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Gerald, why is progress and innovation...
...in the field of Geoscience so important today?
On your question look at what lies ahead of us.
2050, 9 billion people on the planet,...
...probably twice the amount of energy needed.
And that energy will come with...
...more and stronger pressures...
...on the environmental aspects of finding that energy.
How does Shell drive innovation on the seismic side?
We try to do it in many different ways...
...but partnerships are an element of that.
To give you an example on the onshore side.
In the onshore seismic space we work with...
...Hewlett-Packard to develop wireless systems.
Very small sensors which allows us...
...in a one million channel project...
...to come up with a significantly better...
...way of data imaging.
Onshore seismic imaging has...
...historically always been more challenging...
...than offshore seismic imaging and indeed...
...a number of the terrains these days...
...are so capricious...
...with all kind of challenges at wireless systems...
...which communicate with each other...
...without the need for linkages...
...are extremely good solutions in that space.
What is the innovation on the offshore side?
Offshore seismic imaging is as important to us...
...as onshore seismic imaging.
To give you another example,...
...together with Go Science we are developing,...
...in partnership, a system which allows us...
...to put nodes on the bottom of the sea.
And we do that in groups of hundreds...
...and sometimes even thousands...
...which can be collected back.
So it is a removable system as well.
High performance computing and visualisation...
...are important components to look at as well.
On the high performance computing side...
...we are working together with IT-companies...
...to make a 100-fold improvement in the way...
...and the costs about handling high performance...
...computing and the significant amount...
...of data which comes in our direction.
And we also have programs...
...in the visualisation space;...
...think not only about algorithm development...
...but specifically about pattern recognition and...
...3D visualisation which allow operators...
...to take decisions faster and more effective.
Research & Development to fire...
...and drive innovation...
...and I am not talking about...
...“science for the sake of science”.
I'm specifically talking about Research & Development...
...to come up with the energy solutions,...
...for the energy challenges which we have.
So in very simple terms:...
...Geoscience was, and will continue to be, critical.
It will really fuel the world with energy.