Global half-year discoveries fall to 4.9bn boe

摘要

Global discoveries of conventional resource volumes reached just 4.9bn boe in 1H2020, Rystad Energy estimates, the weakest-performing first half of the 21st century.The resource volumes were 42% lower and the number of discoveries was down by 31% compared to the same period in 2019. The average monthly discovered volumes so far this year are estimated at 810mn boe, a 34% drop from the same period last year, reports the market analyst. It also predicts that this year could be on track to repeat the 2019 predominance of gas discoveries, with 55% of the volumes discovered so far being categorised as gas.