石油设备网讯 据Rigzone6月3日报道，EIA5月30日发布的一份报告显示，2018年全球勘探与开发总成本为2009年以来最低。
该研究结果基于对116家勘探与开发公司年度报告的分析，结果显示，2018年，这些公司的探明储量净增加103亿桶油当量(boe)。这些公司的总勘探和开发成本较2017年下降了9%，按每桶探明储量增加的美元计算。
EIA发现，2018年全球勘探与开发成本连续第二年上升，各地区的名义成本同比变化不一。
自2014年经济衰退开始以来，油气行业经历了显著的成本紧缩，因此不同年份的名义成本可能无法直接比较。这些费用提供了增加每桶探明储量所需支出的概念。
公司资本支出的时间安排与对其已探明储量变化的正式报告之间的差异，是标准惯例多年平均结果的原因。
通过这种方式分析，2018年的勘探与开发成本为每桶增加探明储量15.20美元，是自2009年以来的最低水平。
孔丽炜摘译自Rigzone
原文如下：
E&P Companies' Costs Hit 10-Year Low in 2018
The world’s total exploration and development (E&D) costs in 2018 was the lowest since 2009, according to a May 30 release from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
The findings, based on analysis of 116 E&P companies’ annual reports, show that the companies added a net 10.3 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe) to their proved reserves during 2018. Total E&D costs for these companies declined nine percent from 2017 when calculated as dollars per BOE of proved reserves added.
The EIA found that global E&D costs increased in 2018 for the second year in a row, with changes in nominal year-over-year costs varying among regions.
The oil and gas industry has experienced significant cost deflation since the onset of the downturn in 2014, therefore nominal costs incurred in different years may not be directly comparable. The costs provide an idea of the expenditures needed to add one barrel of proved reserves.
The disparity between the timing of companies’ capital expenditures and the formal reporting of changes to their proved reserves is the reason why standard practice is to average results over several years.
Analyzed this way, the 2018 E&D costs incurred at $15.20 per additional boe of proved reserves was the lowest it’s been since 2009.
