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ExxonMobil oil and gas exploration summary
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Report summary
ExxonMobil has crafted a strategy that is adaptable to a range of scenarios and that plays to its competitive strengths. Low-carbon themes have grown in importance although oil and gas remain at the core. Growth engines are primarily low-breakeven oil opportunities in Guyana, Permian tight oil and LNG. Exploration plays a more prominent role in the company’s growth and high-grading strategy relative to peers, focused on advantaged opportunities that are easy to get to market.
Table of contents
- Exploration strategy
- Results summary
- Current portfolio and exploration outlook
- Production and potential cost of production
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Value creation
- Guyana continues to dominate conventional exploration value creation
- Guyana aside, high-impact strategy brings volume but sparse value
- Legacy exploration depresses value creation
Tables and charts
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ExxonMobil's current acreage - top 15 countries (top 5 show '000 km2)Net exploration and appraisal wells by countryExploration & appraisal spend and reinvestment
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Exploration success ratesLargest 10 conventional discoveries (net, 2015 to 2024)Volumes discovered by yearVolumes discovered by water depthVolumes discovered by countryVolumes discovered by basinProduction from new field discoveries, and as a proportion of all future productionDiscovery, development and operating costs for commercial and viable resourcesFull-cycle economics
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