Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 19

9-May-2011

Integrated Companies Vital To Tackling Energy Challenges

By Mark Williams

Dr Williams is Downstream Director at Royal Dutch Shell. This is an edited version of a paper he presented on 6 April at the International Oil Summit in Paris, organized by the Institut Français du Pétrole (IFP) and Petrostrategies.

The continued integration of upstream and downstream strategies has a hugely important role to play in meeting the energy challenges...