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Tight oil vs deepwater: the fiscal dimension
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Report summary
Once government and mineral owner terms are applied, does tight oil or deepwater investment stand out as the better choice? How do land acquisition costs compare? Where and how do investors achieve better fiscal terms? And how do project risks affect the investment comparison? This analysis compares tight oil and deepwater investments on a full cycle basis and explores the impact of bonus payments, royalty and tax terms on risked economics.
Table of contents
- Executive summary
- What fiscal terms apply?
- Land acquisition costs: tight oil vs deepwater
- Land acquisition costs: resource risk
- Fiscal impact comparison: hypothetical project economics
- Fiscal impact comparison: tight oil and deepwater resources
- How do returns compare if we invest the same amount in tight oil and deepwater?
- How do the returns compare once we add risk?
- Deepwater versus tight oil: which is better?
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Figure 1: Life cycle of fiscal termsFigure 2: Signature bonuses paid to acquire leases and licencesFigure 3: Recent bonuses paid for US government leases
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Figure 4: Acquisition costs for tight oil and deepwater resourcesFigure 5: Impact of fiscal terms on tight oil and deepwaterFigure 6: Impact of fiscal terms on asset valuesFigure 7: Comparison of US$1 billion investment in tight oil and deepwaterFigure 8: Deepwater EMV calculationFigure 9: Expected monetary value (EMV) comparison
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