Shell

Shell is a global group of energy and petrochemical companies, employing 96,000 people and with operations in more than 70 countries. We use advanced technologies and take an innovative approach as we aim to meet the world’s growing need for more and sustainable energy solutions.

Our strategy is to deliver more value with less emissions. Our focus remains on providing secure and reliable products, both now and throughout the energy transition, to meet the evolving needs of our customers.

Shell’s Energy Transition Strategy 2024 outlines show Shell increases its investments in research and development and invests in the fuels of the future. 

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TotalEnergies (Digital Rock Physics R&D)

TotalEnergies’ Digital Rock Physics program delivered significant results across both subsurface and energy transition domains, leveraging fully integrated in-house capabilities. TotalEnergies DRP workflows, experimentally anchored, demonstrated consistent performance in predicting relative permeability on homogeneous, permeable sandstones, reinforcing their reliability for conventional reservoir applications and accelerating decision‑making timelines. 

Major advances include AI‑based super‑resolution, enabling improved microporosity reconstruction and extending possible DRP applicability to carbonates and tighter sandstones. These achievements are underpinned by TotalEnergies’ dedicated laboratory facilities, proprietary simulation tools, and high‑performance computing infrastructure, enabling tight integration between experiments, digital imaging, and pore‑scale simulations. 

TotalEnergies supports global research through partnerships with universities and institutes, promoting innovation in pore-scale imaging, modeling, and AI methods. Beyond oil and gas, DRP capabilities were successfully extended to new energy applications, including CO₂ capture materials, hydrogen electrolysers, and battery electrodes, confirming Digital Rock Physics as a strategic, cross‑domain enabler supporting both reservoir performance and energy transition objectives.