On Jan. 11, 2010, a consortium of exploration and production companies led by Jim Bob Moffett's McMoRan Exploration announced a hydrocarbon discovery in 10 feet of water 20 miles from the Louisiana coast in the Gulf of Mexico.
Exploration and production companies often run deficits and live hand to mouth trying to raise funds to do more exploration.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate expects investments exploration and production costs to keep increasing through 2013, which will directly result in higher revenues for providers of offshore exploration and drilling services.
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Oil exploration and production companies have fallen as sharply as has the price of oil.
Continuing his backwards integration, Holding jumped into exploration and production in the late 1970s.
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Scaroni had a lot to learn, especially about Eni's most profitable business, exploration and production.
Growth in exploration and production in Europe, CIS and western Africa will overshadow disruptions in Libya.
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Freeport shed some light on the pending acquisitions of McMoran Exploration and Plains Exploration and Production.
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As for weaning ourselves off of imported oil: What if we reinstated domestic exploration and production?
Like many of its competitors, Exxon is putting its chips on higher-margin exploration and production operations.
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For decades, exploration and production companies have relied on outsourcing work to specialized contractors.
Exploration and production firms do well when prices are high, but refiners feel a squeeze.
This means keeping more cash flow for exploration and production, and less cash for dividends.
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Take Jubilant Energy, which has moved from support services to global oil exploration and production.
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But Phillip Watts, head of exploration and production, boldly reported a three-year average replacement rate of 102%.
When it comes to exploration and production, you don't know what you have until you log it.
My summer research fellow (me) checked on board pay at a few other exploration and production outfits.
The present system cannot continue without retarding Israel's growth, particularly with respect to natural gas exploration and production.
For those unaware, downstream generally refers to refining and marketing activities, and upstream relates to exploration and production.
The exploration and production company is an old spin-off of the mining firm.
Out of the 43 independent exploration and production companies we cover, 25 meet our minimum test for investment appeal.
Its operations stretch across all links in the natural gas value chain, with the exceptions of exploration and production.
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The study found that slightly more oil and gas equipment suppliers were expecting growth than exploration and production firms.
Israeli entities hold substantial working interests in the licenses for exploration and production.
The military relationship between the two countries has gradually evolved to include economic issues, namely, energy exploration and production.
Halliburton Company (NYSE: HAL) provides products and services to oil and gas firms in upstream exploration and production activities.
Petrobras is a vertically integrated oil company, participating in exploration, production, refining and retailing of crude oil and gas.
Soviet authorities have launched an all-out campaign to sign up Western oil companies for joint exploration and production ventures.
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David Hager, who heads Devon Energy's exploration and production business, says he expects to work with Sinopec on other fronts.
These exploration and production efforts are expected to be the primary causes of the increase in capital expenditures for 2012.
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