Rystad Energy said that although there are concerns that the epidemic may reduce oil discoveries to the lowest level in decades, exploration activities this year have been very resilient, with newly discovered resources reaching 10 billion barrels of oil equivalent. Russia ranks first with 1.51 billion barrels of oil equivalent, Suriname ranks second with 1.39 billion barrels of oil equivalent, and the UAE ranks third with 1.1 billion barrels of oil equivalent.