Europe Oil and Gas Exploration Market Research Guide (H1 2016)

Europe Oil and Gas Exploration Market Research Guide (H1 2016)

Table of Contents

1 Table of Contents 2
1.1 List of Tables 5
1.2 List of Figures 9

2 Key Trends in Europe Exploration Industry 10
2.1 Ireland- Fourteen Licensing options awarded in first phase Atlantic Margin Licensing Round 10
2.2 Bulgaria awards 5-year permit for deepwater exploratory drilling to Shell 10
2.3 Exploration Activities in Norwegian Shelf Decline in 2015 11
2.4 Norway Awards 56 offshore Licenses In Mature Areas 12
2.5 Frontera Increases Georgia Gas Resource Estimate More Than Tenfold 17

3 Key Licensing Rounds- 2015 and 2016 18

4 Exploration Block Details in Europe 19
4.1 Cyprus Oil and Gas Exploration Block Details 19
4.1.1 Awarded Blocks Details 19
4.1.2 Available Blocks Details 19
4.2 Denmark Oil and Gas Exploration Block Details 20
4.2.1 Awarded Blocks Details 20
4.3 France Oil and Gas Exploration Block Details 24
4.3.1 Awarded Blocks Details 24
4.4 Germany Oil and Gas Exploration Block Details 27
4.4.1 Awarded Blocks Details 27
4.5 Hungary Oil and Gas Exploration Block Details 34
4.5.1 Awarded Blocks Details 34
4.5.2 Available Blocks Details 34
4.6 Ireland Oil and Gas Exploration Block Details 35
4.6.1 Awarded Blocks Details 35
4.7 Italy Oil and Gas Exploration Block Details 40
4.7.1 Awarded Blocks Details 40
4.8 Kazakhstan Oil and Gas Exploration Block Details 46
4.8.1 Awarded Blocks Details 46
4.9 Netherlands Oil and Gas Exploration Block Details 47
4.9.1 Awarded Blocks Details 47
4.9.2 Available Blocks Details 48
4.10 Norway Oil and Gas Exploration Block Details 49
4.10.1 Awarded Blocks Details 49
4.11 Poland Oil and Gas Exploration Block Details 51
4.11.1 Awarded Blocks Details 51
4.12 Republic of Croatia Oil and Gas Exploration Block Details 56
4.12.1 Awarded Blocks Details 56
4.12.2 Available Blocks Details 56
4.13 Romania Oil and Gas Exploration Block Details 58
4.13.1 Awarded Blocks Details 58
4.14 Russia Oil and Gas Exploration Block Details 61
4.14.1 Offered Blocks Details 61
4.15 Turkey Oil and Gas Exploration Block Details 66
4.15.1 Awarded Blocks Details 66
4.15.2 Available Blocks Details 68
4.16 United Kingdom Oil and Gas Exploration Block Details 69
4.16.1 Awarded Blocks Details 69
4.16.2 Available Blocks Details 133

5 Leading Oil and Gas Exploration Companies 144
5.1 ExxonMobil Corporation- Key Information 144
5.1.1 Overview 144
5.1.2 Global Operations 146
5.1.3 Business Operation Structure 147
5.1.4 SWOT Analysis 149
5.1.5 Contact Information 151
5.1.6 Key Financial Information 152
5.2 BP Plc 153
5.2.1 Summary 153
5.2.2 Key Operational Statistics 154
5.2.3 Business Operations 155
5.2.4 SWOT Analysis 158
5.2.5 Recent Financial Performance 161
5.3 ConocoPhillips 162
5.3.1 Key Information 162
5.3.2 Global Locations 163
5.3.3 Business Operations- 163
5.3.4 SWOT Analysis 165
5.3.5 Contact Information 167
5.3.6 Key Financial Information 167
5.4 Royal Dutch Shell Plc 168
5.4.1 Key Information 168
5.4.2 Business Operations 169
5.4.3 SWOT Analysis 173
5.4.4 Contact Information 175
5.4.5 Key Financial Information 175
5.5 Chevron Corporation 176
5.5.1 Overview 176
5.5.2 Global Operations 177
5.5.3 Business Description 177
5.5.4 SWOT Analysis 179
5.5.5 Contact Information 181
5.5.6 Financial Analysis 181

6 Europe Oil and Gas Exploration Market Monitor 182
6.1 Norway's Oil Firms, Unions Seek Opening of Arctic Islands to Exploration-April 2016 182
6.2 BGS to Assist with Hydrocarbon Exploration Offshore Isle of Man-April 2016 182
6.3 Denmark Issues 16 Oil, Gas Licenses-April 2016 183
6.4 Hurricane Energy Finds New Investor to Finance North Sea Exploration-April 2016 184
6.5 Hansa Receives 2 Licenses in Danish North Sea-March 2016 185
6.6 Russia's Rosneft to Boost 2016 Exploration Drilling by 40% YOY -March 2016 185
6.7 Norway Launches APA 2016 Licensing Round- March 2016 186
6.8 PetroNeft Agrees 2016/17 Work Program with Oil India-March 2016 187
6.9 Total-Led Consortium Bids for Greek Offshore Gas Drilling Block-February 2016 187
6.10 First Phase 2015 Atlantic Margin Licensing Round Awards Announced-February 2016 188
6.11 Egdon, Union Jack Confirm Start of Drilling at Laughton-1 Well-February 2016 189
6.12 Bulgaria Signs Deal with Shell for Deepwater Oil, Gas Exploration-February 2016 189
6.13 Greece to Decide on Three Gas Exploration Licences Soon -February 2016 190
6.14 Rawicz-15 Well Drilling Completed-January 2016 190
6.15 Total Plans Exploration Well in UK North Sea-January 2016 191
6.16 Lundin's Ornen Well Turns Out Dry-December 2015 191

