VOL. XXXIX

No. 19

5-February-1996

GENERAL

World Refining Industry: The Morning After

by Bernard de Combret

The following is the text of a presentation made by Mr. Bernard de Combret, Elf Aquitaine's Executive Vice President for Refining, Marketing and Trading, at the Middle East Petroleum and Gas Conference in Bahrain on 18 January.

In the refining world, the sky has been rather dark in the recent years. Margins have already fallen to their lowest level since 1988. And refiners are...