This statistic depicts the total number of global deepwater exploration wells drilled by spud year from 2010 to the first half of 2016. In 2014, 272 deepwater exploration wells were drilled worldwide. This number decreased to 169 in 2015.
Total number of deepwater exploration wells drilled worldwide from 2010 to 2016*
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Quest Offshore. (July 6, 2016). Total number of deepwater exploration wells drilled worldwide from 2010 to 2016* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 29, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/503558/total-number-deepwater-exploration-wells-drilled-worldwide/
Quest Offshore. "Total number of deepwater exploration wells drilled worldwide from 2010 to 2016*." Chart. July 6, 2016. Statista. Accessed November 29, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/503558/total-number-deepwater-exploration-wells-drilled-worldwide/
Quest Offshore. (2016). Total number of deepwater exploration wells drilled worldwide from 2010 to 2016*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 29, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/503558/total-number-deepwater-exploration-wells-drilled-worldwide/
Quest Offshore. "Total Number of Deepwater Exploration Wells Drilled Worldwide from 2010 to 2016*." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 Jul 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/503558/total-number-deepwater-exploration-wells-drilled-worldwide/
Quest Offshore, Total number of deepwater exploration wells drilled worldwide from 2010 to 2016* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/503558/total-number-deepwater-exploration-wells-drilled-worldwide/ (last visited November 29, 2023)
Total number of deepwater exploration wells drilled worldwide from 2010 to 2016* [Graph], Quest Offshore, July 6, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/503558/total-number-deepwater-exploration-wells-drilled-worldwide/