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Exploration has a development problem - what will it take to fix?
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Report summary
Exploration has a development problem. The industry is struggling to commercialise its new discoveries and its returns are suffering as a result. We expect that full cycle economics will improve from their current abyss, as better capital discipline and many other factors drive performance. A majority of the industry shares our optimistic outlook. Encouraging results from recent drilling suggest that many explorers are already beginning to turn the corner towards recovery.
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Executive summary
- Returns from investment in exploration have fallen uncomfortably low
- Increasingly complex new field resources are not converting to reserves
- What does the exploration industry need to do to fix its problem?
- Exploration returns will recover
Tables and charts
This report includes 8 images and tables including:
Images
- Not an issue: total volumes and mean discovery size
- Exploration has a development problem - what will it take to fix?: Image 2
- Might become an issue: proportion of gas versus oil
- Heart of the problem: rising costs suppress returns
- Discoveries by resource commerciality
- New developments by easy and hard reserve themes
- Traffic light drivers of exploration returns
Tables
- Matrix of possible solutions by opportunity type
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