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Shell oil and gas exploration summary

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Shell’s strategy remains focused on embracing the energy transition, with upstream oil and gas funding the transformation of the company’s portfolio. No matter how the transition unfolds over the next decade, upstream will remain core: Shell plans to sustain investment and production for at least the next decade, simplifying and high-grading the portfolio along the way. It has re-engineered its traditional oil and gas businesses to withstand supply-demand disruption and price volatility.

Table of contents

  • Exploration strategy
  • Results summary
  • Current portfolio and exploration outlook
  • Production and potential cost of production
    • Namibia provides plenty of running room but development challenges remain
    • Deepwater GoM accounts for over half of Shell’s development value across the decade
    • Near-field exploration continues to deliver material value

Tables and charts

This report includes the following images and tables:

  • Shell's current acreage - top 15 countries (in km2)
  • Net exploration and appraisal wells by country
  • Exploration & appraisal spend and reinvestment
  • Exploration success rates
  • Largest 10 conventional discoveries (net, 2014 to 2023)
  • Volumes discovered by year
  • Volumes discovered by water depth
  • Volumes discovered by country
  • Volumes discovered by basin
  • Production from new field discoveries, and as a proportion of all future production
  • Finding and development costs for added resources
  • Full-cycle economics
  • 5 more item(s)...

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    Shell oil and gas exploration summary

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