Title: Proud of our future
Duration: 3:27 minutes
Description:
Technologically advanced and constantly innovating Shell Energy and Chemicals Park Rotterdam, works on the future in an environmentally friendly way.
Shell Energy and Chemicals Park Rotterdam Transcript
[Background music plays]
A rhythmic instrumental piece.
[Footage]
A blue sky with some clouds, panning down to an aerial view of Shell Pernis plants.
[Text displays]
Proud of our future
Shell Energy and Chemicals Park Rotterdam
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Medium shot of a man in red overalls, a hard hat and safety glasses standing in front of refinery installations/plants and speaking to camera.
[Speech to camera]
Welcome to Shell Energy and Chemicals Park Rotterdam!
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Refinery installations/plants with a road running through towards the background. The same man cycles into view towards the camera. Close-up of his peddling legs. Long shot of refinery installations/plants with the camera moving right.
[Voiceover]
The largest, most interesting and most advanced refinery in Europe, I believe. Perhaps it looks dangerous to some, a city of plants, steam, pipes, towers.
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Medium shot of the same man standing and speaking to camera, with the camera moving left.
[Speech to camera]
I think it's a great piece of technology.
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The same road running through refinery installations/plants. Shots of a man and a woman in red overalls cycling towards the camera.
[Voiceover]
People sometimes wonder if a refinery still serves a purpose.
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Medium shot of a woman standing in front of a building with rows of windows going up with stairs behind them. The woman speaks to camera, with the camera moving left.
[Speech to camera]
Because we are facing a big change in our energy supply.
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Aerial view of fields of solar panels with white refinery installations in the foreground. A grey office building filmed diagonally from street level. A silver grey car driving towards the camera and coming to a halt at a hydrogen fuelling station seen on the right.
[Voiceover]
More and more, cars will run on electricity and hydrogen.
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A man in red overalls, hard hat and safety glasses standing in front of an installation that is visible behind him and over his head, speaking to camera, as the camera moves left.
[Speech to camera, starting over the previous footage]
The demand for petrol and diesel will fall.
[Footage]
Long shot of the same man cycling in front of the camera, facing slightly right. Long shot of a woman cycling in front of the camera, facing slightly left.
[Voiceover]
But it will remain important to refine oil as a raw material.
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Aerial view of refinery installations/plants. Street level view of a motorway with traffic and refinery installations/plants in the background. A plane landing on a runway towards the left. A cargo ship on a river sailing towards the right, with the Rotterdam skyline in the background.
[Voiceover]
Oil makes cars ride, planes fly and boats sail.
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A stretch of asphalt with grass on either side, a petrol station in the background and higher vegetation further back. A steamroller slowly riding towards the camera, facing left.
[Voiceover]
Oil is also used for asphalt...
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A machine producing folds of black, flexible material. A gloved hand spraying a mattress being assembled. A conveyor belt running towards the camera with insulation material on it.
[Voiceover]
...but also for your rain coat, mattress and your home's insulation.
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Medium shot of a woman in red overalls standing and speaking to camera, as the camera moves left.
[Speech to camera]
And certain medication, cosmetics and parts of your laptop and telephone.
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A windmill sail in a hangar, with one person in the middle distance and one person in the far distance working on it. A working windmill in front of a waterway with plants and a cloudy, pink and orange sky in the background.
[Voiceover]
Oil is even frequently used in windmill sails.
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Medium shot of a man in red overalls, a hard hat and safety glasses, standing in front of refinery installations/plants, speaking to camera as the camera moves left.
[Speech to camera]
The raw oil arrives here at Shell Europoort.
20 million tons a year
[Footage]
Camera slowly flying over refinery installations/plants with waterways behind.
[Voiceover]
Via underground pipes raw oil is send to location Pernis.
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Shots of refinery installations/plants with the camera slowly moving down. The port of Rotterdam with a moored cruise ship and a smaller ship moving slowly alongside.
[Voiceover]
Our refinery has a great location thanks to the port of Rotterdam. From here...
[Footage]
Medium shot, followed by a long shot, of a woman in red overalls, speaking to camera as the camera moves left.
[Speech to camera]
...our products can be taken to the rest of The Netherlands, Europe and the whole world.
[Footage]
Two men in red overalls in front of refinery installations. Medium shot of two men in blue overalls and hard hats with plastic see-through safety visors talking, one seen from behind, one from the front. A man in red overalls and a hard hat with visor walking away from the camera to the left. Long shot of a refinery installation/plant with a road running through it towards the background, with the camera moving left.
[Voiceover]
On an ordinary weekday, an average of 2700 people work at Pernis in more than 60 plants.
