Discoveries
Key Points
- Cumulative production is ~1/2 of cumulative discoveries
- Cumulative discovery curve is sigmoidal
- Cumulative production curve is exponential
- Discoveries peaked in 1964
- Production exceeded discoveries every year since 1983
- Decadal discoveries have Gaussian distribution with mean in mid-1960's
- Discoveries for the decade 2000-2010 are expected to be ~100 Gbl
- Current demand is 310 Gbl per decade
- Number of discoveries has been nearly constant since 1980s, but discovered field sizes are decreasing
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