Information technology

Title: Why I Do What I do

Duration: 3:18 minutes

Description:

Digital technologies and trends are transforming the way we live, work and interact. Digitalisation is also transforming the energy industry, by improving efficiency and safety, and by facilitating the use of renewable energy. But it is also a cultural change, about people and agile ways of working. At Shell, leading data scientists and IT professionals are working on the transition of our business to net-zero emissions, in step with society. Meet some of our colleagues, who help power progress each day!

India Recruitment Master (01-02-21) Transcript

[Background music plays]

Bright, uplifting instrumental music with guitar.

[Video footage]

Deepa Rani, in pink and blue running gear, jogs through a garden. Close up of her moving feet. Close up of her face in profile with greenery in the background.

Deepa Rani

Working at Shell is my dream job.

[Video footage]

Deepa's face while still jogging. An office building with the Shell logo is behind her. Cut to aerial shot of Bangalore, showing a busy multi-lane highway.

[Text displays]

Bengaluru India

[Video footage]

Close up of Rishabh in a taxi.

Rishabh Chopra

I love travelling to work every day.

[Video footage]

The taxi pulls up to a building. On the back of it are the words, 100% electric. Shot of Rishabh getting out and closing the door. Cut to Rishabh's face looking up. Cut to shot of Shell office building.

Rishabh Chopra

How many people can say that?

[Video footage]

Aarthi is walking through a garden, surrounded by greenery. Shot of Shell building through the trees.

Aarthi Thyagarajan

I could change the world working at Shell.

[Video footage]

Close up of an adult hand holding a child's hand. Pull back to show Asmi walking down a garden path with her son. Cut to closeup of Asmi and her son kneeling on the ground, playing with toy dinosaurs. Cut to Asmi and her son walking in the garden.

Asmi Rizvi Khaleeli

To be the best mum and the best Data Scientist, I need support, and Shell provides that.

[Video footage]

Bus driver's point of view showing an open road. Cut to a shot of a yellow, red and white bus. Cut to a close up of Harshil's hands as he rides the bus. Cut to his face in profile, then full face as he watches out the window. The Shell building is seen, and people shown in silhouette getting off the bus. Harshil stands next to the bus and gives a V for victory sign. Cut to a shot of people's legs walking into the building. Cut to the back of Harshil's head as he enters the building.

Harshil Patel

My journey is Shell’s journey. Digital and AI are key to delivering cleaner energy solutions as we transition to a lower carbon future.

[Video footage]

Deepa is shown jogging near a pond. Her pink top is seen reflected in the pond. A bronze sculpture of two herons is near the pond. Cut to a head shot of Deepa stopped in front of the Shell building. She checks her phone and smiles. A text conversation shows on the screen.

[Text displays]

We've found a solution to help predict valve malfunctions, enjoy your jog. Wow, that's great.

Deepa Rani

My role is to increase the adoption of Artificial Intelligence across Shell by connecting people.

[Video footage]

Head shot of Deepa talking to the camera, the Shell building in the background.

Deepa Rani

And work together to make the air cleaner for all of us.

[Video footage]

Deepa types on her phone. A text conversation displays on the screen. Deepa starts running again.

[Text displays]

Thanks.

[Video footage]

Close up of Deepa in a studio interview.

[Text displays]

Deepa Rani, Shell.ai Manager

Deepa Rani

I studied Computer Science and Engineering, but I wanted to work with future technologies.

[Video footage]

Deepa sits at a glass table in the atrium of a building, working on a laptop. Closeup of Deepa's hands typing on the laptop keyboard. Closeup of Deepa's face in profile.

Deepa Rani

It’s very dynamic in nature, the way we work here.

[Video footage]

Close up of Aarthi in a studio interview.

Aarthi Thyagarajan

I just finished graduation in chemical engineering.

[Text displays]

Aarthi Thyagarajan, Senior Researcher: Computational Science

[Video footage]

Aarthi is shown in a lab surrounded by equipment. She is wearing safety goggles. Cut to view of gardens near the Shell building. Aarthi is sitting on a bench under a pergola. 

Aarthi Thyagarajan

But what really motivated me is the cleaner energy concept.

[Video footage]

Closeup of Aarthi using her phone. A text conversation shows on the screen.

[Text displays]

We've got the results back from the last model simulation. It's better than we expected. Super, excited about further improvements.

Aarthi Thyagarajan

I joined Shell in 2007 and from then I never looked back.

[Video footage]

Closeup of Rishabh in a studio interview.

[Text displays]

Rishabh Chopra, Artificial Intelligence Technical Analyst

Rishabh Chopra

I wanted to enhance my skills to make a positive change.

[Video footage]

Closeup of Rishabh working on a laptop. Pull back to show that he is working in a break room. A messenger conversation shows on the screen.

