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Shell Exploration & Production International Centre, Rijswijk
Seismic research, well-hole stability, new drilling techniques for oil and gas fields: this does not sound like technical jargon to the people at Shell in Rijswijk. There, they are engaged in all kinds of technological developments that are key to the exploration of petroleum–based minerals and the production of oil and natural gas.
Many new technological products and methods have been developed during 20th and 21st centuries. The horizontal drilling technique, for example, has proven very successful in 'surface/wells' technology. Great steps forward have also be made in the control of sand production and the development of smart wells.
Ultramodern
Software development is proving invaluable in ‘underground’ research, especially for modelling underground strata and reservoirs and processing seismic data.
Rijswijk is host to the ultramodern Virtual Reality Centre, for example, where life-size, three-dimensional charts can be viewed of salt rock strata, the sea floor, complex faults, hydrocarbons and drill holes. This facility enables teams from various disciplines to collectively analyse the underground strata where exploration for oil and gas is carried out: clearly a rapid and accurate approach to the work.
Shell Exploration & Production International Centre
Kessler Park 1
2288 GS RIJSWIJK
Phone. +31 (0)70 - 447 39 11
How to get there
By car
Coming from Utrecht/The Hague(A12),
Amsterdam (A4) or Rotterdam (A13):
Follow A4 to Rijswijk;
Take exit “Afrit 10 Plaspoelpolder”;
Turn right onto Diepenhorstlaan;
Turn left at the next set of traffic lights onto Visseringlaan;
At the end turn right onto Lange Kleiweg;
After 280 metres the car park is on the right-hand side.
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By public transport
By airplane
Amsterdam Schiphol Airport;
Take the train to ‘Den Haag HS’ railway station and change to the train to Rijswijk (platform 3);
On arrival at Rijswijk railway station, take the “Plaspoelpolder” exit and walk in the direction of the EPiCentre