Since Europe’s shift towards diesel, refinery margins have been supported by strong middle distillate prices in a long term high crude price environment. This has resulted in record high prices at the pump. Europe’s refiners are also subject to targets of 0.1% in heating oil in 2008, 10ppm in diesel from 2009, and increasing parts of the tanker market moving to 1.5% fuel oil since 2006. Combined by emergent export markets such as Russia and the sowering of crude oil, global trends are forcing refiners to assess their margins whilst producing the most desired product mix. What are likely impacts of Middle Eastern and Indian production on trade flows and North-West European cracks? European refiners such as France are standing at the crossroads of integrating solutions to plan for such regional capacity changes and demand specifications. How are these impacts trickling downstream to the consumer? The 2nd Annual European Refining Markets conference will consider such trends whilst inspecting the industry’s resilience and flexibility to upgrade and deliver the products demanded by a consumer at the most competitive price. Topics Include: Competing in a high oil price environment European product market outlook, 2009 and beyond A ‘boom’ in new capacity — Who is getting to the market first? Is the diesel demand/supply crunch still dominating expansion rrends in global refining? Upstream vs. downstream margins — Refining margins in a crude-driven environment How is the automotive future being fueled — Technology drivers vs. sustainability Global marine fuels — Demand in a changing environment What are the problems for refiners tomorrow? Confirmed Speakers Include: Maurizio Maugeri, Programme Leader Head R&M Division, Eni David Martin, Senior Analyst, Oil Industry and Market Division, International Energy Agency (IEA) Joanne Shore, Senior Analyst, Energy Information Administration Farzam Kamalabadi, Chairman and President, Future Trends International Group John Kingston, Director of Oil, Platts Giovanni Serio, Senior Energy Economist, Goldman Sachs Johannes Benigni, Managing Director, JBC Energy Vienna Matti Laakso, Vice President, Oil Refining Business Development, Neste Oil Oyj Jan Panek, Head of Unit “Coal and Oil,” Directorate-General for Energy and Transport, European Commission Marcus Frantz, Head of Mid and Downstream Applications, OMV Kjell ac Bergström, President and CEO, General Motors Powertrain, Sweden Alain Heilbrunn, Secretary General, Concawe Kevin McGeeney, Chief Executive Officer, Star Supply Renewables Richard Wilson, Origination Director, Biodiesel Energy Trading Ltd. Wade DeClaris, Vice President of Business Development, World Fuel Services Inc Guglielmo Landolfi, Managing Director, ERG Raffinerie Mediterranee For more information about the conference, contact: Sophie Adams Tel: +44-20-7176-6658 sophie_adams@platts.com Speaking opportunities, contact: Richard Turner Tel: +44-0-20-7176-6226 richard_turner@platts.com Sponsorship opportunities, contact: Michelle Thorby Tel: +44-20-7176-6229 michelle_thorby@platts.com For media inquiries, contact: Daniel Lawson Tel: +44-20-7176-6228 daniel_lawson@platts.com

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