Hydrocarbon exploration risk evaluation through uncertainty and sensitivity analyses techniques

Reliability Engineering and System Safety

Volumn 91, Issue 10-11, 2006, Pages 1155-1162

  Ruffo, Paolo ^a   Bazzana, Livia ^a   Consonni, Alberto ^a   Corradi, Anna ^a   Saltelli, Andrea ^b   Tarantola, Stefano ^b  

^a ENI E   (Italy)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hydrocarbon exploration; Petroleum system modeling; Risk evaluation; Sensitivity; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTRON TRAPS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NATURAL RESOURCES EXPLORATION; OIL FIELDS; PROBABILITY;

FLUID UNCERTAINTY; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; PETROLEUM SYSTEM MODELING; RISK EVALUATION;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745685293     PISSN: 09518320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ress.2005.11.056     Document Type: Article

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