ISO Focus - April 2004

Drilling deep  

ISO Focus, April 2004

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Comment

Ms. Cheryl Stark, Chair, ISO/TC 67
It takes a synchronized team to get the petrol we need

Guest View

Malcolm Brinded, Vice-Chairman of the Committee of Managing Directors of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group

"Strong business benefits have come from ISO 14001 certification."
Read the full interview (PDF, 458 KB)

Main Focus

Drilling deep

• Assessing the value of partnerships
• Standards as a strategic business asset
• Only one standard is needed
• Capturing the added value - ISO/TC 67
• Offshore structures - the imperatives of safety and security
• Applied regionally, effective internationally - in Europe
• Standards to the aid of regulation in Norway
• Kazakhstan takes the international route
• China's new petroleum industry strategy
• Demands continue to change "downstream"
• Managing resource conservation in the USA
• The key role of training cross-board players

Developments and initiatives

• Metadata: a worldwide library effort
• The next century for gas container requalification

New this month  

• ISO safety signy - Used locally, understood globally
• Sizing up card dimensions for international interchange
• ISO helps libraries self-diagnose their electronic performance

World Scene

• Highlights of events from around the world  

ISO Scene

• Highlights of news from ISO