Big Business And Big Challenges

摘要

It's been said that energy is the biggest business in the world; that no other industry begins to compare. By some estimates, the global energy business amounts to $2 trillion per year. Energy is the very fuel of society. Without it, the world we know ceases to be.rnPowerful factors are shaping the industry: geopolitics, market forces, the environment and technological innovation. But the companies and individuals who produce energy around the world would say that change is nothing new; in fact, it is omnipresent. At any one time and all at once, the global energy market is experiencing an economic crisis, concerns about energy security, calls for sustainable development, public anxiety about global warming, and volatile policy environments Those familiar with the energy industry know that meeting challenges is standard operating procedure.