Speaking with Shell International's Matthias Bichsel(pictured),one comes to feel the digital oilfield has increasingly as much to do with age-old commercial fundamentals as it does with the brave new integrated technologies of the future.'Our Smart Field is really about increased recovery and increased production,two things the industry has been pursuing since day one,' says the company's newly appointed executive vice president of EP technical.'That said,given the successes we have seen in recent years with smart technology,including on Champion West off Brunei,we now have agreed that going forward with smart capabilities will be a serious consideration when we assess our future greenfield developments.'
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