I'm Joe Diamond and I've been the Onshore Asset Manager from Shell
for the last one and a half years.
Sakhalin Energy is an integrated gas company
producing gas and oil from three offshore platforms.
We have an LNG plant where we export the LNG in tankers
and an oil export terminal where we export the oil, also in tankers.
My daily routine is very difficult to describe because, actually,
there is no day or two days that are the same.
Of course there are routine elements.
I have my first operational call at about 6:45am.
At eight o'clock we have an integrated production meeting,
where we go through the issues of the previous day,
any threats to production from the current day
and what resources, if any, do we need to mobilise
to give support to the various assets for the coming day or days.
Probably about 30% of my time is spent
on Health, Safety and Environment, and also process safety.
All our staff, from the most senior levels through to junior levels
are up to speed with what process safety means for an individual
in his day-to-day business.
There is no shortage of opportunities to do things in your leisure time.
I tend to go to the gym two or three times a week.
If you take the winter,
a lot of people, for example, go downhill skiing,
cross-country skiing, or skating.
It's just like going on a ski holiday.
This is the ski resort of Sakhalin.
It was fantastic up there.
Absolutely fantastic.
In the summer months it's absolutely beautiful
for mountain biking, for walking, for running.
The rivers, beautiful beaches - they are very popular with families.
It's absolutely fantastic to be out in nature.
The main shopping facility, which is very popular with Yuzhno residents
is what they call City Mall, which is a big supermarket, western-style.
When I came to Yuzhno, it felt very much like coming to a village.
It's very small. But you can find everything here.
The school has been recognised as achieving a high quality,
a high standard of learning for all children in the school.
I mean the school is run by professional qualified staff
from around the world.
I think it's very important to locations like this.
It's village life in a relatively small town.
You make friends, usually by doing something with them.
It's a very active social life here.
There is no such thing in this company as business as usual.
And different opportunities,
in different companies, in different countries...
There has always been challenge, opportunity
and the ability to manage your own career.
Everybody also has what they call an individual development plan,
so you very much have a hands-on role to play
in developing your own career.
It's a great place to work because it gives you the opportunity
to get involved in virtually every aspect of the oil business.
Socially, the environment,
the activities that you can do here are also...
The opportunities are far more than most people can actually realise
in the period that they will stay here.
So it really is a great opportunity and a great place to come.
Very good!