Title: 6 Technical it innovation in Shell: Subsurface insights to locate more energy resources

6 Technical IT innovation in Shell: Subsurface insights to locate more energy resources

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Oil & gas will still make up two thirds of the global energy supply.

But they will be harder to find and more challenging to develop.

To overcome these challenges, Shell is delivering integrated technology solutions.
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“Innovation in technology and application of technology
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is incredibly important to the success of exploration.
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for Shell and for industry”.
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through, essentially, better seismic imaging”.

Seismic Data Acquisition:

To find what others can't, Shell pushes the envelope on state of the art seismic technologies.

These are critical to gathering high-quality insights into the earth’s subsurface.

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Fons ten Kroode Manager, Seismic Technology, Shell

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For example, by introducing new sensor systems coming out of the computing industry,

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Dirk Smit Vice President Exploration R&D, Technology, Shell

of how we would acquire seismic data in the field”.

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Linda Hubner Vice President Exploration Excellence, Shell

and to be able to see and better image,

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And that way we are able to pinpoint
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High performance computing enables Shell to analyse vast amounts of data

transforming it into accurate and valuable information.
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from these huge and ever-growing seismic data volume”.

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becomes a phenomenal computing problem”.

“So it's about faster turnarounds of ever larger data volumes

and improving the quality of the images”.
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David Schweitz Team Leader Subsurface Imaging Group, Shell

that basically threads a needle all the way down to that target

so we can tap for hydrocarbons.
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“What high-performance computing has enabled us to do is really take a step change

in the scope of the data that we can analyse at a given time”.

“Without the high-performance computing,

we wouldn't be able to manage and handle all the data that we're getting”.

Shell GeoSigns

Subsurface Interpretation Workspace

Shell’s proprietary subsurface solution lets us see and understand what others can't.

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“If you see something that others cannot see,

then that, of course, translates immediately into a competitive advantage”.

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on the seismic that we have”.

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“The results, in terms of image quality, have been phenomenal.

It's about seeing things in higher resolution,

identifying pockets of hydrocarbons that had been left behind,

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Shell has always made quite some efforts in building interpretation systems

to cope with large amounts of seismic data and to turn it into images”.

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and they are eventually used to take better business decisions”.

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How are we going to develop an existing asset, an oilfield”?

“There have been examples of locations - for instance, the Gulf of Mexico -

where we've been able to come back in
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Linda Hubner, speaking.

Integrated subsurface solutions for a sustainable global energy supply.