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Shell Technology Webcast on Smart Fields® technology on 28 March 2007

21/03/2007

On Wednesday 28th March, Shell held a webcast on the subject Smart Fields® technology pushing for increased oil recovery featuring Jaap van Ballegooijen, Smart Fields Programme Manager, and the inspiration behind the newly launched smart wells brand video. An introductory presentation was followed by a question and answer session.

With the vast majority of easy oil now gone, technological advancement and leadership is key.  Shell Smart Fields technology is a new way of applying several technologies in “real time” to enable the remote management and monitoring of fields and reservoirs. The application of Smart Fields technology has enabled Shell to unlock difficult resources in areas such as Brunei that were not previously economically viable.

Jaap van Ballegooijen will discuss the company’s development of Smart Fields technology and draw upon examples of where Shell is utilising this to help extract oil from difficult geologies without damaging or disrupting the local environment and ecosystems.

Smart Fields technology is the fifth in a series of technical webcasts profiling Shell technological capabilities that are crucial for addressing the energy challenge. These webcasts are designed to share technical information on some of the dynamics shaping the energy industry ‘from well to wheel’. 

The on demand version of this webcast, the slides and an mp3 audio file of the webcast are available on the Technology & Innovation website.