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Please do not miss the + Media parts of these presentations Energy, what an enormous subject! As vast as the universe. Our universe is overflowing with the boundless energy of billions of galaxies, all in ceaseless movement and each made up of billions of stars radiating heat, light and electromagnetic waves. And among this myriad of stars is the sun, generously spreading its rays over the earth and nurturing life here on earth: the life of a multitude of organisms, including animals, which use this energy to live and move around. These organisms include a very special animal: Man. For several thousand years and most notably in the last two centuries, humans have found the simple energy of their muscles to be insufficient. We have built a modern industrial civilisation and, to make it work, we have tamed the energy sources available in nature: for example, the wind, moving water and the burning of wood. And more recently we have exploited the less obvious resources, hidden under the ground or difficult to control; resources such as coal, oil, natural gas and nuclear fission. Today, Man has arrived at a turning point in his history. Those forms of energy which he uses the most, based on fossil sources (oil, gas and coal), are going to become scarcer and scarcer. Renewal will take millions of years! There is no miracle solution to this problem, but there are a large number of actions which, put together, will enable us to overcome the difficulties that lie ahead. It will be up to each one of us to play a role in meeting the huge challenge of ensuring that our future children will be able to have access to the energy that is essential for life. Meanwhile, let’s take off on our grand voyage around the energy question!
Discovering oil has been a formidable stroke of luck for man. Being a liquid and hence easily transportable, it makes a perfect energy product. When burnt in small quantities, it produces sufficient energy to turn the motors that drive all sorts of vehicles and make all sorts of machines work. Moreover, it can be transformed into a huge number of products which have themselves become the raw materials of our day-to-day lives: plastics, synthetic textiles … and many other diverse and varied products. Natural gas, which belongs to the same family as oil, that of the hydrocarbons, is systematically found with it in all the oil fields. Natural gas is a highly efficient energy product, especially for burning. In addition, certain of its compounds are used to manufacture polymers that are the basic elements of everyday items. But the stroke of luck represented by oil and gas has also become
one of the major challenges of the present time. How are these hydrocarbons formed? Where are they found? How are
they extracted and treated? The answers to these and other many
questions are in the following pages! You will also find information
there about the hydrocarbon business and about the actors in the
petroleum business: large oil companies, research organisations …
Renewable: it’s the magic word! Today, we are beginning to worry about the effects of the approaching scarcity of energy from fossil sources that require millions of years for their renewal: coal, oil and natural gas. Development of renewable energy sources is therefore one of the solutions expected to solve this enormous problem. It is also a first step towards solving the problem posed by carbon dioxide, which is produced when oil, gas or coal is burnt: the increased content of this gas in the atmosphere is going to lead rapidly to global warming and, without any doubt, to major climatic changes. We are not short of renewable energy sources: moving water (hydropower, tidal energy and wave power, for instance), the sun (solar energy), the wind (wind energy), the heat of the earth’s substratum (geothermal energy), … and many others! But they are still in their early stages of development and are therefore relatively expensive. Further development requires government grants. Moreover, most of them lead to the production of electricity. So they will never be able to replace the oil and gas that is used to manufacture chemical products (plastics, synthetic fibres, etc.). Development of these new energy sources to preserve oil as far as possible and to reserve it for the manufacture of “noble” products; adaptation of our way of life, of living, of moving around and of working, with these new forms of energy: these are the major challenges for the coming decades. And it is everybody’s responsibility because it will also be necessary to achieve energy savings. Renewable energy sources cannot provide quantities of energy as large as those that are currently used worldwide. So, let’s have a look at what precisely these renewable energy sources consist of.
The International Energy Agency’s last comprehensive study of world energy (“World Energy Outlook,” 2004)
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Schlumberger is the leading oilfield services provider, trusted to deliver superior results and improved E&P performance for oil and gas companies around the world. Through our well site operations and in our research and engineering facilities, we are working to develop products, services and solutions that optimize customer performance in a safe and environmentally sound manner.
