GLOBALSpeeches 2007
Energy: Bust or Boom
25/03/2007
Rob Routs, Executive Director Downstream of Royal Dutch Shell plc, at the International Petrochemical Conference, 25 March 2007 in San Antonio, Texas
Rob Routs, Executive Director Downstream of Royal Dutch Shell plc, at the International Petrochemical Conference, 25 March 2007 in San Antonio, Texas
The political, economic and environmental challenges facing the energy industry are huge. It needs to meet growing energy demand in environmentally responsible ways. It also needs to respond to changing markets and provide new and more efficient forms of energy to increasingly demanding consumers. However, by marshalling technology; by applying commercial skills to develop new markets; and developing ways of making new energies viable, the industry can secure its future. That means the answer to the question energy boom or bust - is definitely boom as the energy industry adapts to change and puts the skills and technology in place to seize the opportunities ahead.