SPE Digital Energy Conference 2009, Houston

摘要

In her Keynote, Melody Mayer, who heads-up Chevron's Energy Technology Company noted the impact of current economic conditions that have led to 'cost management' and other restrictions. Meyer asked, is a digital energy strategy important in the low cycle?' Pundits expect 2009 to be hard on innovation. There are cutbacks on endowments to universities and questions as to where R&D fits-in. Mayer believes that those who keep at it will come out ahead at the end of the recession.