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Simply put if you fail to plan, you plan to fail. Here are five ways that you can prevent any mishaps during your plant turnaround. Read more

Steven Suykens, Project Coordinator of Shutdowns for the Belgian Refining Corporation explains how to keep within the shutdown duration to attain efficient machinery up-time. Read more

On 1 January 2012, HB 2093, The Texas Anti-Indemnity Law, came into effect. What are the ramefications of this new legislation for companies working inside and out of the Lone Star state? Read more

How can strategic M&A save companies from the second wave of the global economic depression? We take a look at how vertical integration can positively influence your business offering and supply chain managament. Read more

The Macondo Blowout brought risk sharing and allocation into sharp relief in 2010, but how has the contracting environment changed in the subsequent 15 months? Read more

Find out the difference between Anglo-Saxon jurisprudence and the rest of the energy world with respect to "knock for knock indemnities", from a top Brazilian lawyer. Read more

The 2011 UK Budget outlined significant tax hikes for oil producers. How will this affect E&P companies in the North Sea, and will it entail another flight of companies from British waters? Read more

On the first anniversary of the blow out at the Macondo well – which led to the death of 11 workers and leaked 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico – BP launched no fewer than three lawsuits against its contractors. Is the "blame game" going to wreck inter-corporation relations? Read more

The war may be over, but legal and contractual battles are still raging over assets and reserves in the post-Saddam Republic of Iraq. What does the future hold for this critical state? Read more

Political upheaval across the MENA region is leading to volatility in the energy markets, but what does this mean for contract risk management? Read more