Oil exploration companies include Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, Apache Corporation, Chevron Corporation, ConocoPhillips, Continental Resources, Devon Energy, ExxonMobil, and Greka Energy. For a more exhaustive list, see the Wikipedia article "List of oil exploration and production companies."
first of all to make the shareholders of the oil companies richer and some goes to research and exploration for more oil
The Companies which involves in all the stages of the oil i.e from oil exploration to the retailing stage are called as integrated oil companies....... If the ans is wrong , post a correct ans............
American companies came for oil exploration. Other companies from other countries came for the same purpose, such as Korean, German, and Japanese.
Owners of independent oil exploration companies need knowledge, any natural gas that is present in your site's reservoirs along with the expected oil.
In the North Sea. There is some oil exploration near Poole in Dorset.
Mitsui Oil Exploration was created in 1969.
Oil Exploration Engineer
Broadly geologists and geophysicists are involved in the exploration process for oil and gas.
The exploration, extraction, refining and use of oil (and oil by-products), is killing the planet, due to pollution. Though this is not the true reason why oil companies are searching for alternative fuels. The real reason is that the worlds oil reserves are shrinking and whoever controls the oil, controls world energy resources. A country could basically be held to ransom by controlling the supply of oil to that country. Therefore, oil companies need alternative fuels for the future, so that there will be a future.
Exploration was very expensive.
Oil exploration is global.
The Permanent Fund Dividend is the anual payout of the dividends of the Permanent Fund. The Permanent Fund is a state-invested fund that receives moneys from the oil companies drilling and doing exploration within the state of Alaska. This allows all the citizens of Alaska to benefit from the oil exploration.