石油设备网讯 据海上石油新闻网5月13日伦敦报道，全球著名能源咨询公司伍德麦肯兹（WM）第11次年度勘探调查结果显示，根据已报告的钻井计划和新许可证的授出，全球石油勘探活动仍在继续恢复。
WM从258名高级能源领导人和勘探专业人士那里寻求了一系列问题的反馈。
WM勘探副总裁安德鲁•莱瑟姆博士表示，常规油气未来仍被视为“全球主要的资源替代选择”，而降低勘探和开发成本是勘探回归价值创造的关键。
莱瑟姆博士说，巴西、圭亚那、墨西哥湾和东地中海的深水高影响地区继续吸引着最多的关注。
WM的调查发现，今年全球勘探预算总额大约为400亿美元，其中钻井作业约占一半，地质和地球物理勘探约占25%。
目前，数字化约占总预算费用的8%，由于新的地震处理技术、机器学习和人工智能在勘探中所起的作用越来越大，这一比例可能还会上升。
莱瑟姆博士说：“数字化提供探索地下更好的分辨率、更好的地震建模和自动化解释越来越多使用的可能性。调查结果证实了我们的期望，由石油巨头领导的全球勘探行业每年将花费数十亿美元用于数字化。”
李峻 编译自 海上石油新闻
原文如下：
Digitalization attracting higher proportion of exploration spend, survey finds
Wood Mackenzie’s 11th annual Exploration Survey suggests continued recovery, based on reported drilling plans and new license awards.
The company sought feedback from 258 senior energy leaders and exploration professionals across a range of issues.
Dr Andrew Latham, vice president exploration at the consultant, said conventional is still regarded as “the primary resource replacement option. And lower costs, both for exploration and development, are key to exploration’s return to value creation.”
Deepwater high-impact plays off Brazil, Guyana, the Gulf of Mexico, and the East Mediterranean continue to attract the most attention.
This year the global exploration budget will total around $40 billion, the survey found, with drilling accounting for around half that figure, and geological and geophysical surveys around 25%.
At present, digitalization constitutes roughly 8% of the total spend, and the proportion will likely rise as new seismic processing techniques, machine learning, and AI play an increasing part in exploration.
“Digitalization offers exploration the possibility of better resolution of the subsurface, better seismic modeling and growing use of automated interpretation,” Dr Latham said, adding that “the survey results back up our expectation that the exploration industry, led by the majors, will spend billions each year on digitalization.”
