A NEW global symposium and exhibition held in Aberdeen this week aimed at driving radical digital and technological transformation across the upstream oil and gas industry has been hailed as a success.
The SPE ENGenious three-day event attracted delegates, visitors and exhibitors from more than 45 countries as more than 90 presenters and 30 exhibitors took part.
ENGenious was created in response to demand from the upstream oil and gas industry for an event focused on emerging products, services and techniques with the ability to transform the efficiency of exploration and production activities.
Ahmed Hashmi, co-chair of the symposium and global head of upstream technology at BP said: “These past three days at ENGenious have been a window into what’s possible for our industry’s future. It is exciting. It could be transformational. But it is not a given. In order to get there, we will need to transform our thinking and actions.”
Why are you making commenting on The National only available to subscribers?
We know there are thousands of National readers who want to debate, argue and go back and forth in the comments section of our stories. We’ve got the most informed readers in Scotland, asking each other the big questions about the future of our country.
Unfortunately, though, these important debates are being spoiled by a vocal minority of trolls who aren’t really interested in the issues, try to derail the conversations, register under fake names, and post vile abuse.
So that’s why we’ve decided to make the ability to comment only available to our paying subscribers. That way, all the trolls who post abuse on our website will have to pay if they want to join the debate – and risk a permanent ban from the account that they subscribe with.
The conversation will go back to what it should be about – people who care passionately about the issues, but disagree constructively on what we should do about them. Let’s get that debate started!
Callum Baird, Editor of The National
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules here