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FILM TITLE: VIJAY SWARUP – THE SEARCH FOR SCALEABLE SOLUTIONS: GOOD RESEARCH

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TITLE: THE SEARCH FOR SCALEABLE SOLUTIONS

TITLE: WHAT DRIVES GOOD RESEARCH?

TITLE: OPTIMISM

TITLE: OPTIMISM IS AN INHERENT PART OF BEING A RESEARCHER

VJ: Optimism is in my mind an inherent element of being a researcher.

TITLE: R&D UPDATE

TITLE: Dr VIJAY SWARUP

TITLE: Vice President R&D ExxonMobil

VJ: And if the researcher isn’t optimistic, probably not going to be a very good researcher.

VJ: Because a researcher will fail far more than he will succeed.

TITLE: It takes patience, it takes passion

VJ: And therefore it takes patience, it takes passion,

TITLE: It takes a little bit of stubbornness

VJ: it takes a little bit of stubbornness, in order to do it.

TITLE: AMBITION

VJ: The European Union have set some lofty ambitions.

VJ: And from a technology perspective,

TITLE: Lofty ambitions are a key driver of innovation

VJ: lofty ambitions are a key component of driving innovation.

VJ: We look at those ambitions and we say:

VJ: Okay, in order to achieve that ambition, what technology set?

VJ: How does it spur innovation?

TITLE: THE SEED OF INNOVATION IS OFTEN AMBITION

VJ: Because the seed of innovation is often ambition.

VJ: And therefore, it’s not one solution fits all.

TITLE: IT’S NOT ONE SOLUTION FITS ALL

VJ: So, if solar and wind are available it will be used.

VJ: But solar and wind are not available everywhere.

VJ: What do I think is going to be needed?

TITLE: WE NEED A COMBINATION OF POLICY, INFRASTRUCTURE AND TECH

VJ: It’s going to be a combination of policy, infrastructure and technology.

VJ: And I think it’s important to remember that those three work together.

TITLE: OPPORTUNITIES

TITLE: EXXONMOBIL IS A TECHNOLOGY COMPANY

VJ: We’re a technology company that is always looking for opportunities.

TITLE: THAT’S THE HISTORY OF OUR CORPORATION

VJ: That’s the history of our corporation, it will be the future of the corporation.

VJ: So when we have a site like we have in Rotterdam,

VJ: we are constantly looking for ways to improve that site.

VJ: We’ve had several projects over the past decades that have improved the competitiveness of that site, made it a world-scale integrated complex.

VJ: So when an opportunity to do a carbon capture demonstration appears, that is the perfect combination of an opportunity to deploy technology, work with the government, on the pathway to a lower-carbon, very efficient integrated site.

TITLE: THE PORTHOS PROJECT BRINGS INFRASTRUCTURE ASSESSMENT

VJ: The PORTHOS project brings an infrastructure assessment.

TITLE: IT BRINGS POLICY

VJ: It brings policy.

TITLE: AND WE’RE INTERESTED IN TESTING NEW TECHNOLOGIES

VJ: And we are interested in testing some new technologies consistent with that project.

TITLE: TO SEE HOW CARBON CAPTURE CAN BE DEPLOYED

VJ: To see how carbon capture can be deployed at a world-scale industrial facility.

VJ: Our view, and why we support ambitious goals,

TITLE: THE TECHNOLOGY SET NEEDS TO CHANGE

VJ: is we think that the technology set needs to change.

VJ: And we think we bring a lot to that technology.

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TITLE: (ENERGY FACTOR LOGO)

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