The panel presentation, prepared by Doreen Chin, surface advisor unconventionalfor Shell, and Granherne engineer Sandeep Khurana sets the stage for discussionwith the initial observation of how unconventional - shale oil and gas - isseen as a high-well count, high initial production play for short-term cashflow versus fewer wells and longer term payouts for deep-water.

“Manpower for unconventional is intensive due to the volume ofwork that is spread out over the acreage position,” according to Chin andKhurana.