Its search capacity is better since one can search by person and company. Again, the internet and the corporate websites have so far escaped the Jahrbuch's editors. The great advantage of the Jahrbuch is its CD-Rom.
Corporate directories are a very useful tool.
The problem is that people who know the industry as a rule are not interested to inject their know-how into the cumbersome process of collecting and organising many thousands, perhaps millions, of data. Both directories have a lot of useful information, but their technological level and the quality and quantity of information is quite far from these targets. The Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy. All Rights Reserved.