Special reports

A quick round up of the latest downstream oil and gas processing news from the Americas.

Deloitte has released its Tracking the Trends 2013, highlighting the top ten challenges facing the global mining industry next year. These include rising costs, managing demand uncertainty and growing resource nationalism.

A new US government report has added to the chorus currently predicting a new era of American world energy dominance.

Kirk K. Van Tine, Partner, Jessica Fore, Senior Associate, and Kyle Wamstad, Associate, Baker Botts, L.L.P., USA, explain pipeline safety and risk assessment developments in the US.

A year of variation, economic troubles and a wealth of enterprises. Dr. Hooman Peimani provides a global report on pipeline activity in 2012.

The second installment of the TROLEXPERT column looks at the importance of gas and environmental monitoring in mine refuge chambers.