Petroleum Exploration in Australia - Market Research Report (2014-2029)

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This report covers the scope, size, disposition and growth of the industry including the key sensitivities and success factors. Also included are five year industry forecasts, growth rates and an analysis of the industry key players and their market shares.

Petroleum explorers provide onshore and offshore drilling and exploration services. Oil and gas producers use these services to establish a portfolio of future projects. Exploration-only companies identify reserves that are attractive to larger players on a contract basis. Petroleum exploration is inherently risky and capital-intensive. Rising commodity prices assist industry players, increasing the potential benefit that exploration companies can generate by identifying unproven resources. Onshore exploration has overtaken offshore exploration over the past decade to become the industry's largest source of revenue. Expenditure on petroleum exploration is expected to fall at an annualised 4.8% over the five years through 2022-23, to an estimated $917.4 million.

Industry companies conduct exploration for crude petroleum and natural gas.