ISTANBUL Comprar Hombre Air VaporMax Laceless Pure Platinum Blancas , July 10 (Xinhua) -- Representatives from the global petroleum sector on Monday focused on the future of energy in the face of a growing population on the planet in the decades to come.
"Today we have around 7.5 billion people on the planet and by 2100 we can expect about 11.2 billion," Ben van Beurden, CEO of the Royal Dutch Shell, told the 22nd World Petroleum Congress that kicked off on Sunday evening in Istanbul.
Recent projections suggest that the population in Asia alone would increase by 750 million by the middle of the century, with its energy demand increasing by around half, noted Van Beurden.
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In his view, there is often too much focus on energy-transition policies in Europe and North America instead of the fast-growing developing countries.
"What happens in England is important, but what happens in Ethiopia is at least as important," the chief executive said Comprar Hombre Air VaporMax Pure Blancas True Blancas , adding that "From Denmark to the Democratic Republic of Congo, from the U.S. to Uganda, to India, to China there is a lot of work to do."
Sector representatives mostly stressed that the demand for conventional and unconventional oil and gas would continue to increase and remain critical to the changing energy mix in the face of the population's rapid growth.
According to Amin Nasser, president and CEO of Saudi Aramco, unconventional shale oil and alternative energy resources are important factors to help meet future demand.
For Nasser, a sharp decline in investments and a lack of fresh conventional discoveries might lead as well to a shortage of oil supply. "The picture is becoming increasingly worrying," he remarked.
Saudi Aramco plans to invest more than 300 U.S. billion dollars in the next decade to pursue a large exploration to maintain its oil capacity, while the Dutch Shell is set to spend one billion dollars a year on its New Energies division as of 2020.
Wang Yilin, chairman of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), said his company would