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Vanessa Lovatt, General Manager at IQPC presents a 4-minute seminar on how to improve audience engagement and get better results from your sponsored session. Sales tactics of the past are no longer appropriate for most businesses, and certainly most conferences. What's more our research has shown that these types of pitches are almost completely ineffective. Read more

Following the exploration phase comes the production phase. This can only happen once a well has been completed. This involves drilling the well and fitting casing pipes and tubing to transport the hydrocarbons within the well. To ensure the flow of hydrocarbons is regulated; valves are used to control the rate and flow of the reserve. In some situations there is not enough pressure to tap the well so artificial lift systems and pumps are also used to help extraction. Read more

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Oil and gas technology is constantly moving forward. This industry relies on technology – whether it’s the latest cloud tech allowing virtual applications and enabling remote working across regions and platforms or the mega processing of big data assessing the huge volumes of real time geoscience, finance, environmental and system information. But the industry is also reliant on hugely established, legacy technology that rely more on mechanical ingenuity than on raw computational power. Read more

In this resource centre safety expert Derek Park presents in depth examinations on how safety is currently addressed and more importantly, what needs to be done in the future. In this section you will findhis industry-leading reports including Never Say Never Again, The Organic Organisation and Safety First? Are We Really Embracing Best Available Safest Technology? Read more

Considered to be the biggest sector in the world in terms of dollar value, the oil and gas industry is a global powerhouse employing hundreds of thousands of workers worldwide as well as generating hundreds of billions of dollars globally each year. Read more

Earlier this year, Shell announced that current CEO, Peter Voser, will retire from the company in 2014. Since then the race has been hotting up to find the man accede to the throne as head of one of the world’s largest companies. In this piece, we’ll take a look at the company, Voser and his legacy and the front-runners for the position at the top table of the corporate world. Read more

Peter Voser joined Shell in 1982 after graduating in business administration from the University of Applied Sciences, Zürich. He went on to work in a number of finance and business roles in Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Argentina and Chile. Read more

Simon Henry joined Shell having graduated in Mathematics from Cambridge University in 1982, initially working as an engineer at the UK’s Stanlow refinery. Read more

Andrew Brown joined Shell in 1984 after completing his degree in Engineering Science from Cambridge University. The following year he was posted to New Zealand, where he worked as a project engineer. Read more

Marvin E. Odum earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from The University of Texas at Austin and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Houston. He began his Shell career as an engineer in 1982, and has since served in a number of management positions of increasing responsibility in both technical and commercial aspects of energy. Read more