7 Appendix 193
7.1 Abbreviations 193
7.2 Sources and Methodology 193
7.3 Contact Information 194
7.4 Disclaimer 194

List of Tables

Table 1: Norway- Awarded Companies and no. of shares in bidding Round APA 2015 13
Table 2: Latest Licensing Rounds across Europe, 2015-2016 18
Table 3: Cyprus Awarded Blocks Details 19
Table 4: Cyprus Available Blocks Details 19
Table 5: Denmark Awarded Blocks Details (1) 20
Table 6: Denmark Awarded Blocks Details (2) 21
Table 7: Denmark Awarded Blocks Details (3) 22
Table 8: Denmark Awarded Blocks Details (4) 23
Table 9: France Awarded Blocks Details (1) 24
Table 10: France Awarded Blocks Details (2) 25
Table 11: France Awarded Blocks Details (3) 26
Table 12: Germany Awarded Blocks Details (1) 27
Table 13: Germany Awarded Blocks Details (2) 28
Table 14: Germany Awarded Blocks Details (3) 29
Table 15: Germany Awarded Blocks Details (4) 30
Table 16: Germany Awarded Blocks Details (5) 31
Table 17: Germany Awarded Blocks Details (6) 32
Table 18: Germany Awarded Blocks Details (7) 33
Table 19: Hungary Awarded Blocks Details 34
Table 20: Hungary Available Blocks Details 34
Table 21: Ireland Awarded Blocks Details (1) 35
Table 22: Ireland Awarded Blocks Details (2) 36
Table 23: Ireland Awarded Blocks Details (3) 37
Table 24: Ireland Awarded Blocks Details () 38
Table 25: Ireland Awarded Blocks Details (5) 39
Table 26: Italy Awarded Blocks Details (1) 40
Table 27: Italy Awarded Blocks Details (2) 41
Table 28: Italy Awarded Blocks Details (3) 42
Table 29: Italy Awarded Blocks Details (4) 43
Table 30: Italy Awarded Blocks Details (5) 44
Table 31: Italy Awarded Blocks Details (6) 45
Table 32: Kazakhstan Awarded Blocks Details 46
Table 33: Netherlands Awarded Blocks Details (1) 47
Table 34: Netherlands Awarded Blocks Details (2) 48
Table 35: Netherlands Available Blocks Details 48
Table 36: Norway Awarded Blocks Details (1) 49
Table 37: Norway Awarded Blocks Details (2) 50
Table 38: Poland Awarded Blocks Details (1) 51
Table 39: Poland Awarded Blocks Details (2) 52
Table 40: Poland Awarded Blocks Details (3) 53
Table 41: Poland Awarded Blocks Details (4) 54
Table 42: Poland Awarded Blocks Details (5) 55
Table 43: Republic of Croatia Awarded Blocks Details 56
Table 44: Republic of Croatia Available Blocks Details (1) 56
Table 45: Republic of Croatia Available Blocks Details (2) 57
Table 46: Romania Awarded Blocks Details (1) 58
Table 47: Romania Awarded Blocks Details (2) 59
Table 48: Romania Awarded Blocks Details (3) 60
Table 49: Russia Offered Blocks Details (1) 61
Table 50: Russia Offered Blocks Details (2) 62
Table 51: Russia Offered Blocks Details (3) 63
Table 52: Russia Offered Blocks Details (4) 64
Table 53: Russia Offered Blocks Details (5) 65
Table 54: Turkey Awarded Blocks Details (1) 66
Table 55: Turkey Awarded Blocks Details (2) 67
Table 56: Turkey Available Blocks Details 68
Table 57: UK Awarded Blocks Details (1) 69
Table 58: UK Awarded Blocks Details (2) 70
Table 59: UK Awarded Blocks Details (3) 71
Table 60: UK Awarded Blocks Details (4) 72
Table 61: UK Awarded Blocks Details (5) 73
Table 62: UK Awarded Blocks Details (6) 74
Table 63: UK Awarded Blocks Details (7) 75
Table 64: UK Awarded Blocks Details (8) 76
Table 65: UK Awarded Blocks Details (9) 77
Table 66: UK Awarded Blocks Details (10) 78
Table 67: UK Awarded Blocks Details (11) 79
Table 68: UK Awarded Blocks Details (12) 80
Table 69: UK Awarded Blocks Details (13) 81
Table 70: UK Awarded Blocks Details (14) 82
Table 71: UK Awarded Blocks Details (15) 83
Table 72: UK Awarded Blocks Details (16) 84
Table 73: UK Awarded Blocks Details (17) 85
Table 74: UK Awarded Blocks Details (18) 86
Table 75: UK Awarded Blocks Details (19) 87
Table 76: UK Awarded Blocks Details (20) 88
Table 77: UK Awarded Blocks Details (21) 89
Table 78: UK Awarded Blocks Details (22) 90
