What does NPC stand for?

National Petroleum Council (An advisory committee to the U.S. Secretary of Energy)

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Samples in periodicals archive:

As Michael Klare reports in The Nation, such mainstream sources as the National Petroleum Council (NPC) and the International Energy Agency (IEA) are sounding the alarm about the difficulties of meeting the expanding petroleum demand, IEA predicts that world oil consumption will rise from 86 million barrels per day in 2007 to 96 million by 2012, driven in part by the voracious appetites of India and China.

The oil peaks

Corporate impersonators the 'Yes Men', posing as ExxonMobil and National Petroleum Council (NPC) representatives, have delivered a keynote speech to 300 excited oil executives which advocated melting down human bodies to meet the world's future fuel needs.

The 'Yes Men' strike oil

In a draft report entitled Facing the Hard Truths About Energy,the US National Petroleum Council says: "It is a hard truth that the globalsupply of oil and natural gas from the conventional resources relied uponhistorically is unlikely to meet projected 50% to 60% growth in demand over thenext 25 years.

Soaring demand for oil 'will keep prices high for 25 years'

Oil & Gas Association, a member of the National Petroleum Council, and a past-Director of the Independent Producers Association of America (IPAA).

McManus Elected Chairman of Energen Corporation

IRVING, Texas -- Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) today commended the National Petroleum Council (NPC) for its forward-looking study and report to the U.

Fluor Supports National Petroleum Council's Forward-Looking Energy ...

Oil & Gas Association, a member of the National Petroleum Council, and a past-Director of the Independent Producers Association of America (IPAA).

McManus Elected Chief Executive Officer of Energen Corporation

In addition, he is a member of the National Petroleum Council, as well as the Board of Governors of Houston for the Independent Petroleum Association of America and was inducted into the All American Wildcatters in 1993.

Enterprise GP Holdings Elects Andress to Its Board of Directors

Shackouls is the immediate past chairman of the National Petroleum Council and board member and past chairman of the Domestic Petroleum Council.

Three New Directors Named to ConocoPhillips Board