GAZPROM has become notorious for corporate bombast,but in Deauville,France,last June,it exceeded itself with a series of statements that now look comical.The Russian gas monopoly would become the world's first trillion-dollar company by market capitalisation within the next seven to 10 years,the company's boss,Alexei Miller,told a press briefing.Oil prices would double to 250 a barrel in 2008,he added gleefully.European gas prices,which are indexed against crude prices,could rise to as high as l,50O'/'000 cubic metres(cm)by the end of the year;the firm suggested.Gazprom was sitting pretty.
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