Kurt Barrow, Vice President with Purvin & Gertz, Inc. will be speaking at the National Petrochemical and Refiners Assocation (NPRA) Annual Meeting on March 22 to 24, 2009. He will present two topics at this year's Annual Meeting. His first speech entitled "Impact of Bunker Specification Changes on Residual Fuel Oil Markets" will address the effects of recently proposed bunker fuel specification changes and will explore the potential impacts of the specification changes on the U.S. Refining industry with a focus on understanding how refiners may adapt to the new market conditions. A second speech will focus on future climate change legislation in the US Congress and details of its impact on the refining industry within a competitive global market; the title for this paper is "Refining Competitiveness in a Carbon Constrained Market". Please contact our Houston office via this website or at +1-713-331-4000 for more information.