Schlumberger Middle East and Asia
Learning Center Inaugurated in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, March 12, 2007 - Schlumberger, the leading oilfield services company, and Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), one of the world's leading companies with major oil reserves, today officially launched their joint initiative, the Schlumberger Middle East and Asia Learning Center, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. H.E Youssef Omair bin Youssef, Secretary General of the Supreme Petroleum Council (SPC) and Chief Executive Officer, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and Andrew Gould, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Schlumberger, officiated at the inauguration ceremony in front of over 100 VIP guests, Schlumberger and ADNOC staff. The center has been built to provide essential advanced training for the oil and energy industry and is complete with state-of-the-art facilities and equipment including a custom-built training rig. The land on which the center was built was donated by ADNOC. H.E Yousef Omair Bin Yousef, Secretary General of the Supreme Petroleum Council and Chief Executive Officer, ADNOC said, "The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) also takes great pride in having this facility in Abu Dhabi where our engineers and technical staff can have access to acquaint themselves with latest technology solutions. The Center also reflects the cooperation between ADNOC and Schlumberger." "The establishment of the Middle East Learning Center here in Abu Dhabi would not have been possible without the help of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company who have provided the land on which the center has been built. ADNOC's continuous support has allowed us to finish construction of these world-class facilities within the record time of less than a year," commented Andrew Gould, Chairman and CEO, Schlumberger. The new state-of-the-art facility embraces numerous classrooms, workshops, fully equipped laboratories and field technical equipment to provide Schlumberger geoscientists, field engineers, field technicians and maintenance engineers from all over the world and ADNOC professionals and students of the Petroleum Institute with basic and advanced development of skills techniques related to the oilfield upstream sectors such as data service, software, seismic, reservoir evaluation, cementing, stimulation, directional drilling, measurements while drilling and artificial lift. The Schlumberger Middle East and Asia Learning Center in Abu Dhabi is the newest and largest world-class oilfield services training center in the world joining three other global Schlumberger learning centers in the USA, UK and France. "One key Schlumberger value is people. Their motivation and dedication to customers are our greatest strength. Every year, we hire many newly-qualified engineers and technicians who have yet to acquire industry experience. Our challenge is to train and develop these new employees as efficiently as possible in one of the Schlumberger service disciplines using the latest training techniques. And our goal is to ensure that our new employees have access to the same training and development opportunities regardless of where they come from and where they are going to be assigned," added Gould. The center's construction started in November 2005. Phase 1 was completed with an investment of US$40 million, which will reach US$60 million upon the accomplishment of phase 2 towards mid-2007. Phase 3 will include accommodation for the trainees, and the whole project will represent a total investment of US$100 million. About Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) About Schlumberger About Schlumberger Middle East and Asia Learning
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Delivering Energy—Faster, Better, Smarter His Quote About Knowledge Transfer " Which brings me to my final point—smarter knowledge. While this is linked to faster communications and better technology, it is also strongly connected to recruiting and training practices particularly at a time when access to skilled people is limited. In the last two years, in answer to the extraordinary industry growth, we have recruited 6,000 engineers in 80 countries from 122 universities. These figures not only show that the scientific educational machine can meet demand but also that recruiting must occur on a global level and this will have implications for us all in managing employee career paths. Part of our approach has leveraged links with 45 world-class universities to which we have appointed Schlumberger ambassadors—who are often alumni of those very universities. But the real challenge will come in managing the transfer of knowledge and the development of autonomous decision making among a young industry generation. This will not be easy. They will have to assimilate much more technology, much more rapidly than any previous population and they will have to do so in a new area of greater reservoir challenges. We must therefore look at how to make our human resources more productive much earlier. Competency development, knowledge management, new oilfield technology, workflow process improvement, technical career development and better management of retiring senior employees are all part of the solution. Let me just give you two examples of what can be done. A few minutes ago I mentioned how Operations Support Centers enable the drilling of today’s complex well trajectories through faster communications and better technology. The same approach can bring expert coaching and counsel to less-experienced crews on remote operations. The Center in Aberdeen does this by monitoring operations on up to 28 rigs simultaneously in real time. But this already assumes an initial level of knowledge. Hiring 6,000 people in 12 months is one thing, training them is another. At Schlumberger, we see more and more benefit in a uniform operating structure in which the various technologies needed in the oilfield can leverage each other. It no longer makes sense to train a wireline field engineer in a wireline-only environment. Consequently three years ago we opened the first of a series of new-generation training facilities that cater to a number of different technology needs. Since then we have begun construction of two more, one in Russia and one here in the Middle East in Abu Dhabi, which we open tomorrow. The new centers feature state-of-the-art classrooms, workshops, laboratories and field technical equipment to provide new field engineers, field technicians and maintenance engineers basic and advanced training in well logging, cementing, stimulation, directional drilling, completions and artificial lift technologies. The training challenge is enormous and will continue over the employee’s career lifetime. In 2005 we counted more than 250,000 training days at Schlumberger. We expect to need almost double that number this year. Ladies and gentlemen, I believe that our industry has already moved to implement the global change that will be essential to our ability to deliver energy in the future. In 25 years time, oil and gas will still be supplying 80% of the world’s energy needs. Faster communications, better technology and smarter knowledge are essential for us to meet that challenge and fulfill our role as reliable suppliers of energy at reasonable cost."
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