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<div><font color="#000000"><b>Technology Executives Lecture Series @
MIT</b></font><br>
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<div><font size="+1" color="#000000"><b>Wednesday</b></font></div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#000000"><b>April 27,
2005</b></font></div>
<div><font size="+1" color="#000000"><b>4:00 p.m. - 5:30
p.m.</b></font></div>
<div><font color="#000000"><b>Reception to follow the formal
presentation at 5:00</b></font><br>
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<div><font color="#000000">Tang Center, Wong Auditorium (Bdg.
E51)</font><br>
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<div><font color="#000000"><b>John Darley</b></font></div>
<div><font color="#000000"><b>Director Technology , Shell
International Exploration & Production</b><br>
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Shaping Energy Technology Through Corporate-Academic Partnership<br>
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The energy industry is in the midst of a challenging transition to an
exciting and growing future. World economic development, spurred by
the societal advances of developing nations, is stimulating an
ever-increasing demand for energy. Development of our conventional
petroleum reserves and alternative energy technologies must both be
accomplished in a sustainable, environmentally friendly way.
Technology is the heart of the solution. Effective technological
collaboration between academia and industry can spawn the innovations
necessary to meet these needs.<br>
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The energy industry, and particularly Shell, has a rich history of
technological innovation. As lead users, we have driven advances in
sensing, computing, naval architecture, robotics, material science,
and subsea construction. We have managed to find ways to deliver
resources found miles beneath the oceans at prices below the cost of
bottled water. But, as the world's demands increase, challenges remain
and grow.<br>
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The world of academia, and particularly MIT, offers a rich suite of
knowledge and solutions across a very diverse set of industries and
disciplines. Close interaction between corporate scientists with deep
knowledge of the challenges, and academic scientists with deep
knowledge about novel potential solution paths, represents a mutually
beneficial opportunity to find new and productive pathways through the
coming energy transition.<br>
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Bio:<br>
John was appointed to Director of Technology in March 2001.<br>
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He has global responsibility for Shell's upstream technology
organization, providing and supporting differentiating technologies to
Shell's Exploration and Production business.<br>
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This includes Technology Applications and Research, Deepwater
Services, commercial Technology Ventures, and Skills and Competence
Development.<br>
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John has worked for Shell in a range of international postings since
1971. Assignments as a reservoir engineer in the Middle East, Europe
and Latin America were followed by positions in business co-ordination
and in strategic and business planning.<br>
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He was General Manager of Shell's Joint Venture production company in
Syria. He was then Managing Director of Brunei Shell Petroleum and
Chief Executive of Brunei LNG from 1997 to the end of 2000.<br>
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Born in York, England in 1948, John studied Mathematics and Petroleum
Reservoir Engineering at Imperial College, London.<br>
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ILP Contact:<br>
Cynthia C. Bloomquist '70<br>
Associate Director, Office of Corporate Relations<br>
Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>
292 Main St, E38-410, Cambridge, MA 02142<br>
1-617-253-8982; fax 1-617-253-0002 or 1-617-258-0142<br>
Assistant: Annmarie Donovan, Donovan@ilp.mit.edu or
1-617-253-0407</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">http://ilp-www.mit.edu/</font><br>
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<div><font size="-1" color="#0000FF"><i>-- <br>
Jacqueline A. Donoghue </i></font></div>
<div><font size="-1" color="#000000"><i>Senior Assistant to
Director<br>
Professor David H. Marks</i></font></div>
<div><font size="-1" color="#000000"><i>Laboratory for Energy and the
Environment</i></font></div>
<div><font size="-1" color="#000000"><i>Coordinator, Alliance for
Global Sustainability<br>
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Room E40-455<br>
77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307</i></font></div>
<div><font size="-1" color="#000000"><i>Tel:
617-253-7103 Fax:
617-258-6099</i></font></div>
<div><font size="-1" color="#000000"><i>E-mail:
jellyfin@mit.edu</i></font></div>
<div><font size="-1"
color="#000000"><i>http://lfee.mit.edu</i></font></div>
<div><font size="-1"
color="#000000"><i>http://globalsustainability.org</i></font></div>
<div><font size="-1" color="#000000"><i><br>
<u>DHL/FedEx Mailing Address</u>: </i></font></div>
<div><font size="-1" color="#000000"><i>1 Amherst Street, E40-455,
</i></font></div>
<div><font size="-1" color="#000000"><i>Cambridge, MA
02139-4307</i></font><font size="-1"
color="#0000FF"><i></i></font></div>
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