VOL. XLIV

No 34

20-August-2001

SUPPLY/DEMAND

ABN-AMROSees Good Performance By International E&P Firms In 2000

ABN-AMROin London says that international exploration and production companiesperformed well in 2000, keeping finding and development (F&D) costs flatwhile achieving a meaningful increase in reserves through organic growth (i.e.including discoveries and reserves revisions, but excluding acquisitions). Inits Global Oils report of 5 August, entitled F&D Costs, the analystsays...