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Success rates rise and deepwater delivers: global exploration review of 2017
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Report summary
Explorers achieved significant success in 2017 as companies emerged from the downturn leaner and more focused on making smart portfolio decisions. We have seen a return to high impact exploration in ultra-deepwater and frontier basins after a period of focusing on low risk, low reward activity. Oil accounted for 56% of discovered volumes, a share last seen in 2008, with eight out of the top ten discoveries being oil weighted.
Table of contents
- Executive summary
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High impact exploration rewarded
- Costs heading in the right direction
- Big wins for ultra-deepwater
- Giant and large finds
- Company performance
Tables and charts
This report includes the following images and tables:
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Oil & gas volumes discovered by yearIncreases from our initial estimate of global new field resources discovered (2012-2017)Conventional new field discovery costs
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Exploration well success ratesOnshore wells and success rateShelf wells and success rateDeepwater wells and success rateUltra-deepwater wells and success rateConventional new field volumes discoveredOffshore Volumes discoveredDistribution of giant and large oil and gas discoveries (discovery well names shown)Volumes discovered with mega-plays highlighted
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