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A CSIS Energy and National Security Program event with Jeroen van der Veer, CEO of Royal Dutch Shell, was quoted by the Associated Press, "Shell CEO: Easy-to-Produce Oil, Gas to Peak in Next Decade."
April 1, 2008

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Energy and National Security

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Energy

Excerpt:

Royal Dutch Shell CEO Jeroen van der Veer said Tuesday he expected easy-to-produce oil and gas would likely peak in the next 10 years.

Van der Veer said while depletion of maturing conventional resources would certainly play a key role in peak production, lack of access to remaining large reserves, such as in Saudi Arabia, was also a central component in his forecast.

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