HOUSTON, April 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

ICIS is pleased to announce a free market outlook webinar on the US Refining Industry for 2013. Expert consultant Karl Bartholomew will discuss factors affecting the US refining industry. He will present a market outlook on how developments may influence the industry over the next six to twelve months. The webinar will take place April 30, 2013 at 11am Central Daylight Time. To register for the webinar, please follow the registration link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2376644211248221952

The webinar will cover:

• The interplay of oil and politics in the US market
• The importance of refinery configuration
• The impact of shale oil on the US refining industry
• How these factors affect market dynamics

About the speaker

Karl D. Bartholomew, ICIS Vice President of Consulting, Americas

Karl has over 30 years' experience in the energy sector, with his main areas of expertise in project finance, feasibility analysis, and appraisal/valuation. Karl has extensive knowledge of all aspects of refining, gas processing, and refining-petrochemical integration. He has managed numerous industry studies on refining, petrochemicals, natural gas processing and LNG. Karl is a registered professional engineer, and an Accredited Senior Appraiser with the American Society of Appraisers.

About ICIS

ICIS is the world's largest petrochemical market information provider, and has fast-growing energy and fertilizer divisions. Our aim is to give companies in global commodities markets a competitive advantage by delivering trusted pricing data, high-value news, analysis and independent consulting, enabling our customers to make better-informed trading and planning decisions.  We have over 30 years' experience of providing pricing information, news, analysis and consultancy to buyers, sellers and analysts.

With a global staff of more than 700, ICIS has people based in Houston, Washington, New York, London, Montpellier, Dusseldorf, Milan, Mumbai, Singapore, Guangzhou, Beijing, Shanghai, Yantai, Tokyo and Perth. ICIS is part of Reed Business Information.

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