Fears of gas cartel rise after exporters meet

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Series Details 24.12.08
Publication Date 24/12/2008
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Article reports that Energy ministers from 12 of the world's leading exporters of natural gas met in Moscow on the 23 December 2008 to create a producers' group (Gas Exporting Countries Forum) that consumers fear could develop into an Opec-style cartel.
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ESO: Background information: Putin considers creation of 'gas Opec' but denies plans for cartel http://www.europeansources.info/record/putin-considers-creation-of-gas-opec-but-denies-plans-for-cartel/
Website: Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) http://www.gecforum.org/
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