Shell Chemicals' Executive VicePresident Mr. Ben van Beurden presented a speech on The EnergyChallenge: Implications for the Middle East and the Global Chemical Industryat Dubai in December, 2008.


The speaker has tried to define the globalenergy challenge as succinctly as possible. The present speech is an attempt toencapsulate what this may mean for the Middle East and the global chemicalindustry. It starts by outlining Shell's view of the global energy challengeand describes two alternative scenarios for addressing this challenge.


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