Special reports

Luisa Sykes, Euro Petroleum Consultants, discusses the outlook for the oil and gas sector in Europe.

Michael Sivak, University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute, looks at making driving less energy intensive than flying.

Peter Conner looks at how human factors, which contributed to the Piper Alpha disaster, are more important in today’s offshore environment.

Urszula Szalkowska, Hart Energy spoke about EU biofuel policy at the ERTC 18th Annual Meeting.

Nancy Yamaguchi, Contributing Editor, discusses North African oil and gas.

Chris Hunt, UKPIA, looks at the UK refining market and asks if it is preparing for the perfect storm.

At the ERTC 18th Annual Meeting, Stephen Cooper, Wood Mackenzie, discussed European refinery competitiveness and the challenges ahead.

At the 18th ERTC Annual Meeting, Istvan Zsoldos, MOL presented the opening keynote address: Short and Long term outlook for the oil market.

While tax incentives are set to boost oil production in Malaysia, further fiscal changes are unlikely in the short term.

Dr. Duncan Clarke, Global Pacific & Partners (http://www.globalpacificpartners.com), analyses the investment risks in Africa’s oil and gas sector.

Luisa Sykes, Euro Petroleum Consultants, discusses the European refining market in 2013 and looks at how recovery in the refining sector has been postponed for another year.

Pedro Custódio, T.A. Cook Consultants, Germany, discusses why the diesel boom need not lead to refinery closures.

The second part of Douglas-Westwood’s World LNG market forecast for 2013-2017 looks at the LNG carrier market and LNG import terminals.

Part one of Douglas-Westwood’s World LNG market forecast 2013-2017.

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