Oil Discoveries Hit A 70-Year Low

OilPrice.com: Oil Discoveries Hit 70-Year Low

The last three years has been the worst stretch of time in seventy years for new conventional oil discoveries.

A new report from IHS Markit finds that conventional oil discoveries plunged to a seven-decade low and “a significant rebound is not expected.” Conventional exploration – as opposed to unconventional development, including shale – had already been trending down following the 2008 global financial crisis and its aftermath, which overlapped with the rise of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing in several U.S. shale basins.

But the collapse of oil prices in 2014 really knocked conventional exploration – and thus, discoveries – on its back.

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WNU Editor: The shift to develop shale opportunities is the reason why the search for new conventional oil discoveries has declined.

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