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BELLAIRE TECHNOLOGY CENTER Celebrates 75 Years, Page 4 2 SHELL NEWS ALUMNINEWS PUBLISHED FOR SHELL ALUMNI IN THE AMERICAS | WWW.SHELL.US/ALUMNI DECEMBER 2011 10 YEARS OF SETTING A WORLD BACK TO WORK PARTNERSHIP RECORD Shell receives sixth Shell Canada and Couple achieves greater drilling permit in the Gulf Nature Conservancy of fuel efficiency with Shell of Mexico. Canada provide student Smarter Driving program. internships. BELLAIRE TECHNOLOGY CENTER CELEBRatES 75 YEARS, pagE 4 2 SHELL NEWS ALUMNINEWS S AlumniNews is published for Shell Americas. Editors Destin Singleton and Bob Blakey, Shell Communications Writer/copy editor Susan Diemont-Conwell, Torma Communications NT Design Shell Creative Services E A WORD FROM OUR Shell Human Resources EDITORS Pam Pfeiffer and Stephanie Jenkin This publication is printed on 100% recycled paper. We have a lot of positive news to share in this issue of AlumniNews magazine! From receiving our sixth drilling permit in the Gulf GO GREEN! Sign up to receive the newsletter electronically of Mexico to a new wave of production by visiting www.shell.us/alumni. While growth, Shell is staying on the forefront of you’re there, read the latest news and the industry. We’re also bragging about the information about Shell. world’s most fuel-efficient couple who set a new world record using the Shell Smarter Driving program. We hope you’ll enjoy our CONT look back on the milestones of our Bellaire Technology Center, which recently marked its 75th anniversary and make sure to check out our features on several alumni who are making a difference around the world. Also have a look at the regional section On the cover: of the magazine where you can find Texas fossil limestone was extensively used in the entrance, lobby updates on alumni activities and regional and halls of the Bellaire Technology Center. The stone, characterized by many void shell fossils, evoked the essence of the work done news of interest. If you haven’t seen within the labs. us online, visit the Shell alumni site at www.shell.us/alumni for the latest news on Shell, helpful links, phone numbers and forms, and even back issues of Achieving greater fuel efficiency Couple sets world record with Shell Smarter Driving program. AlumniNews magazine. 03 As always, send comments and suggested alumni feature stories by mail or by emailing us at [email protected]. Celebrating 75 years Alumni remember industry advances of the Bellaire Technology Center. 04 Have a wonderful holiday season! Destin Singleton and Bob Blakey Editors, AlumniNews magazine Putting LNG in North American tanks 11 Shell makes LNG available to heavy-duty fleet customers. Delivering a new wave of growth YOU ASKED. WE DELIVERED! 12 CEO Peter Voser and CFO Simon Henry share positive news with Visit www.shell.us/alumni for New York investors. everything alumni. Need forms? Want back issues of Back to work in the Gulf of Mexico AlumniNews magazine? Visit our Shell Shell’s fifth mobile offshore drilling unit returns to work and Shell 13 alumni website for helpful links and phone receives its sixth drilling permit. numbers and the latest news on Shell. We will continue to expand the site throughout the year. Drop us a line at Building tomorrow’s leaders [email protected] to give us 15 Shell alumni coordinate regional leadership conference. feedback and tell us what you’d like to see on the site. SHELL NEWS 3 ACHIEVING GREATER FUEL EFFICIENCY Couple sets world record with Shell Smarter Driving program After 23 days on the road, John and steps behind the wheel and use the Helen Taylor, known as the world’s right products to help improve our fuel SHELL SMARTER most fuel-efficient couple, recently set efficiency today. Through the Shell DRIVING M.A.P. a world fuel efficiency record with Smarter Driving program, anyone can Shell. The couple achieved an average ‘MAP’ their way to improved mileage Smarter Maintenance 64.42 miles per gallon (mpg) in an and savings at the pump.” Perform “smart” maintenance unmodified, non-hybrid gasoline before you drive. vehicle throughout their 48 contiguous “As global energy demand rises, n Keep your engine well-tuned U.S. state journey, where they used Shell continues to improve energy use and repair any problems simple tips to drive smarter. Their final for transportation through Smarter immediately. mileage achieved is 53.39 percent Mobility. That’s why the Taylors’ n Make sure tires are not greater than the Environmental record-setting drive is so important,” over- or under-inflated. Protection Agency’s estimated highway says Dan Little, North America fuels n Minimize vehicle drag. fuel economy for the vehicle they marketing manager for Shell Oil drove and surpasses the minimum Products U.S. “It proves that everyone Smarter Actions requirement of 54.5 mpg announced can