地球物理和地震数据自 20 世纪 30 年代以来一直是石油和天然气行业的价值驱动力，壳牌公司的 Bill Langin 也将其视为一项接触式运动的核心。

壳牌勘探副总裁朗金在 2024 IMAGE 会议上表示，该公司在墨西哥湾 (GoM) 取得的许多成就都源于地球科学先驱杰克·E·奥利弗 (Jack E. Oliver) 给他的建议。

奥利弗曾经告诉兰金：“地球物理学可以是一项接触性运动，它的竞争性不亚于你参加过的任何足球比赛。你必须把发现当成一项竞技运动来对待，并且要有这样的心态，如果你想赢，你最终将 [必须] 在这个领域表现出色。”

Geophysics and seismic data, a value driver for the oil and gas industry since the 1930s, are at their heart what Shell’s Bill Langin sees as a contact sport.

Speaking at the 2024 IMAGE conference, Langin, vice president of exploration for Shell, said that many of the company’s achievements in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) were born from advice given to him by geoscience pioneer Jack E. Oliver.

“Geophysics can be a contact sport… it’s as competitive as any football game you’ve ever played in,” Oliver once told Langin. “You have to treat discovery like a competitive sport and have that mindset that you if want to win, you’re ultimately going to [have to] be outstanding in this field.”