Petroleum Review - November 2011
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Perspective – Safety is not proprietary
Marc McBride
LNG – HISTORICAL REVIEW
The pioneering years
Post-World War II Europe was heavily reliant on expensive manufactured town-gas for industrial reconstruction. With coal production at less than pre-war levels, Britain was in an energy bind and a supplementary source was vital, writes Nigel Bance.
LNG – TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Uncertain future for T&T LNG
One of the burning issues in Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) energy circles at present is whether the Caribbean state – which first entered into LNG trade in 1999 and is currently the world’s seventh largest exporter – has abandoned plans to expand its LNG industry. David Renwick reports.
GAS-TO-POWER – WORLD
Gas it up
Gas-to-power’s prospects are looking greener every day, writes Gordon Cope.
ASIA-PACIFIC – OVERVIEW
No hint of recession as Asia-Pacific demand booms
Oil and gas demand across the Asia-Pacific region grew strongly in 2010. Regional gas consumption rose by a
staggering 12.6% while oil consumption rose by 5.3% and refinery throughputs increased by 4.1%. The largest challenge for the region is that regional oil production represents only 30.6% of consumption, although 2010 saw some strong production growth figures, reports Chris Skrebowski.
ASIA-PACIFIC – REVIEW
Driving LNG demand
David Hayes provides a brief shapshot of some of the latest developments in the Asia-Pacific region, where demand for LNG continues its inexorable growth
SHIPPING – CARGO ASSURANCE
Managing the risk
There are millions of dollars of lost revenue every year in the marine petroleum shipping industry caused by cargo handling losses and subsequent claims. Craig Wall, Operations Manager, Petrus Cargo Assurance Services, provides a step-by-step guide to how the implementation of an effective cargo assurance usage policy can help.
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT – SKILLS
Corporate IQ lifts oil profits
Ruud Weijermars explains how the development of ‘organisational intelligence’ can help companies avoid costly crises while, at the same time, seize new opportunities.
TECHNOLOGY – LEGAL
Contractual frameworks
Stronachs’ Ewan Neilson, Partner, Head of the Corporate/ Commercial Department, together with Natalie Whitfield and James Muir, both Solicitors in the Corporate/Commercial Department, take a closer look at contractual frameworks for technology development in the energy sector.
H&S – OFFSHORE
EU offshore safety review
The Deepwater Horizon incident in April 2010 triggered an unprecedented global reaction. Most significantly, it triggered major governmental and industry-wide reviews of environmental and safety regulatory regimes within the US, the European Union (EU) and the UK. Sam Boileau, Partner, SNR Denton, summarises the recent EU review of offshore safety and environmental regulation.
H&S – OFFSHORE
The health in health and safety
The North Sea is widely acknowledged as one of the harshest and most unpredictable environments on the
planet. After the Piper Alpha disaster in 1988 and Lord Cullen’s subsequent inquiry, a number of health and safety improvements have come into practice for the good of the industry. Safety is now an accepted priority for UK operators, but a healthy workforce is equally important, explains Dr David Cook, Medical Director of Advisory Services (Energy) and Central Belt, Abermed.
H&S – TECHNOLOGY
H&S information gap
Clive Wilby, Principal Consultant, AVEVA, looks at the latest research highlighting the importance of information management in plant operations.
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