The future of global oil and gas exploration has been widely discussed recently, with the number of discoveries year on year for the past decade gradually declining. But with growing energy demands in emerging markets, a call to end 'energy poverty' and efforts to ensure energy security, exploration to boost companies' portfolios remains ever important.

On this week's episode, Hill Vaden and Sam Humphreys talk to S&P Global International Upstream VP Michael Wynn about the current upstream climate, and the driving factors behind continued exploration and why operators are reaching out to deep water 'frontier' regions.

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