houston Energy Summit Moves US And Russia Towards Closer Cooperation

The US and Russia held their firstCommercial Energy Summit in Houston on 1-2 October in an effort to improverelations between the energy industries of both countries. The conferenceserved as a follow-up to the agreement signed by US President George W Bush andRussian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow last May,which announced the start of a US-Russia energy dialogue designed to focus...