[Text displays]

How's your prep going for the hackathon next week? It's going great, looking forward to it.

Rishabh Chopra

The work I do here has an impact around the world.

[Video footage]

Close up of Asmi and her son squatting in the grass. Asmi points out something to her son, who excitedly looks.

Asmi Rizvi Khaleeli

Look over there!

[Video footage]

Close up of Asmi in a studio interview.

[Text displays]

Asmi Rizvi Khaleeli, Data Science Researcher

Asmi Rizvi Khaleeli

After spending several years studying and working in some leading universities and companies in Europe I realised that there are equally good opportunities in India, and decided to come back. 

[Video footage]

Asmi sitting on steps in a garden using her phone. A text conversation shows on the screen.

[Text displays]

Got the data from the plant through, ready to begin building the model? Smile emoji. Absolutely.

[Video footage]

Closeup of Asmi kneeling down, playing with her son. Closeup of Asmi's face, smiling as she plays. Close up of her son's face, looking up. 

Asmi Rizvi Khaleeli

Flexible working at Shell has given me the opportunity to give my family the time they deserve, and still achieve at work. 

[Video footage]

Close up of Asmi and her son in the garden. The son lifts his arms to be carried.

Asmi's son

Carry me! Carry me!

[Video footage]

The Shell building is seen through the trees. Cut to closeup of Harshil in a studio interview.

[Text displays]

Harshil Patel, Data Science Researcher

Harshil Patel

I’m a numbers and computers guy. I wanted to work for Shell to combine my knowledge of computer science and mechanical engineering.

[Video footage]

Harshil is seen working on a computer. Closeup of his hands on the keyboard. Close up of a computer screen showing data. Cut to a shot of Harshil sitting at his computer. Close up of his face, he stretches and smiles.

Harshil Patel

I get to use my coding skills to do something meaningful. I’m now writing code to help businesses reduce their carbon emissions.

[Video footage]

Deepa is walking up the stairs in the Shell building. The lobby of the building can be seen in the background. Closeup of Deepa in a studio interview. Cut to a computer screen showing some code. Cut to a shot of red and yellow hexagonal tiles showing work goals. Pull back to show many of these hexagonal tiles surrounding a whiteboard. Deepa is looking at the whiteboard.

Deepa Rani

Digitalisation is two parts of an equation. One is technology another one is people. So that is what excites me.

[Video footage]

Closeup of Rishabh's hand placing his access card on a turnstile. Shot of Rishabh walking through a corridor in the Shell building. A mural of many hands coming together is visible in the background. Cut to Rishabh working at his laptop. 

Rishabh Chopra

I’ve got all the tools and the best people right here, so my work is always diverse. I’m constantly exploring new ideas and there’s never a dull moment!

[Video footage]

Long shot of Aarthi with colleagues in a laboratory. Closeup of Aarthi's face wearing a face shield. Cut to Aarthi talking with colleagues, all dressed in lab gear including red lab coats, face shields and gloves. Closeup of a small container being placed into a piece of lab equipment.

Aarthi Thyagarajan

Shell’s a global company. In the research projects I’m working on, I get to collaborate with experts and employees not only on campus, but also internationally.

[Video footage]

Shot of Harshil playing table tennis. The Shell logo on the side of the building can be seen through the window. Blurry shot of the blue table and orange ball. Closeup of Harshil's face as he plays. He bounces the ball several times on his paddle. 

Harshil Patel

Shell challenges you - what you know every day, keeping you on your toes.

[Video footage]

Closeup of Aarthi's face wearing a face shield. Closeup of her hands on the laptop keyboard. Shot of her face as she works at the laptop, still with the face shield. Shot of the laptop screen displaying data. Cut to Aarthi speaking to the camera, in her lab coat and wearing goggles. 

Aarthi Thyagarajan

I love working with top talent and having the freedom to explore cutting edge innovations. The Digital Technology is helping Shell in playing its part in addressing the climate change and this is at the forefront of the energy transition.

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Shell jingle.

[Graphic]

Shell logo.

[Text displays]

Shell.ai

Discover more, Shell.com/digitalization.

© Shell International Limited 2021

Title: Digitalisation at Pennsylvania Chemicals

Duration: 1:07 minutes

Description: A case study showing how Shell is using digitalisation to make construction more efficient.

 [Text displays]

Construction of the Future

Interview with Ed Cadena

Technical Integration and Assurance Manager

Here at Pennsylvania Chemicals, we have the opportunity to be the plant of the future.

Continued panning aerial footage of the Pennsylvania Chemicals plant under construction.

Interview with Lauren Schwartz

Rotating Equipment Engineer

The more data we have, the smarter we have to get about managing it.

Lauren Schwartz Rotating Equipment Engineer

Interview with Ed Cadena continued

Everything at a site is located by an equipment tag.

