Investments in exploration, production and refining in 2016

IFPEN analyses in this study the 2016 evolution of global investment in the field of exploration-production and refining.

SUMMARY

Trends in oil and gas prices

• Is recovery in sight, or is another crisis coming?
• OPEC and shale oil: and the winner is…?
• Natural gas prices are expected to rise in 2017

Investment in exploration/production: in sharp decline for the second consecutive year - the first time this has happened since 1986

• Another sharp decline in investment in 2016 
• Contrasting trends from region to region

The global drilling market

• Onshore and offshore drilling
• The global drilling and services market

Geophysical: global activity and markets

• Geophysical activity
• The global geophysical market

Offshore construction: market and business

• Offshore construction and services
• The global offshore construction market

A significant reduction in refining projects (atmospheric distillation and conversion) 

• Refining margins fall in 2016, but no collapse
• Expenditure peaks in 2016 then falls in 2017
• Sharp decline in projects to expand and / or build new processing capacity
• Over-capacity falls between 2015 and 2016
• Will investment recover after 2017?

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THE AUTHORS

Trends in oil and gas prices  - Guy Maisonnier - guy.maisonnier@ifpen.fr
Investments in exploration-production - Geoffroy Hureau - geoffroy.hureau@ifpen.fr:
Upstream activities and markets - Sylvain Serbutoviez - sylvain.serbutoviez@ifpen.fr:
Investment in refining - Constancio Silva - constancio.silva@ifpen.fr