Shell sends clear message: 'There is more to come from Shell'

Oil and gas giant Royal Dutch Shell, on Wednesday revealed its global gas strategy, saying that global primary demand could double to 400m barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd) in the first half of the 21st century.

Oil and gas giant Royal Dutch Shell, on Wednesday revealed its global gas strategy, saying that global primary demand could double to 400m barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd) in the first half of the 21st century.

In 2000 this figure stood at 200m boepd and last year totalled 270m boepd.

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