明年全球油氣勘探支出或下降到400億美元以下

中國石化新聞網訊 據路透社12月9日倫敦報道，全球著名能源咨詢公司伍德麥肯茲公司（WM）周五（9日）在一份報告中指出，明年全球用于石油和天然氣勘探的支出可能下降到今年的400億美元以下，但是，更低的成本也意味著盈利能力將增加。
面對長達30個月的油價低迷，包括?？松梨诠竞秃商m皇家殼牌公司在內的國際石油公司在最近幾年里大幅削減支出預算，而勘探首當其沖。
根據WM，明年勘探在總的油氣生產投資中的比例將下降到8%的新低。
WM勘探部門副總裁安德魯?萊瑟姆說，明年的總投資將最多與今年大約400億美元的花費匹敵，還可能進一步下降。2014年全球油氣領域的總投資達到了950億美元的峰值。
萊瑟姆說，明年全球的油氣發現率預計下降，下降到平均每口井大約2500萬桶油當量。
萊瑟姆說，世界上最大的石油公司通過近幾年的勘探一直在努力取代產量的自然遞減，他們在未來將不得不更多依賴收購油田和較小的公司。
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原文如下：
Oil Exploration Spending May Drop Further Next Year
Reuters
Friday, December 09, 2016
LONDON – Global spending on oil and gas exploration in 2017 could fall below this year’s $40 billion, but lower costs mean profitability will increase, consultancy Wood Mackenzie said in a report on Friday.
Faced with a 30-month-long oil price downturn, oil companies including Exxon Mobil and Royal Dutch Shell have slashed spending budgets in recent years, with exploration bearing the brunt.
According to Wood Mackenzie, the share of exploration in overall oil and gas production investment will dip to a new low of 8 percent in 2017.
“Overall investment will at best match 2016 year’s spend of around $40 billion, and may yet fall further,” said Andrew Latham, vice president of exploration at Wood Mackenzie. That compared with a 2014 peak of $95 billion.
The rate of discoveries is not expected to fall next year and to average around 25 million barrels of oil equivalent per well.
The world’s top oil companies have struggled to replace natural decline in production through exploration in recent years and will have to rely more on acquiring fields and smaller companies in the future, Latham said.

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