The Research on the Present Stage of the World Petroleum Industry

本项目侧重于埃克森公司（现为埃克森美孚公司）从1990年代初到2003年的原油和天然气生产。上世纪90年代初，公司开始在墨西哥湾深水、前苏联和西非等新区域进行勘探和生产。主要结论如下：(1)到2003年，公司在这些地区成功生产了原油和天然气。(2) 20世纪90年代以来，在勘探、开发和生产方面进行了重大的技术创新，是其成功的主要因素之一。公司在深水地区发现并开发了大量的油气田。(3)公司在前苏联已发现的油田开展活动。它避免了勘探未发现领域的投资风险。(4)西非油田从2003年前后开始发挥重要作用，为公司的欧洲出口输送大量能源。对美孚公司的收购对埃克森公司在新领域的勘探和生产方面追赶其他国际石油公司起到了非常重要的帮助。

This Project focuses on the production of crude oil and natural gas by Exxon Corporation, now Exxon Mobil Corporation, from the early 1990 through 2003. The Company started its exploration and production in newly areas, namely, Deepwater of Mexican Gulf, the Former Soviet Union and the West Africa since the early 1990s. The main conclusions are the following:(1)The Company succeeded in the production of crude oil and natural gas in these areas by the year 2003.(2)The one of chief factors of its success was a big technical innovation regarding exploration, development, and production since 1990s. The Company discovered and developed a lot of oil and natural gas field in deepwater areas.(3)The Company began its activity in the discovered oil field in the former Soviet Union. It averted investment risk exploring undiscovered field.(4)The West Africa oil field started playing an important role to deliver a lot of energy source to the European outlet of the Company from the around 2003.(5)The acquisition of Mobil Corporation gave Exxon a very important help to catch up with other international petroleum companies in the exploration and production in the newly areas.