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Global exploration: what to look for in 2015
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Report summary
Exploration spending will be cut by at least 30%, as discretionary E&A drilling is deferred or dropped. Most explorers will focus on lower-risk heartland basins. Companies will try to spend nothing now whilst retaining acreage where they can. Farm-in opportunities will abound, but selectivity is key. Licensing authorities will be under pressure to improve the attractiveness of terms on offer or to defer upcoming rounds.
Table of contents
- Executive Summary
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Spending cuts of 30% and more
- High-cost drilling (mostly) deferred in favour of lower-cost, lower-risk options
- Licences will be extended where possible, relinquished if marginal
- Opportunities abound for selective, niche farm-ins
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Licence rounds enter new competitive era
- Timing of rounds becomes uncertain
- Easing of terms
- Bright spots in 2015
Tables and charts
This report includes 2 images and tables including:
- Exploration budgets of select companies
- Map of select licensing rounds and frontier drilling to watch
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