E&P Industry quotes

블로그에 올리는 첫 글로는, 그간 일을 하며 얻은 material, 논문 등에서 발췌한 quotes 모음이다. 

대부분의 quotes를 관통하는 주제는 석유가스 발견을 위해서는 exploration geologist들의 "상상력/의지"가 가장 중요하다는 것으로 읽힌다.

아직 경험/지식이 부족한 주니어지만, 신규사업 발굴 업무를 진행하면서 스스로 확신이 없고 의지가 없다면 아무것도 할 수 없다는 것을 느껴왔기에 상당히 공감되는 내용이다. 사업을 들여다 볼수록 대부분 부정적인 요소들이 부각될 확률이 높지만, 그래도 탐사업무를 진행하는 이상 최대한 긍정적인 마인드로 발견을 기대는 태도가 바람직하지 않을까.. 

Where oil is first found, in the final analysis, is in the minds of men. The undiscovered oil field exists only as an idea in the mind of some oil finders. When no man any longer believes more oil is left to be found, no more oil field will be discovered, but so long as a single oil-finder remains with a mental vision of a new oil field to cherish, along with freedom and incentive to explore, just so long new oil field may continue to be discovered (Wallace E. Pratt, 1952)

We usually find oil in new places with old ideas. Sometimes, also, we find oil in an old place with a new idea, but we seldom find much oil in an old place with an old idea. (Parke A. Dickey, 1958)

They are ill discoverers that think there is no land when they can see nothing but sea (Francis Bacon, 1605)

The very thought of a giant petroleum field, to most explorationist, is an exciting dream; relatively few giants have been found, so few of us ever have been associated with one, yet many more are needed to keep the world's petroleum industry alive and healthy (Halbouty, 1970)

Success will begin with the man willing to take a chance