Fundamentals of The Global Oil and Gas Industry

Population growth and globalisation have led to a phenomenal rise in the use of energy. Demand for oil and gas continues to grow and must be met through traditional as well as unconventional sources. Experience shows that price volatility and alternating boom and bust cycles are harmful to both the industry and the consumers. The challenge for the industry in a world in transition is to ensure continuous, affordable and reliable supply, meeting society's expectations in a sustainable, transparent, ethical and environmentally sound manner.

In Fundamentals of the Global Oil and Gas Industry, 2007 Petroleum Economist's journalists and experienced industry commentators examine the issues that are challenging the industry. Its 130 pages cover everything from environmental responsibility to the challenge of environmental responsibility to mergers and acquisitions, from the role of new graduates in the oil industry to dispute resolution.

The major sections in the book are:

• Managing the industry
• Upstream
• Downstream
• Gas and renewables
• Maps and Statistics

• Forewords
• 1.1 Technology advances and social responsibility
  • Randy Gossen, President, World Petroleum Council
• 1.2 Working together towards sustainable solutions
  • Pierce Riemer, Director General, World Petroleum Council
• Managing the industry
• 2.1 Faster, better, smarter
  • Abdallah S Jum'ah, President and Chief Executive Officer, Saudi Aramco
• 2.2 Responsibility in the Amazon
  • Celso de Almeida Magalhes, Reservoir Manager, Solimes basin E&P business unit, Petrobras
• 2.3 10 reasons to join the industry
• 2.4 Zets: a white knight for a sustainable energy future
  • Barbara McKee, Director, office of clean energy collaboration, US Department of Energy, and Chairman, IEA working party on fossil fuels
• 2.5 M&A levels soar once more
  • Rick Roberge, US Energy Transaction Services Leader, PricewaterhouseCoopers
• 2.6 High-heeled value creation
  • Hege Marie Norheim, Head of Partner-Operated Licences, Hydro and Vice-President, World Petroleum Council
• 2.7 Policy is the key to security
  • Jrme Guillet, Director, energy, Dexia Crdit Local
• 2.8 Venezuela: risks and rewards
  • Daniel Linsker, Analyst - Americas, Control Risks
• 2.9 Opportunities and rewards
  • Andrew Hill, Director, energy research and analysis, Datamonitor
• 2.10 A new role for NOCs in a challenging energy sector
  • Milton Costa Filho, General Manager, and Pedro Martnez Lara, Technical Assistant, Petrobras Mexico
• 2.11 Dealing with disputes
  • Anthony Connerty, Barrister, Lamb Chambers, London
• Upstream
• 3.1 Meeting the energy challenge
  • Rex W Tillerson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, ExxonMobil
• 3.2 Creative thinking
  • Ian Lewis, Petroleum Economist
• 3.3 Seismic solutions
  • Tim Summers, seismic-imaging technology Director, BP
• 3.4 The ultra-deep frontier
  • James Schofield, Editor, Shell
• 3.5 Deeper and deeper
  • Mauricio Werneck, Procap-3000 Co-ordinator, Petrobras R&D Centre
• 3.6 Proud past, promising future
  • Rick George, President and Chief Executive Officer, Suncor Energy
• 3.7 Positive portfolio management
  • Jon Ingham, Business Development Manager, Olivier Mussat, and Joao Vieira, value & risk Senior Consultants, Schlumberger
• 3.8 Eyes towards space
  • By Y Yan and M Z Saghir, Ryerson University, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Toronto and S Van Vaerenbergh, Universit Libre de Bruxelles, Microgravity Research Centre, Belgium
• Downstream
• 4.1 CCS: a strategy for tackling climate change
  • James Dooley, Robert Dahowski and Casie Davidson, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• 4.2 Developments in oil storage
  • Hari Dattatreye, Global Oil Director, Vopak
• 4.3 Profits could fall next year
  • Martin Quinlan, Senior Staff Writer, Petroleum Economist
• 4.4 Pipeline expansion crucial to economic development
  • KK Jha, Executive Director (projects); Anil Tandon, General Manager (project-systems); and VC Sati, Chief Projects Manager (systems), Indian Oil Corporation (pipelines division)
• 4.5 Private investment the key to Iran's gasoline crisis
  • Ali Arrehchi, Senior Consultant, Atieh Bahar Consulting
• Gas and renewables
• 5.1 Concerns of underinvestment
  • Claude Mandil, Executive Director, IEA
• 5.2 Shaping the future of LNG
  • Qatargas
• 5.3 Challenges ahead for biofuels
  • Don Bari, Senior Vice-President, Clive Gibson, Manager, and Mark Morgan, Executive Consultant, Nexant
• 5.4 Renewable financings surge
  • Angus McCrone, Chief Editor, New Energy Finance
• 5.5 LNG growth set to slow
  • Didier Holleaux, Vice-President, exploration and production, Gaz de France
• 5.6 Multi-stakeholder challenges in the LNG value chain
  • Lars Petter Blikom, Senior Consultant, DNV
• 5.7 The promise of hydrate
  • Art Johnson, President, Hydrate Energy International
• 5.8 GTL with a difference
  • Tom Nicholls, Editor, Petroleum Economist
• 6.1 Energy map of the world
• The World Petroleum Council
• 7.1 WPC
• vision and strategy
• 8.1 World oil and gas statistics