Find’All uses that as the basis to connect all the different databases. We have complete accountability over three million documents and equipment tags on this site.

Interview with Lauren Schwartz continued

Now, I can go to the tag number for my equipment and immediately find exactly what I’m looking for.

Interview with Alejandro de Jong

Digital Twin uses drones to take construction project snapshots on a weekly basis.

High angle close-up of a drone carrying case being opened and the drone being lifted out. Low angle footage of a construction worker onsite placing the drone on a mini helipad on the ground. Low angle close-up of the drone controls held by the worker. Close-up of the camera attached to the drone swivelling above the mini helipad. Wide view of the drone lifting off the mini helipad.

And from these images, we create accurate 3D models of the entire construction site.

Interview with James Bouanchaud

CML Structural Engineer

This enables me to get a top-down view, to quickly determine what we need to do. It’s very effective.

Interview with Ed Cadena continued

Any reduction in time will mean literally waiting time that we’ll avoid, and we have a safer 

Title: Predictive Maintenance

Duration: 1:39 minutes

Description: 

Shell staff talk about predictive maintenance as a way to leverage technologies to forecast issues and predict failures before they arise. Unable to find an off-the-shelf solution, they built one themselves and now have 24/7 coverage. The model is now being replicated in other facilities and offers good insight, as well as allowing engineers more time to do engineering work instead of analysing mountains of data.

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PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE

Interview with Sankesh Sundareshwar

Senior Process Engineer, Shearwater

Sankesh Sundareshwar

Predictive maintenance is leveraging the technologies we have today to forecast issues before they can arise.

Interview with Arnold Hes

Instrument Engineering Team Lead, Pernis

Arnold Hes

We have to keep our plants running and our biggest problem is when the plants trip due to equipment failures.

If we can predict that, then we can prevent these failures and save the company a lot of money.

Interview with Claudia Zuluaga Giraldo

Principal Digital Product Manager

The more stable operations, the more energy efficiency we are able to obtain, the less emissions we generate.

Sankesh Sundareshwar

We looked outside quite extensively if anyone else had a product that we could just take off the shelf and we couldn’t find anything that useful to us, so we decided to build it.

Interview with Kenneth Innes

Shearwater Manager

Before we developed these systems, our people spent a lot of time analysing mountains of data which was very labour intensive.

[Video footage]

Shot of Kenneth standing by a row of monitors listening to a male colleague sat down talking. Close-up of Kenneth nodding. Close-up of Neil Forbes speaking to off-screen interviewer at an interior location.

Interview with Neil Forbes

Operations Support, Shearwater

Instead of that being reactive, we’re now proactively going out fixing issues before they become a bigger problem.

 [Sankesh Voiceover]

The big benefits of this programme is 24/7 coverage.

It looks at about 300 system parameters all the time. Human beings can’t do this kind of thing.

Now we’ve got to think globally and think about replication and replication at pace.

[Arnold Hes Voiceover]

We were able to use and replicate that model in our facilities and gave us a good insight in how our valves are behaving.

[Sankesh Sundareshwar Voiceover]

This technology is going to make us better engineers because we have more time to do engineering work to prevent systems going offline.

Interview with Sander Buhling

Instrument Project Engineer, Pernis

I think the major change, it’s not really the prediction; it’s the scale-able part of this project.

You build a solution for 16 valves; it has the potential to increase for all valves within Shell.

Why not, yes, use it on everything we have?

Title: LNG Shipping Digitalisation case study

Duration: 1:13 minutes

Description: 

A case study showing how Shell is using digitalisation to improve the efficiency and lower the emissions of its’ fleet of LNG tankers. 

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Optimising Shipping

Interview with Paul McStay

LNG Fleet Performance Manager

[Paul McStay]

Shell has an ambition to drive down its carbon footprint. And within shipping and maritime, our vision is very much aligned with that.

Interview with Samantha Lehel

LNG Commercial Freight Operator

[Samantha Lehel]

The LNG Shipping accelerator essentially consolidates loads of information in one place.

So that instead of having to consult various different resources for each one of my vessels, I can see everything immediately.

The real value is, sort of, the time savings for myself as an operator, but also the level of accuracy and efficiency that that affords our business.

[Paul McStay]

What this allows us to do is see data live and in real time and therefore be able to proactively intervene when performance starts to drop.

Interview with Grahaeme Henderson

VP Shipping & Maritime

[Grahaeme Henderson]

If we can improve our efficiency, we can reduce the amount of time that we’re waiting at ports…

Then we can reduce our fuel usage. And by reducing our fuel usage, we can improve our emissions.

[Paul McStay]

This project allows us to understand where our footprint is and reduce that by setting appropriate benchmarks, and therefore reductions into the future, using data as a means to enable insights that will allow the business to deliver value by driving our vessels more efficiently and enabling us to deliver more molecules of LNG to our customers.