List the main activities of exploration?

Answer: Exploration includes plethora of activities and depend upon the kind of exploration a person is doing. But most include some of the basic activities like research, investigation, planning and execution.

Suppose we want to explore new petroleum sites then we would have to start with studying the geography of that area, then according to our research we will analyse the hot spots or the sector where probability of finding of oil field is highest, post that appropriate man power is skilled professionals, tools and machinery will be brought at the site so that execution can take place.