Definition of Exploration.
Article 38
ART. 38. Definition of Exploration.—The term "Exploration" means all work that have for their object the discovery of petroleum, including, but not restricted to, surveying and mapping, aerial photography, surface geology, geophysical investigations, testing of subsurface conditions by means of borings or structural drillings, and all such auxiliary work as are useful in connection with such operations. Test wells drilled for exploratory purposes may be of such size and type suitable for oil production, but the actual production of oil is not included in the term "Exploration," except that oil found during exploration may be freely used by the concessionaire in his operations for exploration purposes only within the same concession.