make a difference. That’s the Practice “smart” actions and by the government for passenger reason we launched the Shell Smarter behaviors while you’re behind vehicles to achieve by 2025. Driving program, which is designed the wheel. to help motorists make the most of n Drive smoothly. The Taylors’ record-setting drive was their fuel purchases and our natural n Use cruise control on major part of the Shell Smarter Driving energy resources.” roads and in free-flowing program, which launched on August 1 traffic. to demonstrate to everyday drivers that As part of the tour, the Taylors n Avoid higher speeds. they too can use simple tips to stretch stopped at select Shell stations along n Avoid idling. their fuel and budget. Using the their journey to fill their tank and n Plan your outings to avoid program, the Taylors were able to go hold onsite meet-and-greets with separate trips. the distance fueling up the 12.6-gallon consumers, where they informed tank only 12 times along their route. them about simple fuel efficiency tips. Smarter Products The Taylors filled their tank exclusively They also discussed ways to save Purchase “smart” products and with Shell Nitrogen Enriched gasolines money on high-quality fuel at Shell services at the right price without and demonstrated that fuel efficiency by leveraging grocer loyalty reward sacrificing quality. doesn’t mean sacrificing quality at the programs in select markets and using n Choose a high-quality pump. For their cross-country trip, the payment options that can offer gasoline. Taylors drove a 2012 Chevrolet Cruze significant discounts. n Choose a payment method Eco, which achieves an EPA-estimated that saves you money. Shell 42 mpg on the highway. It contains a Shell is inviting everyone to test their provides a wide range of turbocharged, 1.4-liter engine that Smarter Driving knowledge or IQ to money-saving payment performs like a larger engine when see if they’re making the most of their options—from gasoline cards needed, but retains the efficiency of fuel purchases through a fun and to credit cards—designed to a smaller four-cylinder engine in most engaging online tool. To learn more help you get the most out of driving conditions. about the Taylors’ record-setting drive, every drop of fuel. test your Smarter Driving IQ or obtain www.shell.us/driveforfive “Helen and I are both thrilled with the more information about the Shell www.shell.us/savercard 64.42 miles-per-gallon world record Smarter Driving program, visit n Make the most of everyday we set,” John Taylor says. “This shows www.shell.us/smarterdriving or go to purchases. Shell has teamed that we can all follow a few simple www.facebook.com/ShellOnTheRoad. up with leading grocers, providing shoppers the opportunity to save on fuels by using their grocer loyalty card in more than 110 markets across the U.S. www.shell.us/grocery n Use the recommended grade of oil in your engine. 4 SHELL NEWS CELEBRATING 75 YEARS Alumni remember industry advances of Bellaire Technology Center When Arthur Hale (’09 Unconventional “I worked with talented graduates from them to appreciate what research was Resources) began thinking about many of the best universities. These doing, and for BTC staff to learn what working for Shell in the mid 1980s, he were some of the finest minds in the oil was being done in field operations,” already had a good job at Arco. But, and gas industry. As founders and Stegemeier says. Shell was doing important research at centers of excellence for seismics, its Bellaire Technology Center (BTC), geology, petrophysics, reservoir Hale, formerly a researcher and and Hale wanted to be a part of it. engineering, geomechanics and manager at BTC and now a Shell “Shell was known for its strong offshore engineering, they had a consultant, recalls that during his commitment to research and profound influence on the industry.” tenure with BTC in the late ’80s and development (R&D); I was thrilled to get Stegemeier, who worked as a research early ’90s, he had the opportunity to that job. We had some of the best engineer and manager, credits Shell work on issues around borehole equipment in the world, and as a with taking a long view on research. instability. “I studied the stress state chemist, I had the opportunity to work “Management understood that big and strength of the rock and rock with a talented group of people to projects can take many years to mechanics and worked to modify solve interesting problems that shaped develop and they trusted the talent we drilling fluids to help strengthen the the industry. It was a phenomenally had at BTC to accomplish the tasks.” rock. These were complex issues that intellectually stimulating time in my According to Stegemeier, Shell varied across regions onshore and career with Shell.” Development Co.
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