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Meeting demand
The world is using more and more energy. Smart technology thinking is helping meet that demand by finding ways to get more from what we’ve got, to developing new and alternative energy sources to power our future.
In this section
Deep water
The challenges of extreme cold, depth and waves are being overcome to uncover the bounty of oil and gas lying further and further from shore.
Arctic
An estimated 25% of the world’s remaining oil and gas lies under the Arctic - an environmentally pristine environment - requiring sensitivity and the right technologies to extract it.
Seeing beneath the surface
If you want oil and gas you have to find it – technologies that combine with geologic knowledge are key to discovering where it lies.
Drilling
Reaching the oil and gas takes more than just a well, - drilling technologies and methodologies combine to reach further and reach more.
Enhanced oil recovery
Technologies that ‘squeeze’ oil from the reservoir are helping the recovery of more of this valuable resource.
Smart Fields
With smart combinations of technologies, and monitoring, management and control of oil and gas fields, we are achieving better production results.
Contaminated gas
Around a third of the world’s gas fields are highly contaminated, but technologies such as ADIP, Sulfinol, and SCOT are helping us access these fields.
Liquefied natural gas
Making the most of natural gas – the cleanest fossil fuel – means getting it to where it is needed. LNG has proved to be an answer.
Sustainable development
For us contributing to sustainable development means helping meet the world’s growing need for energy in economically, socially and environmentally responsible ways.
The energy challenge
World energy demand is expected to double by 2050 to improve living standards. Meeting that demand is a challenge facing all of us.
Technology Futures
Will it be bio, nuclear or wind that will be helping to power our lives 20-30 years from now?
Climate change
We have stepped up our appeals to government for urgent and wide-ranging policies, and our own efforts to develop the technologies needed to reduce CO2 emissions from our operations and products.
Shell energy scenarios
We have developed two scenarios describing the future of energy.