Century Management: Oil and Gas Discoveries Are at 1940 Levels

Commentary from Arnold Van Den Berg's firm

Holly LaFon

Aug 17, 2018

Friday, August 17, 2018

We at CM believe that an oil shortage is coming:

Global oil consumption is over 35 billion barrels annually.

Global discoveries of oil and natural gas in 2017 totaled only 6.7 billion barrels annually of oil equivalence - a level last seen in the 1940s.

Average oil discoveries over the past 6 years have been approximately 15 billion annually.

Since 2014, exploration expenditures fell over 60 percent due to low oil prices and cash flow.

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