
Read about carbon capture and storage and the Phase 1 report 'Storing CO2 under the North Sea Basin' including the key conclusions and recommendations of the report. Also in this issue is an interview with the Petrobras' general manager of production installation Cristina Pinho. In addition you can read about the joint Russian/Norwegian project of harmonising industry standards for health, safety and the environment for the Barents sea.

Read about the Texas City accident and how DNV means this should act as a wake-up call to the refining industry. The article also includes information about the Baker Panel, a blue-ribbon panel established by BP after the Texas city disaster, and the panel's ten recommendations. Also in this issue is an interview with the Dr. Pierre Dechamps of the European Commission's research department on scaling up the technology for COs capture and storage.This issues profile is Transpetro and how they plan to more than double Brazil's network of onshore gas pipelines.