Table 79: UK Awarded Blocks Details (23) 91
Table 80: UK Awarded Blocks Details (24) 92
Table 81: UK Awarded Blocks Details (25) 93
Table 82: UK Awarded Blocks Details (26) 94
Table 83: UK Awarded Blocks Details (27) 95
Table 84: UK Awarded Blocks Details (28) 96
Table 85: UK Awarded Blocks Details (29) 97
Table 86: UK Awarded Blocks Details (30) 98
Table 87: UK Awarded Blocks Details (31) 99
Table 88: UK Awarded Blocks Details (32) 100
Table 89: UK Awarded Blocks Details (33) 101
Table 90: UK Awarded Blocks Details (34) 102
Table 91: UK Awarded Blocks Details (35) 103
Table 92: UK Awarded Blocks Details (36) 104
Table 93: UK Awarded Blocks Details (37) 105
Table 94: UK Awarded Blocks Details (38) 106
Table 95: UK Awarded Blocks Details (39) 107
Table 96: UK Awarded Blocks Details (40) 108
Table 97: UK Awarded Blocks Details (41) 109
Table 98: UK Awarded Blocks Details (42) 110
Table 99: UK Awarded Blocks Details (43) 111
Table 100: UK Awarded Blocks Details (44) 112
Table 101: UK Awarded Blocks Details (45) 113
Table 102: UK Awarded Blocks Details (46) 114
Table 103: UK Awarded Blocks Details (47) 115
Table 104: UK Awarded Blocks Details (48) 116
Table 105: UK Awarded Blocks Details (49) 117
Table 106: UK Awarded Blocks Details (50) 118
Table 107: UK Awarded Blocks Details (51) 119
Table 108: UK Awarded Blocks Details (52) 120
Table 109: UK Awarded Blocks Details (53) 121
Table 110: UK Awarded Blocks Details (54) 122
Table 111: UK Awarded Blocks Details (55) 123
Table 112: UK Awarded Blocks Details (56) 124
Table 113: UK Awarded Blocks Details (57) 125
Table 114: UK Awarded Blocks Details (58) 126
Table 115: UK Awarded Blocks Details (59) 127
Table 116: UK Awarded Blocks Details (60) 128
Table 117: UK Awarded Blocks Details (61) 129
Table 118: UK Awarded Blocks Details (62) 130
Table 119: UK Awarded Blocks Details (63) 131
Table 120: UK Awarded Blocks Details (64) 132
Table 121: United Kingdom Onshore Available Blocks (1) 133
Table 122: United Kingdom Onshore Available Blocks (2) 134
Table 123: United Kingdom Onshore Available Blocks (3) 135
Table 124: United Kingdom Onshore Available Blocks (4) 136
Table 125: United Kingdom Onshore Available Blocks (5) 137
Table 126: United Kingdom Onshore Available Blocks (6) 138
Table 127: United Kingdom Onshore Available Blocks (7) 139
Table 128: United Kingdom Onshore Available Blocks (8) 140
Table 129: United Kingdom Onshore Available Blocks (9) 141
Table 130: United Kingdom Onshore Available Blocks (10) 142
Table 131: United Kingdom Onshore Available Blocks (11) 143
Table 132: ExxonMobil Corporation- Top Level Information 145
Table 133: ExxonMobil Corporation- Key Global Presence 146
Table 134: ExxonMobil Corporation- Financial Snapshot, 2011-2015 152
Table 135: BP Group - Top Level Information 153
Table 136: BP Group - Key Operational Statistics, 2015 154
Table 137: BP Plc - Financial Summary, 2010-2015 161
Table 138: ConocoPhillips - Top Level Information 163
Table 139: ConocoPhillips - Net Proved Reserves, 2015 164
Table 140: ConocoPhillips- Financial Snapshot, 2013-2015 167
Table 141: Royal Dutch Shell Plc - Top Level Information 169
Table 142: Royal Dutch Shell Plc- Financial Snapshot, 2014-2015 175
Table 143: Chevron Corporation- Top Level Information 176
Table 144: Chevron Corporation- Geographical Presence 177
Table 145: Chevron Corporation- Financial Overview 2011- 2015 181

List of Figures

Figure 1: Norway Active Rig Count, Aug-14- Jan-16 11
Figure 2: Norway- Map of Awarded Blocks in Predefined Areas in North Sea 14
Figure 3: Norway- Map of Awarded Blocks in Predefined Areas in Norwegian Sea 15
Figure 4: Norway- Map of Awarded Blocks in Predefined Areas in Barents Sea 16
Figure 5: OGAnalysis- Research Methodology 194

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