Comparison of two probability distributions used to model sizes of undiscovered oil and gas accumulations: Does the tail wag the assessment?

Mathematical Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 767-777

  Attanasi, Emil D ^a   Charpentier, Ronald R ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Commercial value; Costs of discovery; Resource assessment; Undiscovered oil and gas

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; NUMERICAL METHOD;

EID: 1642560103     PISSN: 08828121     EISSN: 15738868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019809410934     Document Type: Article

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