The study aims to investigate the advantages of executing a Quality Management System (QMS) throughout exploration drilling operations. The methodology used for this article is a review of articles published between 2008 – 2019 which addresses areas in exploration drilling and Quality Management.  Numerous writers have expressed that certification is mainly accrued to allow transactions in global markets and to have access to the official vendor's list of potential clients. While other authors have discussed how the original interest to implement QMS is frequently followed by surprise and, occasionally, even by outrage, when the task team understands that the application of a quality control plan comprises several undesirable adjustments of the budget allocated to the exploration. The paper analyses what benefits are there in implementing QMS through exploration drilling operations and what implications organizations that have not implemented this system have undergone.