Case Study Anders from Norway
joined us in New Business Development and was responsible
for a project which involved helping Shell EP Europe`s
‘Opportunity Identification’ group to understand Shell`s
technical competitive edge.
“I had to identify
centres of expertise within Shell, creating new knowledge
through extensive interviews with technical staff. For the
most part that meant facilitating communication between the
technical and commercial experts, and working as a critical
filter to make sure my findings were useful for people without
a technical background.”Bernard from Malaysia
was an Industrial Trainee and helped to manage outlying
problems in the Retail Engineering Maintenance of
Malaysia.
“On top of applying my engineering
knowledge to solve the problems, my role was also to give
fresh ideas from an external point of view. I participated in
formulating a well-structured replacement criterion for retail
station equipment, which gave me the ground roots exposure
that’s important in gaining a complete understanding of the
retail structure in Shell.” Nathali from
France joined us as a Technologist and contributed to the
‘Global Margin Uplift’ project. The project aims to identify
key factors to enable the company to increase its industrial
margin on refining activities.
“I studied the
possibility of sending long residue (bottom products from
atmospheric distillation) to the viscosity breaking unit. From
a technical point of view, I had to check that this
modification would allow our products to match the 2005
specifications for Europe and to establish any changes
required while the unit was in operation. I also had to assess
the dimensions of the equipment to be installed and study the
economic viability of the project.”