A new reserve growth model for United States oil and gas fields

Natural Resources Research

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 77-89

  Verma, Mahendra K ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Modified Arrington method; Reserve growth; U.S. oil and gas fields

Indexed keywords

EID: 23944497140     PISSN: 15207439     EISSN: 15738981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11053-005-6950-4     Document Type: Article

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