Independents in Deepwater Africa Alan Stein & Suzan Heatly Ophir Energy Company Limited APPEX Conference London, 20 22 March 2007
Independents Majors: Vertically integrated super-sized corporations, with a focus upon selling refined product. Gas Pumpers. NOCs: State and quasi-State companies. Traditionally representing the interests of host countries, but…
Why Africa
High exploration success rates; Multiple play systems; Relatively low geo-political risk; and Multi-jurisdictional access. Asia 13% Venezuela 7% Russia China 6% 12% Africa Others 18% 54% Caspian Middle East 8%…
Source: Global Pacific & Partners, Africa Upstream 2006 World Exploration Potential
Why Deepwater Africa
120 30 8 Yet to find NUMBER OF WELLS DRILLED 100 25 7 Others WATER DEPTH (100m) PRODUCTION (mbop) 6 Nigeria 80 20 Angola 5 US GoM 60 15 4 Brazil 40 10 3 2 20 5 1 0 0 0 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 1990…
50 50 45 Discoveries 40 40 Dry holes SUCCESS RATE (%) NUMBER OF WELLS 35 30 30 25 20 20 15 10 10 5 0 0 West North South Mediter- Asia NW Global Africa America America anian Pacific Europe Average 1974 1978…
3D Seismic A risk reduction tool enabling independents to compete in deepwater. Image courtesy of PGS Exploration Ltd
OIL IMPORTS 2,000 501-2,000 Thousand Barrels/day 101-500 11-100 Oil trade flow Not significant/unavailable Source: Internet Late 20th Century Oil Imports and Trade Routes
OIL IMPORTS 2,000 501-2,000 Thousand Barrels/day Anticipated oil trade flow 101-500 11-100 Oil trade flow Not significant/unavailable Potential strategic bottlenecks Source: Internet Early 20th Century Oil Imports and Trade…
Compared to total investment spending 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Global Pacific & Partners, Africa Upstream 2006 Source: Energy…
Relative to 1998 140 Historical correlation between exploration and development 130 Spending Index (1998 = 100) spending. Square Kilometres (000s) 120 Development 49% gap between Exploration and Spending 110 Development…
Oil price is up Investors are back but
Market Market performance performance since since 2001 Oil 2001 Oil performance performance since since 2001 2001 150 FTSE All Share Oil and Gas Producers 90 Brent WTI FTSE AIM All Share 80 130 FTSE All Share +9% 70 110…
Number of equity offerings on AIM by E&P companies Proceeds of equity offerings on AIM by E&P companies (m) Number of equity offerings on AIM by E&P companies Proceeds of equity offerings on AIM by E&P companies (m) 43 1,715 1,733…
Africa is in a state of Ultra Competition. Resource war between conventional and emerging consumers. Asian Tigers and NOCs making a big impact. Resource nationalisation. Speculators are back (telcos and biotechs can breathe a…
Contract Status and Expected Demand 1997 2009: Deepwater Drilling Units (3,000feet) Worldwide 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan 1997 1998 1999…
Contract Status and Expected Demand 1997 2009: Deepwater Drilling Units (3,000feet) West Africa 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003…
So how are the Independents going to drill all that acreage
Ophir has recently entered long term rig sharing agreements. The agreements cover 14.5 months of rig time over the period 2008 2011. Day rate in excess of US400,000 per day. Significant upfront investment of capital required…
Independents have the acreage. Majors have the production. Asian Tigers are on the prowl. NOCs are taking a bigger share. We all need to drill more exploration wells. Somebody else has all the rigs Its all about to get…