The phrase "access to exploration" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are discussing the ability or opportunity to engage in exploration, whether it be physical, intellectual, or digital.
Example: "The new policy aims to provide greater access to exploration for students interested in scientific research."
Alternatives: "opportunity for exploration" or "access for discovery."
It would give BP access to exploration licenses in one of the world's last unexplored basins.
The idea was to gain access to exploration acreage that the company has in the semiautonomous Kurdish region of Iraq.
The partners had blocked BP's $7.8 billion agreement with Rosneft, which included access to exploration blocks in Russia's Arctic that might hold billions of barrels of oil.
That deal turned heads around the industry, and was seen as a coup giving BP access to exploration licenses in one of the world's last giant oil and gas frontiers.
A 1990 alliance with BP gave it access to exploration licenses in such places as Angola and Azerbaijan.
The acquisition would give Areva access to exploration projects in South Africa, Namibia and the Central African Republic Areva is the world's biggest uranium seller with a 23% market share.
Washington will also want to encourage access to new exploration areas to ensure investment can produce the supply to meet growing demand.
It has also reaffirmed its privileged access to new exploration sites in the Arctic Ocean after Mr. Sechin blocked a proposal by a liberal wing of the Russian government to open offshore drilling to competition.
For international oil companies like BP, forging cooperation agreements with national oil companies is one of the few ways to gain access to new exploration projects and meet growing energy demand, especially in fast-growing economies like India, Russia and China.
In May, BP abandoned an agreement with Rosneft that would have given it access to lucrative exploration fields and would have included a share swap between the two companies.
Oil industry executives testifying at Senate hearings recently urged that the solution for U.S. energy needs lies in better "access" to new exploration and streamlining refinery permits.
