Giant oil and gas field discoveries 2018

We have updated and extended the dataset on giant oil discoveries previously published by Mike Horn under the auspice of the AAPG that contains discoveries from 1868 to 2010 (Halbouty, 2014; Horn, 2004). Beyond incorporating new discoveries after 2010 up to 2018 (and soon 2020), and corrections to the data, the main contribution has been to provide estimates of the US dollar value of the petroleum field presented in terms of Net Present Value (NPV). This is based on the discoveries’ estimated ultimate recoverable (EUR) amount of oil and gas, measured in nominal and real US dollars, using the price of petroleum in the year of discovery. Main publication: Cust, James, David Mihalyi and Alexis Rivera-Ballesteros, 2021, The Economic Effects of Giant Oil and Gas Discoveries in Charles A. Sternbach, Robert K. Merrill, and John C. Dolson, eds., Giant Fields of the Decade: 2010-2020: AAPG Memoir 125, p. 21-36我们对迈克·霍恩（Mike Horn）在美国石油地质学家协会（American Association of Petroleum Geologists，AAPG）赞助下此前发布的巨型油气发现数据集进行了更新与扩展，该数据集涵盖1868年至2010年的油气发现记录（Halbouty, 2014; Horn, 2004）。 本次更新除纳入2010年至2018年（不久后将扩展至2020年）的新增油气发现记录并修正原始数据外，核心贡献在于以净现值（Net Present Value，NPV）为计量基准，估算各油气田的美元价值。 该价值估算以发现当年的石油价格为基准，基于各发现油气田的油气最终可采储量（Estimated Ultimate Recoverable，EUR），分别按名义美元与实际美元进行计量。 主要收录文献：Cust, James、David Mihalyi与Alexis Rivera-Ballesteros，2021年，《巨型油气发现的经济影响》，收录于Charles A. Sternbach、Robert K. Merrill及John C. Dolson主编的《十年巨型油气田：2010-2020》，AAPG Memoir 125，第21-36页。