The Importance of Crude Oil Futures In Asia By Takamichi Hamada, TOCOM COO On the occasion of the 18th Asia Pacific Petroleum Conference 2002, September 24, 2002 I.ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊIntroduction Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I’d like to welcome you all to this presentation. My name is Takamichi Hamada and I am the COO at the Tokyo…