Shell VP, Exploration: ‘No More Easy Oil’

Shell Europe’s vice president of exploration, Tom Botts, will review some hard truths at Subsea 08 when he gives his keynote address to 200 representatives from the global subsea sector.

…”There is no more easy oil,” Botts will warn, “and the subsea industry is critical to unlocking more oil to meet world supply.”


He will focus on the innovation developed in Aberdeen in the subsea industry and discuss how Shell has applied these technologies to its own developments.

Event sponsors, E.On Ruhrgas will share its plans for the UK Continental Shelf and its commitment to Aberdeen. Felix Lerch, general manager operation for E.On Ruhrgas UK North Sea says: “We know that the UKCS is a mature hydrocarbon privnce which in turn means that we are faced with the development of smaller and technically more challenging hydrocarbon accumulations.

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