OPEC, Energy Charter Treaty and Energy Security: Treaty's ties with OPEC essential for long-term energy security
Article from: OGEL 2 (2003), in OGEL Profiles
Summary
According to an OPEC News Agency report of 24 January 2003 (OPECNA) --the Secretary General of the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) organization, Dr Ria Kemper, has said here that rich oil and gas-exporting countries had tremendous advantages to gain from joining the treaty. Speaking to the OPEC News Agency (OPECNA) at the OPEC Secretariat studio forum, she said such a move would encourage the flow of international capital and investment, particularly from the West, to help develop countries' massive oil and gas potentials. Kemper said the treaty, which was built on the principle of ...