Exploring
We use advanced technologies to search for hydrocarbons and evaluate possible new oil and gas fields in remote, often hostile terrains such as ultra-deep water, desert environments and the Arctic. To reduce uncertainty in these difficult conditions, we integrate sophisticated survey technologies, combining 2D and 3D seismic with new non-seismic methods. We then analyse data through state-of-the-art computer modelling and imaging techniques.
Into the rocks
Oil and gas are derived from organic materials that were deposited millions of years ago and are transformed under the right conditions of heat and pressure.
Non-seismic methods
Shell applies a range of non-seismic survey technologies to scan large areas before confirming and refining the subsurface picture through seismic imaging.
Seismic imaging
Seismic surveying is the most widely used technology in exploration. Pulses of sound are sent into the ground, and detectors record the returning seismic waves.
Data evaluation
We use a range of techniques to predict and characterise reservoirs through the exploration and production life cycle.
Well technology for exploration
Data acquisition and imaging technologies enable Shell explorers to make more confident predictions. But the only way to make a hydrocarbon discovery is to drill a well.
