VOL. XLV

No 35

2-September-2002

Natural Gas:Threatening The Future Of Oil?

By Naji Abi-Aad

The following articlewas written by Dr Naji Abi-Aad, Senior Advisor, Observatoire Mediterraneen delEnergie (OME).

Although oil continues to dominate the global energy scene,still accounting for around 40% of the worlds primary consumption, itsposition of primacy has been eroded considerably since the early 1970s. One ofthe principal beneficiaries of the decline in oil dominance has been naturalgas which is...