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Upstream research 2021 highlights: rebounding prices, fiscal challenges and hidden gems
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Report summary
Last year was characterised by price recovery and an ever-stronger focus on decarbonisation. These themes were a common thread in our most popular insights, as the role of upstream oil and gas in low carbon future was considered and debated. Our analysis highlighted the fiscal challenges and regional nuances of the discussion. Energy security, gas growth, decarbonisation and stakeholder impacts are other subjects which stood out. In this insight, we take another look at some of the key themes and regional trends of 2021 which resonated and why they were so important.
Table of contents
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Asia Pacific
- Can Asia avert a gas supply crisis?
- What does Australia mean for the Majors?
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Europe, Russia and Caspian
- Can the Caspian upstream sector still compete for capital?
- How platform electrification is decarbonising the North Sea
- The miraculous transformation of Russia's Neftegazholding (NNK)
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Middle East and Africa
- Africa’s upstream: the other side of the energy transition
- Nigeria's Petroleum Industry Act: a fiscal analysis
- Saudi Aramco targets Jafurah unconventional resources for gas growth
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The Americas
- Carbon emissions performance in US GoM: a low emitter in the crossfire
- Is there any value in tracking DUCs?
Tables and charts
This report includes the following images and tables:
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Asia: discovered resources and gas productionCaspian region: liquids and gas productionCaspian region: upstream development capex
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Comparison of the Troll West economics under Norwegian and UK regimesAfrica's energy transition scenariosUpstream NPV10 for government and investorsSales gas outlook for full field Jafurah developmentDUC wells and activity
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