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Long shot, followed by a medium shot, of a man in red overall, standing in front of a building plot of a factory, talking to camera, which is moving right.
[Speech to camera]
This is where our newest factory is built.
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Shot of an airplane from KLM Cargo landing on an airport. Shot of a truck moving on a highway in a landscape of trees and windmills. A shot of the building plot of the new biofuels.
[Voiceover]
In this biofuel factory, we will produce sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel from waste. Think of frying fat and plant residues..
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A women in red overall pointing out to a installation.
[Speech to camera]
This installation distils benzene. That's a raw material for rubber, nylon and other synthetic materials.
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Close-up of a man in red overall and glasses in profile, facing right.
[Voiceover]
Shell Pernis is over...
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Long shot of a man in red overalls, standing inside a circular office with empty desks and electronic equipment, talking to camera, with the camera moving left.
[Speech to camera]
...a hundred years old and has seen many big changes.
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Close-up of a computer screen with moving images and a keyboard. A small, yellow machine on wheels riding from right to left. A grassy field with water and refinery installations/plants in the background, with a woman on a bench in the foreground and a man walking a dog in the medium distance.
[Voiceover]
We are technologically advanced. It's our priority to run plants safely, taking into account our neighbours and the environment.
[Footage]
A long shot of a woman in a white coat and safety glasses, standing in a laboratory, with another woman in a white coat walking behind her from left to right, followed by a close-up of the first woman. She is talking to camera, as the camera moves right.
[Speech to camera]
We actively contribute to the energy transition
[Footage]
Long shot of a refinery installation/plant with the camera moving right.
[Voiceover]
Such as with the construction of our biofuels factory, but also with our ambition to store CO2 underground and the construction of a hydrogen plant on the Maasvlakte.
[Footage]
Shot of an animiation of CO2 storage in the ground. Medium shot of an animated picture of the new hydrogen plan on the Maasvlakte
Medium shot of a woman in a white coat and safety glasses, facing left, looking at a tall, electronic panel in a laboratory, surrounded by desks and another person in the background, with the camera moving left. Close-up of equipment pulling a piece of material apart. Close-up of the woman. Close-up of the electronic panel she is looking at.
Medium shot, followed by a long shot, of a woman in orange overalls and safety glasses, standing in a factory with skylights and surrounded by workbenches and machinery, talking to camera, as the camera moves left.
[Speech to camera, starting over previous footage]
We employ the best people to make quality products in a safe and environmentally friendly way.
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Shots of the same factory with the camera moving left quickly, past two men working in orange overalls and safety glasses. Various long shots of refinery installations/plants. Shot of the interior of a large greenhouse with purple flowers disappearing into the distance and a man walking from right to left in the middle distance. A diagonal shot of the inside of the same greenhouse with people picking flowers.
[Voiceover]
Climate-wise, it is essential for us to continually reduce our CO2 emissions. Our residual materials
provide CO2 to horticulturists, who use it to grow their plants more quickly.
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Close-up of a man in red overalls, a hard hat and safety glasses with refinery installations out of focus in the background, talking to the camera, which is moving right.
[Speech to camera, starting over previous footage]
We continually improve our efficiency by increasingly electrifying our plants.
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Shot of the harbour, with white refinery installations in front and a wide waterway behind.
[Voiceover]
This reduces our CO2 emissions.
[Footage]
Close-up of a man in red overalls, hard hat and safety glasses with refinery installations/plants out of focus in the background, talking to camera, which is moving left.
[Speech to camera, starting over previous footage]
It would be great to be able to store large amounts of CO2 underground.
With the Porthos project, we are already very far in this with partners.
[Footage]
Long shot of a brown office building with parked cars in front. A man in a long brown coat unplugging a car from an electric charging station and closing the back door of the car. The car driving away. The man seen from behind and the side, driving the car past refinery installations. Aerial view of a residential area with water in front and the Rotterdam skyline behind. The man getting out of the car and closing the door, walking to the left, holding a blue rucksack. Walking towards a front door on the left, holding a key. Aerial view of refinery installations/plants with the camera moving backwards.
[Voiceover]
Also certain residual heat that is not needed in our factories
We supply these to families in Rotterdam so that they can heat their homes without extra emissions.
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Aerial view of refinery installations with the camera moving up towards a blue sky with some clouds.
[Voiceover #1]
Shell Energy and Chemicals Park Rotterdam still has a long future
Which...
[Voiceover #2]
We work on every day.
[Voiceover #3]
Very hard.
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Shell jingle
[Graphic]
The Shell pecten on a white background.
[Text displays]
© Shell Energy and Chemicals Park Rotterdam 2022
