Such projects usually require 7 to 10 years from exploration to production.

Adjusted earnings from exploration and production were up 12 percent, to $2.02 billion.

The company's income from exploration and production was unchanged, at $134 million.

The fur trade is not all that different from lunar exploration.

Its operating income from exploration and production more than doubled, to $536 million, for 1990.

The idea for the film came from her personal exploration of her father's past.

By the middle of the twentieth century the society had changed its objectives from exploration to scientific research and study.

She might try her hand at it when they got back from their exploration of the other two M-type planets.

All types of projects, from deep-sea exploration to water quality monitoring, are considered.

Both companies cited sharply higher earnings from their exploration and production divisions.