[Env seminars] REMINDER: Technology Lecture Series @ MIT, April 27, 2005, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

[Jacqueline Donoghue]

Technology Executives Lecture Series @ MIT

Wednesday
April 27, 2005
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Reception to follow the formal presentation at 5:00

Tang Center, Wong Auditorium (Bdg. E51)

John Darley
Director Technology , Shell International Exploration & Production

Shaping Energy Technology Through Corporate-Academic Partnership

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.

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.

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.

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Bio:
John was appointed to Director of Technology in March 2001.

He has global responsibility for Shell's upstream technology 
organization, providing and supporting differentiating technologies 
to Shell's Exploration and Production business.

This includes Technology Applications and Research, Deepwater 
Services, commercial Technology Ventures, and Skills and Competence 
Development.

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.

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.

Born in York, England in 1948, John studied Mathematics and Petroleum 
Reservoir Engineering at Imperial College, London.


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