Next generation of girl power

Notes to Editors

Royal Dutch Shell plc is incorporated in England and Wales, has its headquarters in The Hague and is listed on the London, Amsterdam, and New York stock exchanges.  Shell companies have operations in more than 70 countries and territories with businesses including oil and gas exploration and production; production and marketing of liquefied natural gas and gas to liquids; manufacturing, marketing and shipping of oil products and chemicals and renewable energy projects. For further information, visit www.shell.com.

Photographs of the activity are available.  All the girls that took part in the industry experience are available for interview.  More quotes from the participants are below:

Abbey Thomson (16)

Would like to be an Instrument and Control Engineer.

“We all though the industry meant working offshore and was male-dominated, but after this experience, we all now feel much more confident about choosing a career in the oil and gas industry.”

Mhari Gerrard (17)

Training to be a Process /Electrical Engineer through the OPITO training programme.

“I left school after completing 6th year, and managed to secure a place on the prestigious OPITO training process to do Process Engineering. After the Industry Experience I’m considering being an Electrical/Instrument Technician, which I am now looking into. In the future I hope to go offshore then travel the world.”

Stefani Duncan (15)

Would like to be a Chemical Engineer

“Before coming on the work experience I always wanted to do something that involved chemistry and maths. I had ideas of going to university to do chemical engineering and this work experience helped me to confirm this decision. To be honest I’m not too keen on working offshore, however I believe it would be a great experience. In the future I would love a career that allows me to see the world and travel.”

Jennifer Conlan (15)

Would like to get into the Energy Industry, go offshore and travel the world.

“Before the industry experience I was always getting told to go into the oil industry but I never really wanted to. Also I never really knew what jobs were there, but this experience has opened my eyes and shown me that the oil industry is the way to go.

I’m still not sure what part I want to do but now I know that I definitely want to go into the oil industry to do something. It was a great opportunity to have the industry experience and I would recommend it to anyone. In the future I would like to travel and possibly work offshore because I think it would be a great experience.”