Andrew Gould
Andrew Gould
Andrew Frederick James Gouldis a British businessman, the former chairman and CEO of Schlumberger. Following his retirement from Schlumberger Ltd., Gould is serving as non-executive chairman of the British oil company BG Group...
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth17 December 1946
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(Producers') plans have already been put in place to achieve this, but it will take several years of sustained activity to develop the new production that can reliably replace today's supply.
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This will result in wells that will make a substantial improvement in the recovery factor just because they are absolutely in the proper place within the reservoir for the purposes of drainage.
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Will the industry outsource more? I think it depends on the client base.
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I don't know the time frame exactly, but it's clear they're all going to want to start spending money again.
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Severe winter weather in the Russian and Caspian geo-markets curtailed activity significantly for a three-week period in January.
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To put that right it's going to take several years of very hard work by the oil industry to renew the production cushion. Activity is increasing but it is not yet at its maximum point.
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There are really no other methods at present that can detect planets of this mass and at this separation.
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For a long time, we've worked on detecting planets with whatever was at hand, making use of existing small telescopes or even amateur telescopes. It's time to move on to the next stage.
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It tends to indicate these Earth-mass planets are quite common, 10 to 50 times more common than previously believed.
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The national oil companies still want to acquire some expertise so they will outsource more, but not totally.
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For a long time, weve worked on detecting planets with whatever was at hand, making use of existing small telescopes or even amateur telescopes. Its time to move on to the next stage.
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Obviously the shift to gas and the need for large amounts of gas in the United States is going to be a major focus of attention on the part of producers.
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There will be no silver bullet. Rather it will be a combination of technologies.
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Activity increases and strong pricing momentum, particularly in North America, drove first-quarter results despite the severe curtailment of activity in Russia early in the year.